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May 27, 2005
Police identify 2 suspects in girl’s abduction
Police identify 2 suspects in girl’s abduction Two men have been identified as suspects in the shooting and abduction of 11-year-old Amber Scott from her south Jackson home earlier this month, police said Wednesday. Gilbert Ewing, 25, has been charged with kidnapping, aggravated assault, burglary, shooting into an occupied dwelling and simple assault. Detectives still…
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May 26, 2005
Council rejects lawsuit settlement
Council rejects lawsuit settlement City Council members shot down a $75,000 settlement proposal of a lawsuit filed over then-Jackson Police Officer Mertis Walker’s arrest of a woman who owed her money. “We voted it down because we thought the city should not pay a dime as we are not liable,” Council President Leslie McLemore said…
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May 26, 2005
City Council Rejects Settlement Offer
City Council Rejects Settlement Offer Jackson City Council members voted down a lawsuit settlement involving former police officer Mertis Walker. City leaders voted against paying $75,000 to Blanche Ann Ray who sued the city and Walker. Walker had Ray arrested for failing to repay money she borrowed from Walker’s lending business. Jackson attorney Sam Begley…
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May 24, 2005
Resolution opposes appointee protection
Resolution opposes appointee protection A resolution going before the City Council today recommends that Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. not move some city staffers into civil service positions. “We were trying to get at discouraging the mayor from moving people from political slots into civil service positions,” City Council President Leslie McLemore said. “The new mayor…
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May 24, 2005
As a fellow Dem, mayor should give Melton boost
As a fellow Dem, mayor should give Melton boost Decisions, decisions Johnson, who defeated two-term incumbent Kane Ditto in 1997, has been evasive about whether he will support Melton. “I haven’t made up my mind about that,” said Johnson, a Democratic National Committee member. “I don’t see any dust flying. No TV spots. No radio…
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May 24, 2005
Melton plans tactic to keep board post
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May 22, 2005
Police Targeted in Shootout
Police Targeted in Shootout The damage from Wednesday’s shootout in west Jackson could have been much worse. Police now say the shooter had more than two hundred bullets waiting to be fired. That’s in addition to the estimated eighty rounds 23-year-old Willie McGregory fired at police. Inside McgGegory’s father’s tire store police discovered the bullets…
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May 21, 2005
Rick Whitlow Gets His Message Out
Recently, traditionally Republican Households began receiving recorded voice message calls from the Whitlow campaign. Whitlow is now putting his resources to work and getting his message out. You can hear the recorded call here. He has also made the following article available exclusively to JacksonsNextMayor.com Zero Tolerance on Crime by Republican Mayoral Candidate Rick Whitlow…
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May 21, 2005
Community urged to help end violence
Community urged to help end violence At the City Hall news conference, Hinds County District Attorney Faye Peterson urged anyone with information to come forward. Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. said the community was shocked and outraged by what happened. “I ask all Jacksonians to work together to prevent this kind of violence,” he said.…
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May 19, 2005
Police wound gunman in shootout
Police wound gunman in shootout Sounds of gunfire Wednesday afternoon in a west Jackson neighborhood sent people scrambling indoors. Willie McGregory, 22, fired 30 rounds during a gunfire exchange with police after he was stopped on a traffic violation in south Jackson, then led officers on a 10-mile chase that ended at a tire shop,…
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May 19, 2005
Whitlow on “Ask the Candidate”
Catch Rick Whitlow on WAPT-TV Channel 16 “Ask the Candidate” today, Wednesday, May 18, 2005, at 5:00 PM.
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May 18, 2005
Jackson Mayor Says He’s Not Brooding Over Loss
Jackson Mayor Says He’s Not Brooding Over Loss Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson refuted claims that he has been avoiding the media since losing the May 3rd Democratic Primary. Johnson held a news conference following Tuesday night’s city council meeting. The outgoing mayor says he is not going to blame the media for his loss, but…
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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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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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