Podcasts about Jones County

Jack tells about the new true crime podcast he's a part of: Missing Link: Jones County. He also mentions the new episode of Chris McDaniel's America is out.

Historian Victoria Bynum turns now to her own history in this multigenerational American saga spanning from 1840 to 1979. Through meticulous historical research, personal letters, diaries, and the unpublished memoir of Mary Daniel Huckenpoehler, the author's maternal grandmother, Bynum examines five generations within the broader context of the nation's history, navigating pivotal events such as First Wave immigration, the Civil War, the Gilded Age, the Great Depression, two world wars, the Cold War, and beyond. Child of a mother from Waconia, Minnesota, and father from Jones County, Mississippi, Bynum blends a historian's voice with personal experiences, intertwining her grandmother's unpublished memoir and letters with her own role as a diarist and historian. She explores class, race, ethnicity, and gender dynamics. From the rise of Welsh immigrant ancestors in the Upper Midwest and the Gilded Age privileges of her grandmother's upbringing to Bynum's own tumultuous childhood in the 1950s and early 1960s as she is shuttled between Georgia, Mississippi, Minnesota, Florida, and California, Bynum grapples with numerous dangers of being raised in a volatile environment marked by alcohol-fueled violence, sexual degradation, and neglect. Against the backdrop of racial segregation, civil rights movements, and the Cold War, Deep Roots, Broken Branches: A History and Memoir (UP of Mississippi, 2025) traces the author's coming-of-age journey, and the profound influence of her grandmother. Revealed through the lens and tensions of an Air Force family, Deep Roots, Broken Branches explores Bynum's intellectual curiosity, voracious reading habits, and turbulent path through early motherhood, divorce, and higher education in California. Throughout, her grandmother remains a stabilizing force, offering inspiration and guidance. This book paints a vivid portrait of a southern identity's growth amid personal challenges and broader societal shifts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Historian Victoria Bynum turns now to her own history in this multigenerational American saga spanning from 1840 to 1979. Through meticulous historical research, personal letters, diaries, and the unpublished memoir of Mary Daniel Huckenpoehler, the author's maternal grandmother, Bynum examines five generations within the broader context of the nation's history, navigating pivotal events such as First Wave immigration, the Civil War, the Gilded Age, the Great Depression, two world wars, the Cold War, and beyond. Child of a mother from Waconia, Minnesota, and father from Jones County, Mississippi, Bynum blends a historian's voice with personal experiences, intertwining her grandmother's unpublished memoir and letters with her own role as a diarist and historian. She explores class, race, ethnicity, and gender dynamics. From the rise of Welsh immigrant ancestors in the Upper Midwest and the Gilded Age privileges of her grandmother's upbringing to Bynum's own tumultuous childhood in the 1950s and early 1960s as she is shuttled between Georgia, Mississippi, Minnesota, Florida, and California, Bynum grapples with numerous dangers of being raised in a volatile environment marked by alcohol-fueled violence, sexual degradation, and neglect. Against the backdrop of racial segregation, civil rights movements, and the Cold War, Deep Roots, Broken Branches: A History and Memoir (UP of Mississippi, 2025) traces the author's coming-of-age journey, and the profound influence of her grandmother. Revealed through the lens and tensions of an Air Force family, Deep Roots, Broken Branches explores Bynum's intellectual curiosity, voracious reading habits, and turbulent path through early motherhood, divorce, and higher education in California. Throughout, her grandmother remains a stabilizing force, offering inspiration and guidance. This book paints a vivid portrait of a southern identity's growth amid personal challenges and broader societal shifts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biography

Historian Victoria Bynum turns now to her own history in this multigenerational American saga spanning from 1840 to 1979. Through meticulous historical research, personal letters, diaries, and the unpublished memoir of Mary Daniel Huckenpoehler, the author's maternal grandmother, Bynum examines five generations within the broader context of the nation's history, navigating pivotal events such as First Wave immigration, the Civil War, the Gilded Age, the Great Depression, two world wars, the Cold War, and beyond. Child of a mother from Waconia, Minnesota, and father from Jones County, Mississippi, Bynum blends a historian's voice with personal experiences, intertwining her grandmother's unpublished memoir and letters with her own role as a diarist and historian. She explores class, race, ethnicity, and gender dynamics. From the rise of Welsh immigrant ancestors in the Upper Midwest and the Gilded Age privileges of her grandmother's upbringing to Bynum's own tumultuous childhood in the 1950s and early 1960s as she is shuttled between Georgia, Mississippi, Minnesota, Florida, and California, Bynum grapples with numerous dangers of being raised in a volatile environment marked by alcohol-fueled violence, sexual degradation, and neglect. Against the backdrop of racial segregation, civil rights movements, and the Cold War, Deep Roots, Broken Branches: A History and Memoir (UP of Mississippi, 2025) traces the author's coming-of-age journey, and the profound influence of her grandmother. Revealed through the lens and tensions of an Air Force family, Deep Roots, Broken Branches explores Bynum's intellectual curiosity, voracious reading habits, and turbulent path through early motherhood, divorce, and higher education in California. Throughout, her grandmother remains a stabilizing force, offering inspiration and guidance. This book paints a vivid portrait of a southern identity's growth amid personal challenges and broader societal shifts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

Historian Victoria Bynum turns now to her own history in this multigenerational American saga spanning from 1840 to 1979. Through meticulous historical research, personal letters, diaries, and the unpublished memoir of Mary Daniel Huckenpoehler, the author's maternal grandmother, Bynum examines five generations within the broader context of the nation's history, navigating pivotal events such as First Wave immigration, the Civil War, the Gilded Age, the Great Depression, two world wars, the Cold War, and beyond. Child of a mother from Waconia, Minnesota, and father from Jones County, Mississippi, Bynum blends a historian's voice with personal experiences, intertwining her grandmother's unpublished memoir and letters with her own role as a diarist and historian. She explores class, race, ethnicity, and gender dynamics. From the rise of Welsh immigrant ancestors in the Upper Midwest and the Gilded Age privileges of her grandmother's upbringing to Bynum's own tumultuous childhood in the 1950s and early 1960s as she is shuttled between Georgia, Mississippi, Minnesota, Florida, and California, Bynum grapples with numerous dangers of being raised in a volatile environment marked by alcohol-fueled violence, sexual degradation, and neglect. Against the backdrop of racial segregation, civil rights movements, and the Cold War, Deep Roots, Broken Branches: A History and Memoir (UP of Mississippi, 2025) traces the author's coming-of-age journey, and the profound influence of her grandmother. Revealed through the lens and tensions of an Air Force family, Deep Roots, Broken Branches explores Bynum's intellectual curiosity, voracious reading habits, and turbulent path through early motherhood, divorce, and higher education in California. Throughout, her grandmother remains a stabilizing force, offering inspiration and guidance. This book paints a vivid portrait of a southern identity's growth amid personal challenges and broader societal shifts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Historian Victoria Bynum turns now to her own history in this multigenerational American saga spanning from 1840 to 1979. Through meticulous historical research, personal letters, diaries, and the unpublished memoir of Mary Daniel Huckenpoehler, the author's maternal grandmother, Bynum examines five generations within the broader context of the nation's history, navigating pivotal events such as First Wave immigration, the Civil War, the Gilded Age, the Great Depression, two world wars, the Cold War, and beyond. Child of a mother from Waconia, Minnesota, and father from Jones County, Mississippi, Bynum blends a historian's voice with personal experiences, intertwining her grandmother's unpublished memoir and letters with her own role as a diarist and historian. She explores class, race, ethnicity, and gender dynamics. From the rise of Welsh immigrant ancestors in the Upper Midwest and the Gilded Age privileges of her grandmother's upbringing to Bynum's own tumultuous childhood in the 1950s and early 1960s as she is shuttled between Georgia, Mississippi, Minnesota, Florida, and California, Bynum grapples with numerous dangers of being raised in a volatile environment marked by alcohol-fueled violence, sexual degradation, and neglect. Against the backdrop of racial segregation, civil rights movements, and the Cold War, Deep Roots, Broken Branches: A History and Memoir (UP of Mississippi, 2025) traces the author's coming-of-age journey, and the profound influence of her grandmother. Revealed through the lens and tensions of an Air Force family, Deep Roots, Broken Branches explores Bynum's intellectual curiosity, voracious reading habits, and turbulent path through early motherhood, divorce, and higher education in California. Throughout, her grandmother remains a stabilizing force, offering inspiration and guidance. This book paints a vivid portrait of a southern identity's growth amid personal challenges and broader societal shifts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-south

