Reporting from Union County, Mississippi, including courts, law enforcement, government conduct, public records, and civil-rights investigations.
On June 4, 2026, Aberdeen Police Chief D. Shumpert arrested journalist Matthew Reardon in the parking lot of the Thomas G. Abernethy Federal Building in Aberdeen, Mississippi — after Reardon…
Union County Sheriff arrests journalist Matthew Reardon for carrying a 'FUCK CITY HALL' sign into public buildings — the exact conduct the Supreme Court protected in Cohen v. California (1971).
A Union County Justice Court judge dismissed the Supremacy Clause with profanity from the bench — during a public profanity trial. Matthew Reardon, charged under Mississippi Code §97-29-47 for a…
A journalist walks into a Union County Board of Supervisors meeting to exercise his right to public comment. One question. One word. Then — handcuffs, a...
Union County Supervisor C.J. Bright attempts to silence a journalist during a public First Amendment audit in New Albany, Mississippi — all caught on...