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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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July 19, 2005
Melton backs off vow to close apartments
Melton backs off vow to close apartments Backing off his threat to close the dilapidated Jackson Apartments, Mayor Frank Melton told residents Monday he wants their help in fixing the problems. In an impromptu meeting, Melton told some residents of the Maple Street complex to meet, identify what they want, then get back with him.…
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July 19, 2005
Whose Money Is It Anyway?
$20 million a year in tobacco settlement money pits the governor and the legislature against the lieutenant governor and the attorney general. So just who
does
control Mississippi's purse strings?
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July 18, 2005
Mayor Threatens to Close Apt. Complex
Mayor Threatens to Close Apt. Complex Mayor Frank Melton says he will begin the process of shutting down the Jackson Apartments on Monday. This is one of his first moves in cleaning up Jackson. Trash litters the grounds of the Jackson Apartments. Burned out, vacant units, left to decay for years, surround dozens of children…
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July 18, 2005
Melton steps up to the plate
Melton steps up to the plate Jackson Mayor Frank Melton said he would help build the “Homerun for Habitat” house in the capital city. Melton will join volunteers for the build that runs on eight Saturdays in a row beginning 8 a.m. on Aug. 6. A charity softball game on June 18 between the Media…
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Frank Corder
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December 23, 2025
Coast Guard returning full operations to its Pascagoula station
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Jeremy Pittari
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December 23, 2025
Mississippi Dept. of Education launches AI pilot program in 15 school districts
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Fatima Hussein, Associated Press
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December 23, 2025
Medicaid paid more than $207 million for dead people. A new law could help fix that
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Frank Corder
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December 19, 2025
Firehawk Aerospace expands U.S. rocket manufacturing by acquiring Mississippi facility
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Frank Corder
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December 18, 2025
Steel industry supplier P.C. Campana moving manufacturing line to Vicksburg
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Frank Corder
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December 15, 2025
Amick Farms announces $74.5 million expansion in Jones County
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Marilyn Tinnin
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December 24, 2025
The Nutcracker: An enduring Christmas tradition
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Alistair Begg
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December 24, 2025
Prophecy fulfilled
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Meredith Biesinger
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December 23, 2025
The Singing Christmas Tree: A Belhaven tradition and a Mississippi legacy
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Sid Salter
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December 24, 2025
Slain director Rob Reiner made a complex but necessary film in Mississippi in the 1990s
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Donna Akers
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December 23, 2025
The joy of learning has been lost. It’s time to bring it back
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Kimberly Ross
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December 22, 2025
Don’t say anything at all: Rob Reiner, Donald Trump, textbook narcissism and double standards
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