Rebellen unter Konföderierten: Inmitten des Bürgerkriegs spaltet sich eine Gruppe von Deserteuren von der konföderierten Armee ab und verschanzt sich im Jones County, Mississippi. Der kleinen Hundertschaft gelingt es, den CSA die Kontrolle über die Region zu entreißen. Ein Farmer und Sklavereigegner sollte zum Symbol für den Aufstand werden: Newton Knight. Der „Free State of Jones“ ist einer der ungewöhnlichsten und umstrittensten Fälle der US-Bürgerkriegsgeschichte. Eine Miliz aus Südstaatlern, die sich weigerten, für die Sklavenhalter-Elite in den Krieg zu ziehen, verschanzt sich in den Sümpfen von Jones County – und erklärt sich kurzerhand unabhängig. Ihr Anführer: ein ehemaliger Sanitäter, Guerillakämpfer und späterer Deputy Marshal. War Newton Knight ein aufrechter Kämpfer für Gerechtigkeit – oder doch eher ein Eigenbrötler mit persönlicher Agenda? War der „Free State of Jones“ ein echtes Sezessionsprojekt – oder ein Mythos, geboren aus Legenden und Heimatstolz? Und was geschah nach dem Krieg mit einem Mann, der nicht aufhörte, sich gegen Ungerechtigkeit zu stellen – selbst dann nicht, als die Reconstruction in Blut und Gewalt mündete? Wir werfen einen kritischen Blick auf die Legende von Newton Knight, die Quellenlage – und auf die Menschen, die der Konföderation von innen heraus den Kampf ansagten. 00:00:00 - Intro und Einleitung: Die Rebellen unter den Rebellen 00:01:08 - Nachrichten aus dem Wilden Westen: New Orleans Item, 20. März 1921 00:04:24 - November 1837: Geburt von Newton Knight, Primitive Baptist und Sklavereigegner 00:06:06 - Mississippi vor dem Bürgerkrieg, und die Lage in Jones County 00:08:52 - Januar 1861: Mississippi tritt aus der Union aus – Unmut in Jones County 00:10:27 - Newton Knight: Ein Sklavereigegner in der Konföderationsarmee (Juli 1861 bis Mai 1862 00:14:29 - Herbst 1862: Desertion, Rückkehr und Tötung des Schwagers Morgan Lyons 00:18:05 - Oktober 1863: Mord am Colonel Amos McElmore und Gründung der Knight Company 00:21:31 - März/Juli 1864: Eroberung von Ellisville und der "Free State of Jones" 00:27:07 - Newton Knight nach dem Bürgerkrieg: Hilfsgüterverteilung, Befreiung versklavter Kinder, Deputy US Marshal 00:29:16 - 1875: Colonel des schwarzen First Infantry Regiment von Jasper County während der Reconstruction 00:32:45 - Die gemischtrassige Knight-Familie im "Deep South", und der Tod von Newton Knight (16. Februar 1922) 00:34:33 - Der Film "Free State of Jones" und die generell streitbare Quellenlage 00:44:48 - Verabschiedung und Ausblick aufs nächste Mal Gefällt euch die Folge? Unterstützt uns auf Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/westernunchained Folgt uns auf Facebook: https://facebook.com/westernunchained Wir sind jetzt auch auf Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/westernunchained.bsky.social Unsere Webseite: https://westernunchained.podbean.com Blog „Nachrichten aus dem Wilden Westen": https://westernunchained.blogspot.de #western #wilderwesten #newtonknight #jonescounty #freestateofjones #mississippi #konföderation #bürgerkrieg #deserteure #primitivebaptist #southernyankees #rebellen  

In this series, we talk to some of the newly hired Head Football Coaches in Georgia as the 2025 season approaches. Today, we talk to Justin Montgomery, the new Head Coach at Jones County.

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Much from the 89th Texas Legislature including: Senate hears bill to end Texas DREAM Act, restrict in-state tuition to legal residents only. You heard it here: “Nationality Squatters” House Leadership Accused of Holding Pro-Life Bill Hostage to Islamic Holiday Push Texas Senate Approves $950 Annual Property Tax Cut for Over 65 & Disabled Homeowners, 30–1 Texas House Passes Student Cell Phone Ban Bill Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug and alcohol testing since 1995.Jones County's “Bluebonnet” facility is getting much press mention of late: Exclusive-Trump Administration Moved Venezuelan to Texas for Possible Deportation Despite Judge's Order.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

It goes without saying that the Civil War remains an indelible stain on American history. For four years, the nation was torn asunder by cultural and political differences, differences that indeed had rocked the country since its foundation. And yet, it nonetheless remains a fascinating period, for it produced a cast of colorful characters that have shaped our understanding of the conflict and its aftermath. One such figure was Newton Knight, a resident of Jones County, Mississippi who, disillusioned with the Confederacy and its policies, ultimately deserted from the Confederate Army and took matters into his own hands. Tune in to learn all about this Robin Hood-like figure and his daring deeds!

Welcome to Episode 182 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast. In this episode, we speak with three Iowa farmers who are carving unique paths in agriculture: Meredith Nunnikhoven, who runs a farm and floristry business in Mahaska County, called Barnswallow Flowers. Lillie Beringer-Crock, who sells her family's beef and a variety of other locally-produced goods online and in-person, through her business, Beringer Family Farms in Jones County. And Dan Venteicher, an eastern Iowa farmer who's better known by his roughly 2.5 million followers across TikTok, Facebook and Instagram as the “Iowa Dairy Farmer.”

