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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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May 18, 2005
Challengers win Jackson council runoffs
Challengers win Jackson council runoffs Two Jackson City Council incumbents were ousted in Democratic runoffs Tuesday, the same day some other metro-area races were decided. Eight-year Ward 4 Councilman Bo Brown lost to his neighbor, Frank Bluntson. Retired educator Charles Tillman defeated Ward 5 Councilwoman Bettye Dagner-Cook, a high school biology teacher, in her bid…
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May 18, 2005
Rank ‘n’ file doing the job in Jackson – CL Editorial
Rank ‘n’ file doing the job in Jackson The name Barry Hale isn’t a household word in the Capital City, like Robert Moore, Jackson’s police chief, or Harvey Johnson, the mayor. But the Precinct 4 Jackson policeman had a deserved moment in the limelight last week. Hale was honored Friday as Officer of the Year…
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May 17, 2005
JPD upgrade year from completion
JPD upgrade year from completion Reconstruction of Jackson’s police headquarters on Pascagoula Street is 45 percent complete and should be ready for occupancy by spring 2006, a city official said Monday. “What they are doing now is working the energy-performance upgrades and the interior construction at the same time,” City Chief Administrative Officer Otha Burton…
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July 3, 2025
Launch of Mississippi’s America250 Commission announced
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July 3, 2025
The House gives final approval to Trump’s big tax bill and sends it to him to sign
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July 3, 2025
Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court coming to address “very narrow, legal issue” in court-ordered legislative redistricting
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Lynne Jeter
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June 27, 2025
Howard Industries announces $237 million expansion in Clarke, Jones and Simpson counties
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June 17, 2025
Balch & Bingham’s Hoffmann appointed Honorary Consul of Belgium for Mississippi and Alabama
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June 16, 2025
The Trump family’s next venture, a mobile phone company
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Richelle Putnam
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July 4, 2025
The timeless allure and bayou elegance of Gulf Hills Hotel and Resort
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July 4, 2025
Follow Rahab’s example
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Meredith Biesinger
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July 3, 2025
The rise of downtown Amory: A Mississippi story of heart and grit
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Kimberly Ross
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July 3, 2025
U.S. Supreme Court picks parents, religious freedom over woke education bureaucracy
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Kelley Williams
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July 3, 2025
Why do utility monopolies exist?
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Ashby Foote
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July 2, 2025
Is Iran poised for disruption?
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