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February 13, 2009
Former Auditor Steve Patterson sentenced to 2 years in Dickie Scruggs scandal
Patterson sentenced to 24 months Steven Patterson will do prison time, despite his cooperation into the infamous conspiracy to bribe Circuit Judge Henry Lackey of Calhoun City. Patterson was sentenced to 24 months in prison and given a $150,000 fine. He said he was deeply sorry during the sentencing. Patterson could have been given five…
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February 13, 2009
Sex ed, failing schools bills beat deadline
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/13/9 Legislation for a pilot sex education program in some public schools survived a key deadline Thursday as did measures to strengthen the state’s ability to intervene in failing school districts and tax hospitals to help pay for Medicaid. Election reform and property-rights measures also survived the deadline for original floor action on…
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February 13, 2009
FBI wants info on 43 slayings
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/13/9 The FBI asked for information Thursday about 43 unsolved civil rights-era slayings in Mississippi, saying time is running out because potential witnesses and suspects are growing old or dying. The agency launched an initiative in 2006 to tackle cold cases from the mid-1950s to the late 1960s, mostly in the South. Though…
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February 13, 2009
Feds finish case against Melton; his turn Tuesday
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/12/9 Federal prosecutors on Thursday wrapped up their case against Mayor Frank Melton and Michael Recio, his former police bodyguard – more than a day earlier than anticipated. They used their final witnesses to zero in on testimony that the mayor confessed to the raid and had an apparent disregard for the law.…
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February 13, 2009
Prosecution rests in Jackson mayor trial
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/12/9 Federal prosecutors have rested in Jackson Mayor Frank Melton’s civil rights trial. Court is adjourned until 10 a.m. Tuesday. Prosecutors this afternoon called an official with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Equality to testify. Jerry Cain, director of the Office of Pollution Control for MDEQ, said he talked to Melton on Aug.…
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February 13, 2009
Jury instruction could focus on ‘bad purpose’
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/13/9 Attorneys on both sides of Mayor Frank Melton and ex-bodyguard Michael Recio’s trial will gather this morning to discuss how U.S. District Court Judge Dan Jordan eventually will instruct jurors to deliberate. Jackson lawyer and former Mayor Dale Danks Jr., who represented Melton in his April 2007 state trial, said getting favorable…
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February 13, 2009
Melton’s wife sued by bank; default cited
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/13/9 OmniBank has sued the wife of Jackson Mayor Frank Melton, saying the couple defaulted on a $301,967 home-equity line of credit they took out in 2007 on a Jackson home. The default is due to failure to keep flood insurance on the property, according to the complaint filed Wednesday in federal court…
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February 13, 2009
Star wants country music trail in Miss.
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/13/9 Country music star Marty Stuart is at the Capitol today speaking out in support of legislation that would create a country music trail in Mississippi. “It’s country music’s time,” Stuart said. “The world is waiting to come see us in Mississippi.” Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant touted the accomplishments of Stuart, a Philadelphia…
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February 13, 2009
Senate kills bill to reform state lobbying system
The Sun Herald, 2/12/9 A bill that would have regulated how the state hires lobbyists died in the state Senate after a lengthy debate and a narrow vote, leaving its authors vowing to make another run at it in 2010. Sens. David Baria, D-Bay St. Louis and Merle Flowers, R-Southaven, authored the bill. The measure…
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February 13, 2009
Secrecy: Senate backslides on openness
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 2/13/9 The Mississippi Senate had shown promise of new openness last session under Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant, but apparently has slipped back into its old habits of government secrecy. Wednesday was a bad day for openness and ethics in the Senate. Senators voted 26-23 to recommit a bill that would have made…
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February 13, 2009
‘Indescribably sad’
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/13/9 Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter looked ashen Thursday as he pleaded not guilty in federal court to corruption charges involving multimillionaire Dickie Scruggs. The courtroom scene was a far cry from the days following the Feb. 5, 1994, conviction of Klansman Byron De La Beckwith, when DeLaughter drew international praise for…
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February 13, 2009
Lawmakers must get serious about records
The Hattiesburg American Editorial, 2/12/9 Many Mississippi lawmakers talk a good game when it comes to open government and making government more responsive. They had an opportunity to show they are serious, but on Wednesday failed a key test. Two bills in the Legislature would have forced agencies to handle requests from the public in…
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Jeremy Pittari
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May 7, 2026
Wednesday night storm spawns several tornadoes that damage hundreds of homes in three counties
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Frank Corder
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May 6, 2026
Speaker White names House Select Committees to tackle property taxes, school consolidation, redistricting, more
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Daniel Tyson
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May 6, 2026
Job training life-affirming for inmates in MAGCOR programs
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Frank Corder
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April 23, 2026
Mississippi companies invited to participate in 2026 Southeastern U.S.–Canadian Provinces Conference
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Frank Corder
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April 22, 2026
Corderill investing $100 million at Meridian data center campus
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Frank Corder
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April 17, 2026
Walmart announces plan to remodel 19 Mississippi stores
Culture
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Alistair Begg
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May 8, 2026
The cost of complaining
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Susan Marquez
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May 7, 2026
Noah “Soggy” Sweat’s “The Whiskey Speech” to be presented at Two Mississippi Museums
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Alistair Begg
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May 7, 2026
Purchased for God
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Russ Latino
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May 8, 2026
Something for everyone to hate in the redistricting debate
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Christy Hovanetz
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May 6, 2026
Mississippi is raising the bar, and that’s a really good thing for kids
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Russ Latino
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May 5, 2026
Mississippi faces pressure to redistrict before congressional midterms, but also real world constraints
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