Send us a textPull a seat up at the table and join us in a conversation with Rena Register about the fruits of long-term ministry growth at the Jones County Fair.  Each year over 20 churches and several hundred volunteers work together to make an impact at one of the largest community events of the year.  In the middle of fair rides and games, Rena shares how their ministry works.Around the Corner Events: All Events: mbcb.org/eventsSeptember 25-26: New Orleans Vision JourneySeptember 30: Renewing the Church Summit - TupeloOctober 01: Renewing the Church Summit - HattiesburgOctober 02: Renewing the Church Summit - BrandonOctober 03-14: State Fair EvangelismOctober 17: Small Church Youth Ministry Workshop - KosciuskoOctober 24: Small Church Youth Ministry Workshop - WigginsOctober 25-27: Conference of the Deaf - Timber Creek CampOctober 28: Mississippi Baptist Pastors' Conference - JacksonOctober 28: Ministry Wives Conference - JacksonOctober 29-30: Mississippi Baptist Convention Annual Meeting - JacksonNovember 4-6: KidMin RetreatNovember 7: Small Church Youth Ministry Workshop - Bay SpringsNovember 11-13: Student Ministers' RetreatNovember 14: Small Church Youth Ministry Workshop - SeminaryContacts: Jon Martin, Chief Strategy Officer - jmartin@mbcb.orgTanner Cade, Communication Services Director - tcade@mbcb.org

[[It's the heart of the summer, which means that our crew is taking some breaks here and there. In the meantime, we'll bring you some favorite episodes from the vaults -- and we'll be back with new episodes very soon!]]It's October 12th. This day in 1863, fighting is breaking out in Jones County, Mississippi, as a group of southern farmers starts to rebel against the Confederacy.Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss why this group felt compelled to rebel, what their fight was really about — and what the 2016 movie starring Matthew McConoughey got right and wrong about the incident.Sign up for our newsletter! We'll be sending out links to all the stuff we recommended later this week.Find out more at thisdaypod.comThis Day In Esoteric Political History is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts and award-winning stories.If you want to support the show directly, you can do so on our website: ThisDayPod.comGet in touch if you have any ideas for future topics, or just want to say hello. Our website is thisdaypod.com Follow us on social @thisdaypodOur team: Jacob Feldman, Researcher/Producer; Brittani Brown, Producer; Khawla Nakua, Transcripts; music by Teen Daze and Blue Dot Sessions; Audrey Mardavich is our Executive Producer at Radiotopia

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Two ice cream treats battle it out on a This or That Thursday and we preview a new wedding venue opening in Jones County.

A meeting between the East West Gateway resulted in elevated tempers between St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones and St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann. Plus, Major Garrett and Battlehawks tight end Jake Sutherland.

From the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network studios in Des Moines, this is Iowa Ag Matters! In today's show, Andy has an update on a local Cattlemen's Banquet in Jones County, Dustin visits with Matt Dolch of NK Seeds, and Riley has coverage on a donation from the Iowa Pork Producers Association to the Food Bank of Iowa as part of the “Sack Hunger” campaign with Iowa State University.  

The death of Daisy Keeton is one of Mississippi's most horrifying murder mysteries. In January Daisy Keeton disappeared. Days later mutilated remains were discovered near an isolated road in Jones County. The investigation led police to Daisy's daughter who was arrested and quickly dubbed Mississippi's Lizzie Borden. Want more Southern Mysteries?  Hear the Southern Mysteries show archive of 60+ episodes along with Patron exclusive podcast, Audacious: Tales of American Crime and more when you become a patron of the show. You can immediately access exclusive content now at patreon.com/southernmysteries Connect Website: southernmysteries.com Facebook: Southern Mysteries Podcast Twitter: @southernpod_ Instagram: @shannonballard_ Email: southernmysteriespodcast@gmail.com  Episode Sources The Legs Murder Scandal by Hunter Cole. University Press of Mississippi (August 9, 2010). https://a.co/d/9VahppU Daisy McKinstry Keeton, FindaGrave.com. (Viewed October 9, 2023) Keeton Faces Trial on Assault Charge, Jackson Daily News, August 1, 1922. (Viewed October 8, 2023) Earl Keeton Found Guilty of Assault, The Newton Record, August 3, 1922. (Viewed October 8, 2023) Keeton vs. State of Mississippi. Casetext. (Viewed October 9, 2023) Alibi Witnesses Introduced, The Leader Call, May 31, 1935. (Viewed October 9, 2023). Question Girl in Kidnapping Story, The Columbus Telegram, January 26, 1935. (Viewed October 10, 2023) Link Murder To Kidnapping, Colusa Sun-Herald, January 26, 1935. (Viewed October 10, 2023) Woman Charged with Murder of Own Mother, The Birmingham News, January 28, 1935. (Viewed October 10, 2023) Woman's Story Stirs Murder Mystery Quiz, Oakland Tribune, January 28, 1935. (Viewed October 10, 2023) State Marshalls Witnesses at Trial Today, The Leader Call, March 4, 1935. (Viewed October 10, 2023) On Trial for Mother's Murder, Quad City Times, March 8, 1935. (Viewed October 10, 1935) Large Bank Account Cited in Murder Case, The Miami Herald, March 10, 1935. (Viewed October 9, 2023) Verdict Guilty! Girl Sentenced to Life Imprisonment, The Leader Call, March 12, 1935. (Viewed October 10, 2023) The Pretty Murderess Who Was Too Modest, The Miami News, April 21, 1935. (Viewed October 10, 2023) Ouida Keeton Testifies for State Tuesday, The Leader Call, May 28, 1935. (Viewed October 10, 2023) Sentence Set Aside in Legs Murder Case, The Danville Bee, March 10, 1936. (Viewed October 10, 2023) Legs Murder Retrial Looms, The Ledger Star, March 10, 1936. (Viewed October 10, 2023) Episode Music Theme Song “Dark & Troubled” by Pantherburn. Special thanks to Phillip St Ours for permission for use. Leoforos Alexandras by Dan Bodan. Licensed under Creative Commons.

This week Julie and Chrissa are joined by Erin Foster, to share updates on the Linn County Mental Health Access Center since we last spoke with her in 2021. Listen to Erin's first episode with us here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2HsliJ9RWljjI3EhBxF9qN?si=Ggnb5hNITsOxKRBlRGRH5g Erin graduated from the University of Iowa with a Bachelor's of Science in Psychology in 2007. After graduation, Erin was employed by the Area Substance Abuse Council as a Prevention Specialist. In 2013 she then became the Director of Prevention for Linn, Benton, and Jones County. While at ASAC, Erin worked on community policy as well as provided trainings to businesses, schools, and the community on  topics such as effective substance use prevention, related strategies, Emerging Drug trends, specific opioid related topics such as Naloxone use.  In December of 2019, Erin left ASAC and started her current role as the Director for the Mental Health Access Center in Linn County. Ering provides leadership in the implementation and coordination of services for people with urgent or crisis behavioral health needs including both mental health and substance use disorder crises. Erin believes the Mental Health Access Center will write a new story for the community by providing both services, in tandem, for those in need. We want to hear from you! How has an access center provided you or a loved one with needed resources?  Let us know by texting or calling our anonymous number: (515)-650-3231 Connect with the Access Center online at: Web: https://www.linncountyiowa.gov/1423/Mental-Health-Access-Center To start behavioral or mental health services in Iowa call Heart and Solutions at (800) 531-4236.  Connect with Heart and Solutions online at: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Youneedatraining Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2dWKD6TenIMIC76ctq21YN Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPmrcmi5HUINpWEjHfHzTnQ/featured Podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YouNeedaCounselor Heart and Solutions Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Heartandsolutions Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/you_need_a_counselor/ Web: http://www.heartandsolutions.net

It's October 12th. This day in 1863, fighting is breaking out in Jones County, Mississippi, as a group of southern farmers starts to rebel against the Confederacy. Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss why this group felt compelled to rebel, what their fight was really about — and what the 2016 movie starring Matthew McConoughey got right and wrong about the incident. Sign up for our newsletter! We'll be sending out links to all the stuff we recommended later this week. Find out more at thisdaypod.com This Day In Esoteric Political History is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts and award-winning stories. If you want to support the show directly, you can do so on our website: ThisDayPod.com Get in touch if you have any ideas for future topics, or just want to say hello. Our website is thisdaypod.com Follow us on social @thisdaypod Our team: Jacob Feldman, Researcher/Producer; Brittani Brown, Producer; Khawla Nakua, Transcripts; music by Teen Daze and Blue Dot Sessions; Audrey Mardavich is our Executive Producer at Radiotopia

Jones County Circuit Clerk Debate

This episode of the Kdhx podcast Tangazo features StLouis County Prosecutor, Wesley Bell, a candidate for the Democratic nomination, for the US Senate. ------- Tangazo commentator, Michael Wesley Jones, Senior Editorial Columnist for the StLouis American newspaper, is your host for this special episode. ------ Jones draws upon his forty plus years of political experience, of StLouis City and County governess.  -----  Mike discusses several points, on Bells current and past prosecutorial decisions and events, that led him to believe that he is indeed, best suited to defeat incumbent Republican Senator, Josh Hawly. ------  

Jim and guest co-host Kelvin Smith meet with candidates for Jones County Supervisors.

