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Along with being the Democratic candidate for Mississippi governor, Robert Gray is also a truck driver. Gray’s CB handle in his truck is Silent Knight. If you don’t know what a CB handle is, it’s a nickname truck drivers use to communicate on their short-wave radios.

Some of the Jackson Free Press staff decided to reveal our own CB handles in this issue.

Tommy Burton: LeRoy Chickenfoot

Kristin Brenemen: Pig Apokalips

Zilpha Young: Bubba McFierce

Arielle Dreher: OtterThisWorld

R.L. Nave: U-Town

Donna Ladd: Teflon Chick

Brandi Stodard: Bonnie Blue Eyes

Todd Stauffer: Texas Tea

Micah Smith: Mashed ‘Tato

Amber Helsel: Biggie Smalls

Melanie Collins: Rocking Mama

Adria Walker: Girl Friday

Dustin Cardon: Cardon Bleu

Mississippi native Donna Ladd and partner Todd Stauffer founded the Jackson Free Press in 2002 in the capital city. The heavily awarded local newspaper did many investigations heralded across the state and nation and served as a paper of record due to its diversity, inclusion, in-depth reporting and deep connection to readers and dedication to narrative change in and about Mississippi. In 2022, the nonprofit Mississippi Free Press, founded by Ladd and JFP Associate Publisher Kimberly Griffin in 2020, purchased the journalism assets and archives of the Jackson Free Press. A Google grant through AAN Publishers enabled Newspack's integration of the JFP archives into the Mississippi Free Press website to become part of a more searchable archive of recent Mississippi history and essential journalism.