Starkville, Miss. to re-issue pardon for Johnny Cash

Has Johnny Cash’s spirit rested easier since the city of Starkville, Miss. posthumously pardoned him last Fall for a 1965 public intoxication arrest? Whatever the case may be, the inaugural Flower Pickin’ Festival —named for the the Man in Black’s insistence that he was merely admiring some purty plants and NOT drunkenly relieving himself upon them when police apprehended him (as the rumors goes)—was a hit, so it’s no surprise that this weekend’s second-annual event offers...

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