This is Stephen Schmidt from the Gazette Digital News Desk, and I'm here with your update for Monday, July 31.It will be sunny on Monday, but luckily not as hot as last week. According to the National Weather Service it will be sunny with a high near 87 degrees on Monday. On Monday night it will be partly cloudy, with a low of around 65 degrees.It seems we're getting rain at just the wrong times. RAGBRAI riders in Coralville had to take shelter as Friday night's severe weather brought strong winds that knocked out power, downed trees and damaged buildings.The storms moved in as Coralville was set to welcome thousands of cyclists for an overnight stop on the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa with a festival and concert by a rock band. Instead, campers were encouraged to seek shelter in City Hall and schools to ride out the storm.“Due to severe weather we have had to make the difficult decision to cancel the Bush concert this evening,” RAGBRAI told cyclists over Facebook.Reports to the National Weather Service included wind gusts up to 90 mph in Hiawatha, downed power lines and toppled trees in Marion, Shueyville, Swisher, Tipton and other locations. A tree fell on a mobile home in Wyoming in Jones County, a report to the weather service said.Meanwhile, you-pick farms across Iowa are struggling this summer due to heat, drought and haze. The drought has made it difficult for farmers to grow water-intensive crops like blueberries and strawberries, and the haze has caused poor air quality, which has kept some customers away.In 2015, Iowa's horticulture industry generated $48 million in direct sales and an additional $32 million in other avenues like labor income and investor returns, according to the 2017 Iowa Commercial Horticulture Food Crop Survey.About half of the state's horticulture producers exclusively marketed directly to consumers.You-pick farms offer visitors the chance to harvest their own produce straight from the tree, bush or ground. Dozens of such businesses contribute to Iowa's agritourism industry. But many of the featured specialty crops — particularly fruit — are more sensitive to climate stressors, like heat and drought, than traditional row crops.This summer marks Iowa's third year in a row of drought. The July 20 U.S. Drought Monitor Report depicted 100 percent of Iowa in abnormally dry or drought conditions.A former social worker with the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics was arrested this week on charges he had a sexual relationship with a client.James Daniel Burkhalter, 43, of Iowa City, is charged with six counts of sexual exploitation by a counselor or therapist, a Class D felony. He had his first appearance in court Friday and was released from jail on his own recognizance.Burkhalter is accused of having sexual contact with a patient on six occasions between October 2020 and May 2021. Four happened during scheduled clinical appointments, during which he was to provide mental health services, and two happened at the patient's residence, according to criminal complaints.A no-contact order has been filed on behalf of the victim.

Jim and Dan moderate a debate for the Sheriff of Jones County. The candidates areJoe Berlin, current sheriffAlex Hodge, former sheriffMichael Reaves, Laurel Police Department CaptainMacon Davis, Laurel Police Department Officer

