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February 14, 2009
Senator Roger Wicker votes “no” on Obama Spending Package
Prior to Final Vote, Wicker Outlines His Opposition to $1 Trillion Spending Bill WASHINGTON – During debate today on the Senate floor, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., outlined the reasons he plans to vote against the “compromise” version of the Democrats’ $1 trillion stimulus bill. The Senate is expected to vote on the bill later…
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February 14, 2009
US. Rep Travis Childers votes “yes” on Obama Spending Package
Congressman Travis Childers (D-MS) today voted to create and save thousands of jobs for hard working Mississippians and help get the economy back on track. The American Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1) will provide billions of dollars in funding for Mississippi to put people back to work and restore the economy through investments…
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February 14, 2009
LNL – And then this bombshell on asbestos – a RICO suit against the asbestos doctors in MS
Harron, others named in Miss. suit over asbestos scheme LEXINGTON, Miss. — An embattled West Virginia radiologist, his son and others have been sued in Mississippi on racketeering and other charges related to an alleged scheme involving asbestos screenings for lawsuits across the nation. Ray Harrron and Andrew Harron are two of the defendants named…
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February 14, 2009
State Auditor Stacey Pickering gets $500K returned on Beef Plant
State Auditor Stacey Pickering has returned $556,804 to the State of Mississippi for funds recovered from the Mississippi Beef Plant investigation. Funds were paid by Facility Management Group, Richard Hall, Sean Carothers and James Draper following their sentencing in 2008. The funds were returned to the State of Mississippi and placed in a special fund…
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February 13, 2009
Tim Balducci and Steve Patterson both get 2 years in federal prison in Dickie Scruggs saga
Balducci, Patterson draw prison terms in Lackey bribery trial Timothy Balducci and Steven Patterson will do prison time, despite their cooperation into the infamous conspiracy to bribe Circuit Judge Henry Lackey of Calhoun City. Their sentences were set today by Senior U.S. District Judge Neal Biggers Jr. today at the federal courthouse in Oxford. •…
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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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Jeremy Pittari
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June 15, 2026
Governor appoints Howell to fill 3rd Chancery District Judge seat
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Frank Corder
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June 15, 2026
Independent U.S. Senate candidate Pinkins believes many Mississippi voters want something different
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June 15, 2026
Trump heads to G7 summit with wind at his back after announcing agreement aimed at ending Iran war
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Frank Corder
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June 10, 2026
NPL Construction locating fabrication, manufacturing operations in Greenwood
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Frank Corder
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June 8, 2026
EVE Energy makes U.S. Dept. of War’s roster of “Chinese military companies”
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Daniel Tyson
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May 20, 2026
International Paper breaks ground on new $225 million facility in central Mississippi
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Robert St. John
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June 15, 2026
The unlived life
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Eric Olson, Associated Press
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June 15, 2026
Troy ramps up its offense to rally for 12-8 win that knocks Mississippi out of College World Series
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Alistair Begg
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June 15, 2026
Delivered by prayer
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Roger Wicker
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June 12, 2026
Wicker: Mississippi leads in national defense
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Ashby Foote
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June 11, 2026
A Jackson data center: Threat or opportunity?
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Andy Gipson
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June 10, 2026
Working with the Trump administration to eliminate welfare fraud
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