Tombigbee Tales

Sin City South: The Go Go Beach Mystery

But Go-Go Beach would become one of Alfred Wright's most infamous ventures. Located across the Tombigbee River, this segregated African American club opened in the 1950s or '60s and quickly became a popular destination. The beach drew visitors with its crystal-clear waters, remnants of a former sand pit.
Go-Go Beach offered more than just swimming and sunbathing. It featured a juke joint that played the latest R&B hits, a barbecue pit that served up mouthwatering ribs and pulled pork, and, if rumors were to be believed, a thriving numbers racket, slots, and casino tables. On weekends, the beach would come alive with the sound of laughter and music and the roll of dice.
However, the allure of Go-Go Beach would soon be overshadowed by tragedy and whispered conspiracies.

Sin City South: The Dark Underbelly of Columbus, Mississippi

Welcome to "Sin City South," a Tombigbee Tales series that delves into the shadowy past of Columbus, Mississippi, and its surrounding areas. I'm your host, [Name], and in this expose series, we'll explore how this seemingly conservative Southern town earned its notorious nickname in the mid-20th century. Get ready to have your perceptions challenged as we uncover a story that's been hiding in plain sight for decades.

Heritage Academy Episode 23 Rigging the Review

While rigging the Beauty Review is quite obvious, what is most disheartening is that these kids pour their hearts into this event. How disappointing that the adults in charge have little oversight and allegedly manipulate the outcome each year to benefit certain children more than others who are equally as invested in the event. It would seem that this is one more space where Heritage should look more carefully into the less-than-transparent processes and events that negatively impact the students. If the school motto includes high moral standards perhaps they should start with the moral turpitude of the adults who are teaching and guiding and supporting the children.
According to multiple parents who messaged me, after beauty review was over, several participants went to the office to check their beauty review ballot scores. It was obvious to each of the participants, numbers had been erased and replaced with lower numbers. Why? Because this is Heritage where some are more equal than others.

Heritage Academy Part 22 Where The Kids Lose and the School Benefits

The Heritage Academy athletic director Moe Reed has to be more nervous than a nine-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. Her varsity girls' basketball team is now 0-10. They lost to a big rival by 29 points. Yikes. Then, they made the parents drive their kids on a workday across the state to Magnolia Heights for them to lose there too.

Columbus, Gambling, and the Old Dixie Mafia

The Dixie Mafia, also known as the Dixie Mob, is a criminal organization active in the Southern United States since at least the 1960s. Their name is synonymous with illegal bootlegging, gambling, contract killings, safe cracking, and murder. They first emerged in the American South in the 1960s but grew out of a long and storied history of organized crime in the South. Any loyalty or oath did not unite members and were loosely connected by a willingness to commit any crime, from extortion to murder, if there was money to be made.Join me as we begin to untwist the historically messy underbelly of Columbus. 

Heritage Academy Ep 21 The Chosen Ones

First Methodist's Vaughn Stafford and company know exactly what they're doing. The Heritage and Board administration allows them free reign over the children at the school every time they invite them on campus. It’s not just the Baptists at Heritage who should be worried.  

Heritage Academy Episode 20 Where Winning Doesn’t Seem to Matter…for Girls

Heritage Academy has spent significant money on having men’s and girls' athletic directors. The men’s athletic director stepped down and “retired” in October amid alleged allegations of theft. The girl’s athletic director, Moe Black is also the girl’s head basketball coach. Before this year, Black balanced a teaching schedule of economics and American Government with coaching like so many teacher coaches. Then Heritage created the new administrative position for her to manage all the girl’s sports and as a bonus coach girl’s basketball.
 
Post Production Note: Pogue did not lose every game. That was the current coach Tobias Smith Previously as head coach. Pogue lost district and left.

Heritage Academy Episode 19 The Hypocrisy of Be the Light

A distinction needs to be made between everyday Heritage Christians who are struggling in areas of maturity and consistency and Heritage Academy Christians who are outright mean-spirited hypocrites. 
Christianity isn’t about pretending to be good or even proclaiming to be better than others. Christianity is about doing the right thing when people are looking, especially when no one is looking. For a school that espouses basic Christian principles, I expect better from its coaches, faculty, staff, and administrators. So much for being the light in their community.

Heritage Academy Episode 18 – Bald Faced Lies From the Board of Trustees

If you have concerns you want voiced, reach out to me. I will protect your identity and we will find a way to make your voice heard on this podcast.
Whatever negative happens at Heritage from here on out, the board is just as culpable as the Head of School Sean Harrison. And the Tombigbee Tales will be watching closely because it is not IF something bad will happen due to their negligence…it is WHEN it will happen.

Heritage Academy Episode 17 – It Was a Very Merry Faculty Party

Where do I even start on this episode? If half of what I have learned is true about the culture of drinking among the administration at that school, then there is a much bigger problem than what I previously surmised. 
Is this the behavior of adults you want as role models for your child?