Morgan Smith: You're listening to the Raise Your Hand Texas Intersect Ed Podcast where the stories of public education policy and practice meet. I'm your host Morgan Smith, and today, we're taking on a topic that has become a marquee fight of the 88th Legislature, private school vouchers. On one side, we have our state's two most powerful elected officials, Governor Greg Abbott and Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, who say every parent should get the freedom to decide how to use taxpayer money in educating their children. On the other, we have every public education advocacy group in the state, including Raise Your Hand Texas, who say that vouchers will do nothing but harm students, teachers, and communities.To help us dive in today we have superintendent Randy Burks of the Hamlin Independent School District, and Bob Popinski, the senior director of policy at Raise Your Hand Texas. Dr. Burks and Bob Popinski, thank you both so much for being here. So first, let's define what we're talking about. There are a lot of different terms we might have heard to describe vouchers, school choice, education savings accounts, and tax credit scholarships. It gets even more confusing because school choice is also used to describe the array of options already available to Texas public school students, like charter schools and magnet programs.Right now, a plan known as an education savings account is what's gaining the most traction at the legislature. The basic gist is that the state gives parents a certain amount of money, $8,000 in Senate Bill 8, the main bill that we're watching, to use for our private school tuition or other educational expenses. On its face, maybe this doesn't seem like a bad idea. Bob, is this proposal, the education savings account, is this a voucher?Bob Popinski: Don't be fooled. No matter what they call them, whether it's an education savings account or a tax credit scholarship, or a virtual voucher, they're all the same thing. Vouchers are a scheme that's used to divert public funds to private schools and vendors, and the keywords there are private schools and vendors, with no accountability, such as public schools have. And then they will continue to undermine traditional schools, including charter schools, in the future because those funds are taken from public schools to invest in our teachers, to invest in our students, and they're investing them into a program that has no accountability whatsoever. So it doesn't matter what you call them – education savings accounts, special education vouchers. They are bad public policy for the state of Texas.Morgan: Dr. Burks, your district is about 40 miles northwest of Abilene in Jones County, Texas. You've been a superintendent there for six years, though, you've worked in public education for more than four decades. Your district is rural and small, with just over 400 students and those students are primarily from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Give us a little sense for your community. What are you most proud of there? What are you struggling with?Dr. Randy Burks: Well, Hamlin was what might commonly be referred to in some circles of school finances as a CTD district –“circling the drain district,” declining enrollment and loss of some industry that was here previously, and so the district has seen better days definitely. And the city itself is probably typical of a lot of rural Texas, crumbling infrastructure and substandard housing is pretty common here. And, you know, I grew up in a background that's not too different from a lot of our kiddos. And so I really felt like I had something to offer the school and the community because I had a background in school finance.So we moved to a collegiate model early on in my time here, because we just felt like that, so many of our kiddos were struggling with finding a pathway that would be better than the pathway that they could see. They couldn't really envision a better life than what their parents had. So, we're a P-TECH school, early college high school, we have Montessori Elementary School, and we have college and career pathways available for our kiddos. And so we try lots of innovative things, and we fail fast and dust ourselves off when we do and get up and try again, because we think that's what's best for our kids and to help improve our school and, in essence, lift the community up as well as we move forward.Morgan: Now, it's no accident that we're featuring a superintendent from rural Texas today, because that is where Governor Abbott has decided to wage his fight for vouchers, too. Since the start of the legislative session, he's taken the pro-voucher message to the road, stopping at private schools in three to four towns a month around the state. Let's take a quick listen here to the Governor speaking at a private school in Tyler in March. Governor Abbott (audio from an “Education Freedom” March 2023 event in Tyler, TX): I cannot stand alone in getting this across the finish line. I need you standing with me, every step of the way, to make sure we empower parents to educate our kids, better than any state in America.Morgan: Dr. Burks, we just heard the emphasis on parental freedom as an argument for vouchers, and I want to get your thoughts on what that means for rural schools in a second. But Bob, first, can you give us an idea why we're seeing this strategy of targeting rural communities from the Governor? And as we're seeing the conversation evolve at the legislature, we're hearing more discussion about vouchers and special education students. What's the strategy here?Bob: I've always run up to a problem in rural school districts, and rural communities are the center of their communities. And, so what happens is, in the past, you've had Republicans and Democrats alike in the House stopping vouchers. There's an amendment offered, usually during the state budget debate that says, "Our public dollars cannot go towards private schools or vouchers." And that's typically what's known as the Representative Herrero Amendment. And that was a few weeks ago here in the Texas House and passed 87 to 51.And it's an important moment for the House because it sends a signal that we believe in our public schools. They keep saying that overwhelmingly, Texans believe in a voucher program. But I think what's actually happening out there is that Texans really don't know what a voucher program is. When you actually say, "Hey, if a private school or a private vendor actually takes public dollars, are they held accountable?". And in a recent Charles Butt Foundation poll put out at the beginning of the year, it says, “If private schools and private vendors actually take public dollars, what kind of accountability would you like to see?"And overwhelmingly, 88% said, "Yes, we'd love to see how they're actually spending our public dollars." "Yes," 84% said, "We want to see that they provide special education services to all students and not just a select group of students, and that you have to accept students with all special education needs, you have to follow the state curriculum guidelines, you have to administer state standardized tests, and you have to kind of accept all students, even if they have a discipline problem."And so overwhelmingly, when you look at Texans, whether they're from rural Texas or urban and suburban Texas, they want a voucher program that's held accountable underneath all of those standards. I think at that point, what you have is a public school system. And so I think we should take some time to invest in our public schools. Right now, public schools are funded $4,000 below the national average when it comes to per-student funding. We're $7,500 below the national average when it comes to teacher salary.And I think we need to kind of focus on that before we start spending a billion dollars on a voucher program that doesn't accept all students, and it even says within the bill, that parents have to be notified that private schools and vendors don't have to provide the same special education services, under state and federal law as public schools do. There's a lot to unwrap in here. And I think as more Texans actually understand the linkage of what's going on in this voucher program, the more they're pushing back against it.Morgan: And so we've seen that rural communities have been out of this firewall against vouchers in the past and this session, it seems even this main bill, SB8 that we're looking at, it includes a carve-out for rural schools as possibly a way of getting around this opposition that we've seen. And rural school districts like yours, Dr. Burks, they make up about 40% of Texas districts, they educate about 180,000 students in the state.Under SB 8, they would actually get paid if they lose any students to a voucher program. So currently, that amount is $10,000. So all in all, school districts under 20,000 students, the state would be paying $18,000 a year for five years for students to take part in this program. That's $8,000 that goes to the family and $10,000 to the school district. What would a program like this mean in your district, Dr. Burks?Randy: I would say first of all, things are really on a high note financially in Texas right now. And because I've done this for a long time, we know that there are lean years and there are prosperous years. And this is a time that the legislature has a lot of money at its disposal. So this sounds really good. And if you don't understand like Bob was saying, you may not understand all the moving parts here. But for them to commit $18,000, and the price tag that goes with that, at some point that's going to go away, it pulls money from what's available to us.And so I really am opposed to it. Now, we're rural, and it's going to be difficult for our folks to find a private school to attend. They would have to drive to Abilene. We, in fact, bus children from Abilene to our school, because of some of the things we're doing. We have such a high number of disadvantaged folks, and that micro-schools, and homeschooling and different things that pop up would probably pull some of our students for that. Those students are going to come back to us.If you've ever tried to teach a child to read or teach algebra, I believe that there are going to be some hardships created for parents, especially in rural communities where there's already chronic economic hardship and long work hours for parents, and many of them work two jobs or they're single parents. It would be very difficult for our folks to provide a good education for our kids, and they'll come back to us and then the consequences will be back on our shoulders to make sure that we catch them up and provide the high level of education that we already do. I think that the $10,000, it's a carrot for votes. And we'll just call that what it is. Bob: Morgan, if I can jump in there, too.Morgan: Sure.Bob: The bill is actually saying what those who are in favor of vouchers are kind of denying. They're saying "No, we're not going to defund our public schools. The money's going to be there for our kids." But what they're actually saying in the bill, is that, "For those right now, with 20,000 students or less, we're going to provide $10,000 and hold harmless money for you." And it started off as a two-year period, and on the Senate floor, they actually extended that to a five-year period. And so they're actually saying, "Yes, we understand that it's going to actually hurt our public schools, so we're going to hold you harmless for that five years, but we're only going to do it if you're under 20,000 students."For a majority of districts that have students above 20,000, they're not getting that hold harmless. So they're going to see an impact right away. Every time a student leaves a school district, and goes either to a private school or even a charter school that school district loses about on average $10,000. It could be a little bit higher in some districts, a little bit lower in others. But that $10,000, leaving the district means that they're going to have a hard time funding all of their staff, all of the teachers they need, to make sure that they can staff their classrooms properly. All of the folks driving the school buses and the cafeteria workers and all of the aides that help out. There's 375,000 teachers, there's another 200,000 or so staff around the state, and all of that will be impacted once you start diverting funds from public education.Morgan: You bring up a good point, Governor Abbott himself said in his State of the State address this year that even with a voucher program, public schools would remain fully funded. And then you have this provision in the bill that seems to conflict with that, because you're holding harmless the $10,000. I think that's a really good point to bring up. I want to shift back again to the special education services. Dr. Burks, we have a number of bills out there that are focused on vouchers for special education students. Can you talk a little bit about what services for special education are provided in your district?Randy: Well, we're required by law to provide services for all students that reside in our attendance zone. So we have a variety of needs – with learning disabilities, emotional issue – and we have to provide services for those kiddos. And we're happy to do so, but it is expensive to do so. I don't see that private schools are going to take on this responsibility. Now I have been in places where we have actually contracted with a private school for a particular student whose parent had a situation where they moved to our district but did not want to change for their student because of the emotional strain of that.There are isolated cases where that could happen. But, for the most part, we provide services for all of our students, whether that's residential placement, which costs us dearly, or to provide speech services, or the whole gamut of things that we provide for our kiddos. It's our responsibility, that's what public schools do. We take all the children who show up at our door, do our very best to provide a great education for them, whether they have special needs, or whether they're gifted and talented, or anywhere in between.Morgan: And you talk about you're required by law to provide these services. Bob, how would a special education voucher program be conducted to federal guidelines for special education students?Bob: Yeah, and every voucher bill moving through the process, there's provisions in there that clearly state, "You have to notify the parents that private schools and private vendors are not subject to the same federal or state laws regarding special education services in the same manner as public schools." That means they don't have to provide the same services, they don't have to actually accept or admit a special education student under any circumstances. And so they're spelling this out in the bill saying that private schools and vendors don't have to offer the same type of special education services. And so when we move forward, we just have to keep that in mind, and make sure we're doing what's best for all children in the state of Texas.Morgan: I want to talk about oversight for a second, we alluded to this earlier. But when taxpayer dollars start going to education expenses outside of the public school system, it's really hard to design a system that keeps track of how that money is spent. Bob, what accountability measures are attached to the voucher proposals at the legislature right now?Bob: Very little. Right now how these voucher proposals are set up, and we'll look at Senate Bill 8, as one of them. It is a $10,000 hold harmless for school districts that have students using the voucher, but it's an $8,000 voucher. But by the time the education organization that oversees it takes a 5% cut, and the Comptroller takes a 3% cut to oversee it, that amount is diminished. And the oversight that the Comptroller has is just an audit for compliance. They're not looking at student achievement or student progress. They don't have to compare them to the STAAR assessment or the A through F accountability rating system for our campuses and school districts.They don't have to have the same type of certification standards that our teachers do in our school districts. They don't have to follow the same financial integrity rating system that our school districts do. And they're not overseen by an elected body like all of our local school boards do. And so there really is no oversight for this, except for some compliance audits, and a provision that says you have to offer some sort of nationally norm-referenced test and be accredited by one of our state's private school accreditation services. But besides that, they don't have to fall under the same guidelines as our public schools by a long stretch.Morgan: And this brings us to the equity part of this issue, the beauty and the challenge of public schools is that they're required to take students from all backgrounds, regardless of religion, the color of their skin, whether they can or can't speak English, and students whose parents can't afford to feed them breakfast or lunch. All of those students are welcomed at a public school. Dr. Burks, talk a little bit about public school versus private school when it comes to equity.Randy: Well, if they're school age, we serve them regardless of their academic ability, disability, or socioeconomic status. In fact, we take early head start down to three-year-olds, we even have two-year-olds. We feel like we have to intervene as soon as we can, because they're going to come to our school at some point. Private schools just aren't held to that standard. They don't take all of them, and they're not required to make accommodations. They have an acceptance process –  and it is a stringent process.And we hear stories all the time about students who maybe go to a private school, and then they get excluded or sent back to their public school because they had too many tardies, or because they didn't follow the rules. It becomes a screening process for the best and the brightest, who will leave [our public schools]. And, it will not do any favors to public education, whether it's in rural or in urban areas.Bob, when you describe the standards that the private schools would be held to, a national norm-referenced test and some, good financial bookkeeping, it sounds like the way public schools were when I went to school, where there was a lot of local control, and school districts still provided a very good education for kiddos without all of those strings attached to the dollars.And I also have a concern that we're still talking about a static amount of money and some window of time here. And when the dollar amount that goes to private schools, we know that over a very short period of time, the tuition at those private schools is going to increase at least to the amount of the voucher. And so I would say to you that over time, that amount is going to increase because it's still not going to cover the amount and this is just going to be the camel's nose under the tent, and it's going to continue to balloon, if you will.Morgan: So right now we're in the crunch time of the legislative session. The Senate has passed out a voucher bill, SB 8. Meanwhile, the House has passed its budget with a provision that would prevent public money from being spent on private schools, which seemingly would mean that SB 8 or any other voucher proposal wouldn't have the votes to make it out of the House. Bob, what does that mean for vouchers this session? Is it stead?Bob: Even after multiple bills have been heard this session, both in the Senate Education Committee and the House Public Education Committee, there continues to be more bills heard on Education Savings Accounts, specifically for special education students. And so as more bills move through the process than ever before with the six weeks left, there's a lot of vehicles out there for Education savings accounts, for vouchers, for virtual vouchers to be heard and advanced through the legislative process. So it's incredibly important when the House debated the Herrero Amendment during the state budget process, that says they are not willing to accept a voucher program this legislative session. With that being said, as I mentioned, there's a lot of time left, and a lot of legislative vehicles that can move this type of legislation forward. So you have to remain vigilant. Morgan: Well, we're going to have to end here today. Dr. Randy Burks and Bob Popinski, thank you again for being with us. And thanks to you, our audience, for listening. Today's episode was written by me, Mogan Smith. Our sound engineer is Brian Diggs. And our executive producer is Anne Lasseigne Tiedt. To stay informed on vouchers and other critical education issues as the session progresses, you can sign up online for Raise Your Hand Texas Across the Lawn weekly newsletter, at www.raiseyourhandtexas.orgget-involved. To receive text alerts that will allow you to join Raise Your Hand in taking action at key moments this legislative session, text RAISEMYHAND, all one word, to 40649. Thank you for standing up for our Texas public school students.

