Bobby Bland dies at 83

Bobby “Blue” Bland, a distinguished singer who blended Southern blues and soul in songs such as “Turn on Your Love Light” and “Further On Up the Road,” died Sunday. He was 83.

Rodd Bland said his father died about 5:30 p.m. Sunday due to complications from an ongoing illness at his Memphis, Tenn., home surrounded by relatives.

Bland was known as the “the Sinatra of the blues” and heavily influenced by Nat King Cole, often recording with lavish arrangements to accompany his smooth vocals. He even openly imitated Frank Sinatra on the “Two Steps From the Blues” album cover, standing in front of a building with a coat thrown over his shoulder.

Vicksburg PD, in need of an overhaul?

Ok, Flaggs is in, h's to be sworn in June 30 and resigns the legislature the same day. Now question is what will he do as far as our Police department. Is an overhaul in order or what? Do we continue with......inconsistent policies, the ship without clear cut direction.

Maryland Senate Passes Gun Control Bill

A gun control measure backed by the governor made it through the state Senate, and supporters say it will make Maryland's already strong weapons laws some of the toughest in the nation. Opponents decried the bill as an erosion of Second Amendment rights.

The measure, which passed 28 to 19, has a licensing requirement for handgun buyers to submit fingerprints to state police. The provision is intended to reduce the number of guns purchased by a friend or family member of someone who is not allowed to own a gun. All of the supporters were Democrats. Seven Democrats and all 12 Senate Republicans voted against the measure.

The "Real Characters Of Vicksburg"....

Reality Show producers you are overlooking a hit TV series, guaranteed to be bigger than any "reality show" on TV. Just pack up your cameras and bring them to Vicksburg Mississippi and start filming.    

Bail Bond List Lawsuit Brews

In the fiercely competitive bail bond world, nothing draws more controversy than the bail bond list provided to inmates by jail administrators. Unlike Mississippi, Arkansas has statutes detailing how the “list” is compiled. The Southwest Times Record in Fort Smith, Arkansas reports that a lawsuit has been filed after a bail bond company’s name dropped from first to third on the county list. The Arkansas law requires bail bond companies to be listed at jails “in the order in which they register with the clerk” and specifies that the order “shall not change from year to year.” The clerk said she did some research and learned that the order of the list — which she inherited from her predecessor — did not exactly reflect the order in which companies filed their licenses with the clerk’s office, so she revised it. Bob Cole Bail Bonds, who had been first on the county list since 1989, filed an injunction, stating that he was being hurt financially because of the changes. A temporary injunction was granted and the court will hear the case in a few months.

STORM DRAIN COVERS FOR SALE?????

A reflection of times in Vicksburg is this article in the Vicksburg Post:

Posted: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 11:19 am | Updated: 1:41 pm, Thu Jan 31, 2013.

A man tried to sell another stolen city storm drain cover at Vicksburg Recycling on North Washington Street Monday, Vicksburg police Capt. Bobby Stewart said.
He said company employees called police, but the man left the business before officers arrived. He said police are looking for the man, who will be charged with a misdemeanor because the value of the cover was $200

If its illegal to drive on the wrong side of the street, why is it OK to park on the wrong side of that same street.......huh Vicksburg?