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September 25, 2008

Melton leaves state; bond says he can’t

The Clarion-Ledger, 9/25/8 Mayor Frank Melton traveled to an out-of-state meeting this week, although restrictions laid out in his bond confine him to Mississippi. Melton was indicted in July by a federal grand jury on charges related to the damage of a duplex on Ridgeway Street in 2006. His two former bodyguards were indicted as…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
September 25, 2008

Justice candidate: Law must come first

The Hattiesburg American, 9/25/8 Judge Randy “Bubba” Pierce confesses a number of profound beliefs, including family, church and Greene County High School football. But should he one day don the robe of a Mississippi Supreme Court justice, the Leakesville native said those beliefs would have to be put aside in favor of the law. “The…