News Links for the Week:Top Secret Military Docs Go on a Minecraft Adventure: Discord Users Too Busy Building to Notice: https://gamerscave.net/top-secret-military-docs-go-on-a-minecraft-adventure-discord-users-too-busy-building-to-notice/Federal agents barge into wrong Boston hotel room during training, handcuff pilot: https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/revere-hotel-boston-fbi-botched-training-cheryl-fiandaca-wbz/'Fyre Festival II' is 'finally happening', says convicted fraudster Billy McFarland: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-12/fyre-fest-organiser-conman-billy-mcfarland-relaunch-festival/102215540Teen who laughed when asked for 'preferred pronouns' booted from Pokémon card tournament: https://local12.com/news/nation-world/teen-who-laughed-when-asked-for-preferred-pronouns-booted-from-pokmon-card-tournament-trading-card-game-makani-tran-charlotteElon Musk paints over the ‘w' on Twitter HQ sign in San Francisco: https://nypost.com/2023/04/10/elon-musk-paints-over-w-on-twitter-hq-sign-so-it-reads-titter/$25K bond set for Jones County woman charged for filming sexual acts with animal: https://www.wdam.com/2023/04/06/25k-bond-set-jones-county-woman-charged-filming-sexual-acts-with-animal/Visit our brand spanking new home on the web @ www.earthoddity.net!!!We would to thank Cajun Curl Original Spice for their support! For some spice that's extra nice that taste spicy but doesn't feel spicy, check them out over at www.cajuncurl.com. Be sure and use coupon code "EOP10" and get ten percent off your order.Special thanks to Silencyde for providing the music! Check out his music on Soundcloud here: https://soundcloud.com/silencyde or on his YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/Silencyde and on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/Silencyde/Like what you hear? Please consider joining our Patreon. Sign up at the $5 dollar level and get access to Earth Oddity Extended where you get an extended version of the show and an all exclusive show once a month! You can find that at www.patreon.com/earthoddity.

News Links for the Week:Top Secret Military Docs Go on a Minecraft Adventure: Discord Users Too Busy Building to Notice: https://gamerscave.net/top-secret-military-docs-go-on-a-minecraft-adventure-discord-users-too-busy-building-to-notice/Federal agents barge into wrong Boston hotel room during training, handcuff pilot: https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/revere-hotel-boston-fbi-botched-training-cheryl-fiandaca-wbz/'Fyre Festival II' is 'finally happening', says convicted fraudster Billy McFarland: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-12/fyre-fest-organiser-conman-billy-mcfarland-relaunch-festival/102215540Teen who laughed when asked for 'preferred pronouns' booted from Pokémon card tournament: https://local12.com/news/nation-world/teen-who-laughed-when-asked-for-preferred-pronouns-booted-from-pokmon-card-tournament-trading-card-game-makani-tran-charlotteElon Musk paints over the ‘w' on Twitter HQ sign in San Francisco: https://nypost.com/2023/04/10/elon-musk-paints-over-w-on-twitter-hq-sign-so-it-reads-titter/$25K bond set for Jones County woman charged for filming sexual acts with animal: https://www.wdam.com/2023/04/06/25k-bond-set-jones-county-woman-charged-filming-sexual-acts-with-animal/Visit our brand spanking new home on the web @ www.earthoddity.net!!!We would to thank Cajun Curl Original Spice for their support! For some spice that's extra nice that taste spicy but doesn't feel spicy, check them out over at www.cajuncurl.com. Be sure and use coupon code "EOP10" and get ten percent off your order.Special thanks to Silencyde for providing the music! Check out his music on Soundcloud here: https://soundcloud.com/silencyde or on his YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/Silencyde and on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/Silencyde/Like what you hear? Please consider joining our Patreon. Sign up at the $5 dollar level and get access to Earth Oddity Extended where you get an extended version of the show and an all exclusive show once a month! You can find that at www.patreon.com/earthoddity.

