Link to Pendergest-Holt complaint

FBI agents late Thursday arrested Stanford Financial Group’s Chief Investment Officer Laura Pendergest-Holt on a criminal complaint charging her with obstructing the federal fraud case against Stanford.
Click here to read complaint against Pendergest-Holt.

President Obama speaks – your thoughts?

To a nation reeling from recession and facing long-festering problems, President Barack Obama has a simple reminder: “We are not quitters.”
Whatever the problems, the new president promised in the first prime-time speech of his term, “We will rebuild, we will recover and the United States of America will emerge stronger than before.”
Standing before a joint [...]

Keeping the Music Alive

Bob Wheeler, a country music historian from Baldwyn, Miss., tells how he started collecting albums and his passion for music.

Bob Wheeler, a country music historian from Baldwyn, Miss., plays one of the oldest records from his extensive record collection — “When You and I Were Young, [...]

What should be in the new Ole Miss Chancellor’s job description?

IHL is in Oxford meeting with different groups about that today. What are your thoughts? Post what you think the new Ole Miss Chancellor should focus on in the comments below.
Daily Journal’s Errol Castens is providing updates from Oxford. Click here for the updates.

Khayat video interview

Click the video above to listen to Ole Miss Chancellor Robert Khayat in this video produced by the school the day he announced he was retiring. Khayat talks about his decision to retire, his accomplishments while at Ole Miss, and his future plans.
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Memories of Phyllis Harper

Sad news to report today – Longtime beloved Daily Journal columnist Phyllis Harper, whose tales of a place called Fawn Grove earned her a loyal following, was remembered by friends Friday. Harper died Thursday at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness.
Share your thoughts about Phyllis Harper and her years at the Journal [...]

Your thoughts and a fact check of Obama press conference

What did you think of President Obama’s press conference? Did it change your mind on the stimulus package? Comment below.
Also here is a Fact Check of some of what was said by The Associated Press.
FACT CHECK: Examining Obama’s job, pork claims
By CALVIN WOODWARD
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON — At least Route 31 is a road to somewhere.
President [...]