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Nancy Grace, the very loud, opinionated host of an eponymous show on the CNN Headline News network  (once — but now no longer — known for its no-nonsense, straightforward approach to news), showed up on the Gulf Coast and proclaimed she was ready to whip things into shape there.

Grace, using a week’s worth of vacation from her popular TV show to help south Mississippi rebuild from Hurricane Katrina, had just left a Harrison County home she was working to repair when she met with Jackson County’s four mayors and several community representatives.

“What can I do for you folks?” Grace asked the group at Tuesday’s meeting organized by Lance Davis, managing editor of The Mississippi Press.

Jackson City Council members Tuesday approved the payment of roughly $13,000 in legal fees to The Clarion-Ledger, stemming from a lawsuit over public records that began in May.