Full Show Ep #488 Of The Clay Edwards Show W/ Therese Apel On 103.9 WYAB  04/11/2023 1. Discussing the fallout from the Jxn Trash debacle here in Jackson, Mississippi 2. More follow up on the Jones County dog sex arrest 3. The FBI has decided that people who use certain terms like "chad", "red-pilled", "incels" and more to be "extremist" 4. Speaking of "incels", we talk about what it actually takes to get laid as a man Check out my website & all of my social channels by clicking my link tree at www.solo.to/clayedwards

Clip From Ep #488 Of The Clay Edwards Show W/ Therese Apel On 103.9 WYAB  04/11/2023 1. More follow up on the Jones County dog sex arrest, I accidentally saw the video and I immediately poured bleach in my eyes and on my phone in hopes of washing the visual away forever. Check out my website & all of my social channels by clicking my link tree at www.solo.to/clayedwards

Clip From Ep #487 Of The Clay Edwards Show On 103.9 WYAB  04/10/2023 1. John McCain & his wife knew what Jeffery Epstein was doing with sex trafficking and chose to say nothing. 2. A Jones County Mississippi women has been arrested for filming her self having sex with dogs, multiple times..... WTF IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE? Check out my website & all of my social channels by clicking my link tree at www.solo.to/clayedwards

The Miami Hurricanes have landed a verbal commitment from class of 2024 quarterback Judd Anderson. He chose Miami over Ole Miss, Pittsburgh, Georgia Tech and a handful of other suitors. The Jones County HS (GA) product just spent a mid-week unofficial visit at The U and clearly liked what he saw. He has been heavily pursued by Hurricanes offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson. Anderson stands 6-6 with a very strong arm. He is also a basketball star in high school. Locked On Network recruiting analyst John Garcia Jr joins host Alex Donno to break down Anderson. How much of a project will he be at the college level? How does Anderson's commitment affect other QB prospects Miami has been pursuing like Air Noland, AJ Hairston, Luke Moga and Michael Van Buren? Will Miami take two quarterbacks in the class of 2024?You can sign up to our SUBTEXT community with this link https://joinsubtext.com/lockedoncanes or by texting CANES to (305) 686-3374.Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you'll get 15% off your next order.FanDuelMake Every Moment More. Don't miss the chance to get your No Sweat First Bet up to ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS in Bonus Bets when you go FanDuel.com/LOCKEDON.FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Miami Hurricanes have landed a verbal commitment from class of 2024 quarterback Judd Anderson. He chose Miami over Ole Miss, Pittsburgh, Georgia Tech and a handful of other suitors. The Jones County HS (GA) product just spent a mid-week unofficial visit at The U and clearly liked what he saw. He has been heavily pursued by Hurricanes offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson. Anderson stands 6-6 with a very strong arm. He is also a basketball star in high school.  Locked On Network recruiting analyst John Garcia Jr joins host Alex Donno to break down Anderson. How much of a project will he be at the college level? How does Anderson's commitment affect other QB prospects Miami has been pursuing like Air Noland, AJ Hairston, Luke Moga and Michael Van Buren? Will Miami take two quarterbacks in the class of 2024? You can sign up to our SUBTEXT community with this link https://joinsubtext.com/lockedoncanes or by texting CANES to (305) 686-3374. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you'll get 15% off your next order. FanDuel Make Every Moment More. Don't miss the chance to get your No Sweat First Bet up to ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS in Bonus Bets when you go FanDuel.com/LOCKEDON. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coach Parker talks to Coach Josh Herring, Offensive Coordinator at Jones County, on tips he has for being a successful offensive playcaller.

Jones County sheriff candidate Michael Reaves joins the show to discuss his plans if he is elected.

Jones County sheriff candidate Macon Davis stops by to discuss his plans if he is elected in 2023.

This is John McGlothlen with The Gazette digital news desk and I'm here with your update for Monday, January 16th — Martin Luther King Day.According to the National Weather Service, we'll have showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 4 p.m., in the Cedar Rapids area today, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4 p.m. The high will be near 54. Winds from the southeast 10 to 15 mph then from the south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch are possible. Then tonight, a slight chance of showers between 9 p.m. and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35.A man was fatally shot after breaking into a Monticello man's home last week, according to Monticello's chief of police. At 1:48 a.m. Wednesday, a man called 911 in Jones County to report someone trying to break in at his home in the 300 block of South Sycamore Street. Before an officer arrived, the resident armed himself with a gun and shot the intruder, who had gotten inside and confronted him, according to the news release. Authorities identified the alleged intruder as 30-year-old Patrick M. O'Brine. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The man and a 10-year-old child at the home were uninjured, police said.A Cedar Rapids woman was killed Thursday afternoon in a collision with a snowplow truck on Interstate 80 in Iowa County. According to an Iowa State Patrol crash report, at about 1 p.m., 64-year-old Joyce R. Baumgarten of Cedar Rapids was driving on eastbound Interstate 80 near mile marker 213 when her Jeep Cherokee struck a slow-moving Iowa Department of Transportation snowplow truck that was on the left shoulder conducting a maintenance project. Baumgarten was killed in the crash. The snowplow truck driver, identified as 52-year-old David Dellamuth of Williamsburg, was taken to a Marengo hospital for injuries.The Gazette now has an online map showing all reported 120 shots-fired incidents in Cedar Rapids for 2022. Go to thegazette.com slash data to see the details. –

The attack on two power substations in Moore County, NC were not the first such attacks on energy facilities in the state. The North State Journal's Matt Mercer has details: On Friday, Nov. 11, a property owned by the Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative (CCEC) in the Jones County town of Maysville was damaged. More than 12,000 CCEC customers were without power for approximately two hours, according to a statement from the cooperative.  “CCEC monitors its system constantly, and soon after the outage occurred, crews were dispatched to begin the restoration process and found that the Maysville substation had been vandalized. The Maysville substation remains off-line, but CCEC is fully able to serve all of its members through other substations,” a Nov. 11 statement reads.  The total cost of the damage was expected to exceed $500,000 and insurance investigators are still working to determine the extent of the damage. The cooperative said the vandals damaged transformers causing them to leak coolant oil.   Jake Joplin, CCEC CEO and general manager, stated that the cooperative “condemns this senseless act of vandalism.”   The Jones County Sheriff's Department and State Bureau of Investigation were investigating the vandalism.  Much like the attack in Moore County, the attacks occurred close to military installations in the state. Maysville sits 33 miles from Camp Lejeune 41 miles from MCAS Cherry Point – two Marine Corps bases with nearly 50,000 active duty and reserve members enlisted.  Moore County sits just west of Fort Bragg, the largest military base in the United States. The substation attacks were first reported in Carthage, the Moore County seat which sits approximately 33 miles from the Army base.         Get exclusive content here!: https://thepetekalinershow.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to Episode 114 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast. In this episode, we visit the farm of Iowa's 2022 Conservation Farmer of the Year (Dave Lubben of Jones County) to discuss conservation with Dave and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig. Then we talk with Iowa State University professor Dr. Daniel Andersen (who goes by @DrManure on Twitter) about how farmers can use cover crops and manure successfully in the same fields.  Resources mentioned in this episode Iowa Manure Management Action Group Midwest Cover Crops Field Guide, 3rd Edition

