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December 11, 2008
NMC – Paul Quinn in the Clarion Ledger on the Langston sentencing letters
Paul Quinn in the Clarion Ledger on the Langston sentencing letters “I recall so many times that I (as chancery clerk) have called on him to help pay hospital bills, buy medicine, pay school expenses, furnish Christmas gifts to needy children, even to assist in burial expenses for people in our county. Most of the…
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December 11, 2008
Thompson/Taylor vote for UAW Bailout . . . Pickering & Childers vote NO
Auto Bailout Vote Democratic 205 20 11 Republican 32 150 1 15 Independent TOTALS 237 170 1 26 Thomas 12/10/8
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December 11, 2008
GOP suit alleges poll problems
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/10/8 Mississippi Republicans filed suit Tuesday against the Leflore County Election Commission and a Greenwood poll manager, alleging inappropriate and illegal activities on Election Day. Brad White, chairman of the state Republican Party, said poll watchers were not allowed to observe the Nov. 4 election there. The lawsuit also alleges voters in Leflore…
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December 11, 2008
U.S. District Court gets nearly 340 pleas for leniency for Joey Langston
U.S. District Court gets nearly 340 pleas for leniency for Joey Langston Four reporters, who asked to do so, got a look Wednesday at the nearly 340 letters to Chief Judge Michael P. Mills at the U.S. District Courthouse in Oxford. Childers, a Langston friend and business partner for many years, wrote that he was…
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December 11, 2008
Underperforming schools law discussed
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/10/8 State education officials and lawmakers are continuing to talk about potentially controversial legislation affecting the state’s underperforming schools – particularly removing school board members and superintendents. The discussion is aimed at educating legislators about the proposed Children First Act of 2009 before they come back in session in January, said House Education…
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December 11, 2008
Jackson wants $560M
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/10/8 Jackson Mayor Frank Melton has submitted dozens of “ready to go” projects that could be funded by a new stimulus package promoted by Democratic leaders in Congress and President-elect Barack Obama. About 170 projects for sewer, road and other public works proposals range from improvements to Jackson’s airport to renovations to Murrah…
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December 11, 2008
Judge says Melton, ex-bodyguard will be tried together
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/9/8 In an order filed today, U.S. District Court Judge Dan Jordan has again denied a request for a separate trial for Mayor Frank Melton’s former bodyguard. Jackson Police Detective Michael Recio, one of two long-time security guards for the mayor, last month renewed his request to be tried separately from the mayor…
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December 11, 2008
U.S. District Court gets nearly 340 pleas for leniency for Joey Langston
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 12/10/8 U.S. Rep. Travis Childers, doctors, Prentiss County officials and hundreds of others have written letters to the U.S. District Court, urging mercy for their friend and colleague, former Booneville attorney Joey Langston. Langston faces up to three years in prison after he pleaded guilty to conspiring to influence a…
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December 11, 2008
Miss. giving away one free year of college tuition
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/10/8 The cost of a college degree could be lower for a lucky Mississippi family. The state’s prepaid college tuition program is giving away one free year of senior college tuition, State Treasurer Tate Reeves said today. A drawing to determine the winner will be held on on Dec. 18. The winner will…
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December 11, 2008
NAACP, MS Center for Justice, others sue HUD over MS port recovery money
HUD sued over Katrina fund diversion A group of public interest lawyers sued the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on Wednesday, seeking to stop the state of Mississippi from diverting $600 million in federal hurricane-relief funds intended for housing to a massive expansion of the state’s port facilities. Separately, msnbc.com has obtained a…
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December 11, 2008
CL – Letters for lawyer facing sentencing call him ‘generous’
Letters for lawyer facing sentencing call him ‘generous’ Childers is among those praising Langston’s generosity. “No one in my forty nine years in Prentiss County has had greater impact on so many people that I personally know than Joey Langston,” Childers wrote. “He has been a friend to all and an enemy to none. His…
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December 11, 2008
Letter blip from US Representative Travis Childers (D) in support of convicted felon Joey Langston
This was provided to YP from one of the sources who viewed the letters directly, and confirmed by another who viewed it as well. From a letter dated 1/22/08 to Judge Mills in support of Joey Langston from now US Representative Travis Childers (D – MS01) . . . . “This is not a man…
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Frank Corder
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June 26, 2026
Gipson, Watson stump for higher office at Neshoba
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June 26, 2026
Disagreements between Supreme Court justices bubble into public view as major rulings loom
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Frank Corder
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June 26, 2026
Mississippi House not “scared” of conversations on “sacred” issues, Speaker White tells Neshoba fairgoers
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Frank Corder
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June 23, 2026
Keytronic announces $8.89 million expansion in Corinth
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Frank Corder
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June 17, 2026
Gould Industries locating in southwest Mississippi
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Frank Corder
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June 16, 2026
U.S. Army contracts with General Atomics for long-range maneuvering projectile program
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Susan Marquez
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June 26, 2026
Mississippi to celebrate America’s 250th birthday
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Alistair Begg
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June 26, 2026
Keeping ourselves in God’s love
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Eric Olson, Associated Press
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June 25, 2026
NCAA panel approves new eligibility rules giving Division I athletes 5 years to play 5 seasons
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Russ Latino
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June 26, 2026
An American Inheritance for Everyone
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Russ Latino
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June 25, 2026
An American Inheritance: The Longest Surviving Constitution on the Planet
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Sid Salter
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June 24, 2026
Neshoba County Fair continues to evolve, but the core family principle abides
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