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July 25, 2005
Honduran man fatally stabbed
Honduran man fatally stabbed A Honduran man who moved to Jackson about a month ago was stabbed to death early Sunday morning by a childhood friend at their north Jackson home, witnesses told police. A pool of blood had dried on a green lawn chair Sunday evening. A trail of blood looped around the driveway…
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July 25, 2005
Metro group sees potential in eyesore
Metro group sees potential in eyesore A chain stretches across the entrance to the Jackson Southwest Hotel. The phone is disconnected, and the weeds are growing tall. Rain and wind blow into open rooms in the back, and empty beer bottles are strewn about the back parking lot. The 288-room hotel on U.S. 80 near…
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July 24, 2005
Nightclub Reopens
Nightclub Reopens Staff at the Upper Level have been working throughout the night preparing for their reopening. Managers say in the two weeks they’ve been closed they’ve done everything Mayor Frank Melton and the courts have asked. WLBT got a rare look inside the club. Staff at the club expect a pretty good crowd, and…
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July 24, 2005
Give Melton credit for his housing focus
Give Melton credit for his housing focus I wonder whether it’s starting to sink in to freshly minted Mayor Frank Melton just how complex his job is. Just how powerless his job can sometimes feel. In the business world, Melton could make a snap decision and watch it quickly become so. If the folks didn’t…
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July 24, 2005
Conditions at complex upgraded
Conditions at complex upgraded City officials and Lincoln Garden residents say conditions have improved at the Jackson apartment complex nearly a year after then-Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. threatened to cut off water service and condemn the place. “Everything’s a lot better now,” resident Christine Taylor said last week. Taylor lived at the 100-unit complex on…
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July 24, 2005
Renovation or wrecking ball: Melton aims at King Edward
Renovation or wrecking ball: Melton aims at King Edward Mayor Frank Melton first went after the Jackson Apartments. Now he’s after the King Edward Hotel. Jackson’s mayor on Friday gave his staff 30 days to submit a plan to renovate the King Edward Hotel or he says he will push to have it demolished. The…
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July 22, 2005
Crime-fighting, not museum, is priority
Crime-fighting, not museum, is priority I was dismayed to learn that the Hinds County Board of Supervisors voted to contribute $50,000 in taxpayer funds to the Museum of Muslim Culture (“Supervisor says board misled on grant for Muslim museum,” July 20). Supervisors initially turned down Sheriff Malcolm McMillin’s request for new cars for deputies. I…
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July 22, 2005
Court overhaul needed to fight Jackson crime
Court overhaul needed to fight Jackson crime A chronic myopia cripples Jackson. The one problem most people immediately think of when one mentions Jackson is crime. How do we reduce crime? The average person or most people in high positions will say, “More police!” However, the criminal justice system consists of three pillars: law enforcement,…
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July 22, 2005
Turnabout: Melton Changes Story About Leak
Turnabout: Melton Changes Story About Leak In a chain of events reminiscent of New York Times reporter Judith Miller being jailed over an unnamed source in the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame, Clarion-Ledger Washington bureau reporter Ana Radelat last week filed notice of appeal to the Mississippi Supreme Court to avoid revealing an unnamed…
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July 19, 2005
Marshall Ramsey 7/19/5
Marshall Ramsey Cartoon – 7/19/5 Marshall Ramsey Clarion Ledger 7/19/5
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July 19, 2005
Judge denies bond for man accused of firing at officers
Judge denies bond for man accused of firing at officers The safety of the public demands a Jackson man accused of firing at least 17 shots from an SKS assault rifle and a 9mm pistol at police in May stays behind bars for now, a judge ruled Monday in a preliminary hearing. Hinds County Judge…
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July 19, 2005
Melton: No more ‘them and us’
Melton: No more ‘them and us’ Jackson Mayor Frank Melton told the Hinds County Board of Supervisors on Monday the era of tense relations between the city and county are over. “The (days of) them and us is over. It’s about us and we,” Melton said. In the past, the city and Hinds County have…
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June 6, 2025
State funding for Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning down from previous year
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Mark Sherman, Associated Press
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June 6, 2025
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to leave mass layoffs at Education Department in place
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Daniel Tyson
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June 6, 2025
Legal fight over control of Jackson airport continues
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Paul Wiseman, Associated Press
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June 6, 2025
Hiring in the US slows, though employers still added a solid 139,000 jobs in May
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Frank Corder
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May 19, 2025
Modine expanding data center cooling equipment manufacturing in Grenada County
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Lynne Jeter
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May 19, 2025
Goldman Sachs honors inaugural Mississippi small business graduating class
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Meredith Biesinger
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June 6, 2025
Take a Dip this Summer: Your guide to Mississippi’s best water parks
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C.H. Spurgeon
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June 6, 2025
Have I betrayed Him?
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Ben Smith
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June 5, 2025
Love God, love family, and shoot ducks
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Russ Latino
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June 6, 2025
Make America Boring Again
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Sid Salter
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June 4, 2025
Bo Robinson, appointed to PSC after jarring corruption scandals, dies at age 90
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Kimberly Ross
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June 3, 2025
The American epidemic of loneliness
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