5th year senior defensive lineman Wardalis Ducksworth joined GoTigers247 in this episode of Off the Boards. Wardalis is one of the returning veteran defensive lineman from the Tigers' team last year, and he described how his role has changed with his seniority. He shares how fall training camp is different from previous years. He is fully concentrating on his own game and learning the new playbook and schemes, but he also carries the burden of leading the younger guys on the defensive line. He believes his job now consists of making sure the younger players are doing right in all the little things, such as eating, sleeping, training, and studying. Wardalis shares about his journey to Memphis through the junior college ranks. Leaving high school as a 6'4, 175 lb defensive lineman, he joined Jones County Junior College where he played for two years. He described his time at Jones County as a necessary time for him to learn the "little things" about being a college football player. He left Jones County and came to Memphis as a 6'4, 200 lb defensive lineman in 2019. In the last three years, Wardalis has spent as much time with the training team at Memphis as he has the defensive line coach. During his time at Memphis he has gained 64 lbs of muscle and strength and has realized a lot of success on the field. In the second segment, Wardalis talks about the new defense under Matt Barnes and how he is excited to see the defense be much more pressure oriented this year. He talks about his past as a basketball player and how the skills he learned on the hardwood has helped him with footwork and hand/eye coordination on the field. To end the show, Kenny and Wardalis talk about Wardalis being named to the AFCA Good Works' Team. He explains why he feels so compelled to give back to the community and why it's so important to him. Wardalis shares specifically about an organization called "Be The Match", a bone marrow transplant matching organization that helps find bone marrow matches for people suffering with blood born diseases such as leukemia. About Off the Boards: Off the Boards is a video/audio segment where GT247 sits down with local and national sports figures. Typically, Off the Boards has been a video segment, but we are now turning it into an audio podcast as well to better meet the needs of all of our followers. This new format will allow all of GT247's content to be more accessible to listeners. You can listen to any of our podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Megaphone. Make sure to subscribe, leave a comment and spread the word about Tigers in 20 and Off the Boards. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jim and Buck talk with Mark Thornton about Jones County.8 Meaningful Minutes this week is also featuring Mark Thornton!

Details on Blind Pig expanding to Jones County and Brain's daughter Carly doesn't want to hang anymore.

On this episode, one parent's fight to change gendered dress code language in Jones County, MS leads to a statewide effort to correct school handbooks. LGBTQ Justice Project Attorney McKenna Raney-Gray explains what makes a discriminatory dress code, and how it disproportionately impacts students who are girls, Black and LGBTQ.

Coach Parker talks to Coach Josh Herring, Offensive Coordinator at Jones County, about Offensive Practice Organization. You can see the video of this mini-clinic on the Parker Resources YouTube Channel.

In just over 11 minutes, Northeast president Ricky G. Ford gives a brief rundown of everything that is happening at one of the premier institutions in the United States...Northeast Mississippi Community College. In a quick end-of-the-semester rundown, Ford talks about final exams and graduation at Northeast and the importance of faculty turning their grades in on time, and students, who want to come to summer school, paying their fees on time to avoid any delay in processing their desires for an education. Ford talks about the group of administration that went to the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) national conference and presented on what the college is doing as it concerns Strategic Doing. In an update on projects happening around campus, Ford announces that all the water fountains on campus will be changed in the coming weeks to provide filtered, cold and regular temperature water with a touchless base and addresses the needs for short-term projects like the NEMCC Tennis Complex and the Faculty/Staff Development Area in the Eula Dees Memorial Library finished as soon as possible to make way for long-term projects like a Performing Arts Center that will host more musical, entertainment, theatre, choral and symphony performances. Ford suggests that the renovations to the Seth Pounds Auditorium would be perfect for a display of the arts until a proper Performing Arts Center can be built. Ford asks all listeners for their input on new programs that the college can offer to help bolster the Northeast lineup such as the new Fiber Optic Technician Program, a night/evening/weekend school for ADN and LPN students, the addition of a cyber security team on campus and coding that will help promote technology use in the classroom to our K-12 partners. Ford brags on Northeast's online workforce training platform that currently has 93 students enrolled but has accomplished nearly 1,500 training modules for the area industry. Ford talks about athletics with softball beginning in its state tournament on Wednesday against Copiah-Lincoln at Jones County and Baseball hosting a three-game series against Jones County on Thursday at 6 p.m. Ford also takes pride in announcing the first-ever Jeffrey Powell Memorial Scholarship recipient. 

Alabama insider Ryan Fowler joins the show on the Corona Premier guest line to talk some NFL. Bo and Ryan talk about Jalen Hurts and Tua Tagovailoa and debate who is the better NFL quarterbacks. Ryan talks about new Alabama transfer Eli Ricks recent arrest in Jones County, Mississippi. Ryan gives his way-too-early prediction for the 2023 National Championship teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bo talks the NFL and welcomes in some guests in the third hour of the show live in the BankPlus Studio. Bo begins talks about Matt Corral as he is now with the Carolina Panthers. Bo discusses if the media give players will big brands excuses. Alabama insider Ryan Fowler joins the show on the Corona Premier guest line to talk some NFL. Bo and Ryan talk about Jalen Hurts and Tua Tagovailoa and debate who is the better NFL quarterbacks. Ryan talks about new Alabama transfer Eli Ricks recent arrest in Jones County, Mississippi. Ryan gives his way-too-early prediction for the 2023 National Championship teams. Mississippi State insider Steve Robertson joins the show on the Corona Premier guest line to talk some MSU baseball and football. Steve talks ranch dressing and what food it's best on. Steve gives his thoughts on Mississippi State baseball and what the Bulldogs have to do to get into the post-season. Steve discusses what MSU needs to do in the transfer portal this summer, both bringing in and shipping out. Steve gives his thought on several MSU players including Preston Johnson. Steve discusses the future of Jackson Fristoe and KC Hunt. Steve debates whether Hunt will go pro after this season. Steve talks MSU football and what the program can do to get better. Steve discusses Mike Leach's Mentality and how the Bulldogs may do in the upcoming season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alabama insider Ryan Fowler joins the show on the Corona Premier guest line to talk some college football. Ryan talks about new Alabama transfer Eli Ricks recent arrest in Jones County, Mississippi. Ryan gives his way-too-early prediction for the 2023 National Championship teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coach Parker talks to Coach Mike Chastain at Jones County.

In this episode, Dr. James Johnson-Hill joins TimeOUT With The SportsDr Podcast. Dr. James Johnson-Hill is the founder and lead pastor of Agape Church. Pastor James has roots in Jones County, Mississippi. Prior to moving to Laurel, Pastor James served as the Associate Pastor for 13 years at Agape Church in San Luis Obispo, CA. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, James completed his Doctorate of Ministry in July of 2000. Pastor James has a genuine love for people and is passionate to see the church look like heaven… people of every race, every culture, every age and every background worshiping God, loving God, loving one another and living life together! As pastor and teacher Pastor James' ministry focuses on building the local church, reaching people with the gospel, and developing passionate followers of Christ. His practical, and often humorous presentation inspires believers and reaches the unchurched. Topics Discussed:  Leadership during the pandemic Mental Health Suicide Prevention Diversity in the church If you're enjoying the podcast, please leave a 5⭐️ Rating at: RateThisPodcast.com/sportsdr Follow Me: Instagram: the.sports.dr  Facebook: Timeout with the SportsDr Email: thesportsdoctr@gmail.com Website: https://sportsdr.libsyn.com/ Follow Dr. JJ Hill Instagram: @drjjhill, theagepechurch Website: theagape.church