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July 14, 2008
West Jackson crime rises: Drugs, economy eyed
West Jackson crime rises: Drugs, economy eyed With a dramatic increase over the past year, downtown and west Jackson have become home to the city’s most violent crimes. One of every three violent crimes in the city this year has taken place in the southwest quadrant of the city, including almost half Jackson’s homicides and…
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July 14, 2008
Right or wrong, Melton’s hero status could increase
Right or wrong, Melton’s hero status could increase Melton’s Law: (n) The belief that other laws don’t apply as long as you’re “doing the right thing.” Melton said last week he thinks he was ethically and morally right in the situation involving what he believed was a drug house. He made that comment after a…
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July 14, 2008
`Innocent’ not a word typically used with Snake
`Innocent’ not a word typically used with Snake Former Alabama All-America quarterback Ken Stabler insists he’s innocent – at least this time – of driving under the influence. Do you believe him? Not do you want to believe him, but do you really believe him? The man known affectionately as “Snake” to a multitude of…
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July 14, 2008
FOLO – Melton’s indictment for violating the Ku Klux acts
Melton’s indictment for violating the Ku Klux acts The indictment has three counts, two under the Ku Klux or Enforcement Acts from during Reconstruction, and one for using or carrying a firearm during “any crime of violence or drug trafficking crime. The Ku Klux act charges are the heart of the prosecution. The first is…
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July 14, 2008
New Yorker caricature of Obama causing a stir
Is the New Yorker’s Muslim Obama cover incendiary or satire? The cover of this week’s New Yorker magazine depicts Obama in one-piece Muslim garb and headdress fist-bumping his booted, Afro-wearing wife Michelle in camo clothes with a rifle and ammo-belt slung over her shoulder beneath a portrait of Osama bin-Laden while the American flag burns…
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July 14, 2008
Red/Blue on Musgrove
Ronnie Musgrove’s legacy Maybe Roger Wicker will have to defend the record of the Bush administration as Jere suggests. But lest Jere get to feeling too cheerful about that prospect, here’s a quick wrap-up of Ronnie Musgrove’s term as governor: Budget surplus of a quarter of a billion dollars turned into a $700 million budget…
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July 14, 2008
MANUFACTURED LAWSUITS – The cost of crooked lawyers
MANUFACTURED LAWSUITS – The cost of crooked lawyers Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger once wryly observed that “10 percent of the politicians go around giving the other 90 percent a bad name.” These days, the same could be said for the growing ranks of disgraced personal injury trial lawyers who over just the last…
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July 13, 2008
KALICH – Feds going overboard in prosecuting Melton
Feds going overboard in prosecuting Melton As erratic as Melton is, though, it’s overkill for the U.S. Justice Department to be dogging him over an incident for which he has already been acquitted of criminal charges in a state court. Last week, Melton and his police bodyguards, Marcus Wright and Michael Recio, were charged with…
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July 13, 2008
PENDER – Medicaid crisis isn’t about health, it’s about politics
Medicaid crisis isn’t about health, it’s about politics But really, what we have here isn’t a crisis. It’s just politics. More specifically, it’s political detente – remember that French word from the Cold War? Translation: I dare you to push me off this cliff while I’ve got ahold of you. As a journalist, I’m required…
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July 13, 2008
HAMPTON – Haley Barbour in Medicaid ‘Snake Pit’
Politics of Medicaid dangerous territory Gov. Haley Barbour is knee-deep in that snake pit right now. The program faces a $90 million deficit due not to state overspending or anything irresponsible, but from federal rule changes. This has been developing since 2005, but additional federal funding after Hurricane Katrina and other means kept it in…
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July 13, 2008
AGNEW – Federal case may prove hard to beat
Federal case may prove hard to beat As an investigatory agency, they don’t get more thorough than the FBI and Melton knows it. The indictment spells trouble for the mayor, who has fought one battle after another since he’s occupied the city’s top office, largely because of his own actions. Melton has never denied having…
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July 13, 2008
Federal trial different ballgame
Federal trial different ballgame When facing state charges, Melton assembled a legal team that included former Mayor Dale Danks Jr., his associate Michael Cory and criminal specialist Buddy Coxwell as well as Robert Shuler Smith and Winston Thompson. Smith now is Hinds County district attorney and Thompson his assistant. In the trial, Melton’s assemblage of…
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Frank Corder
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September 12, 2025
Mississippi Supreme Court clears way for Crawford execution
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Jeremy Pittari
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September 12, 2025
Mississippi Child Protective Services partners with Sunnybrook Children’s Home to license more foster parents
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September 12, 2025
A 22-year-old Utah man is in custody in Charlie Kirk shooting
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Frank Corder
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September 12, 2025
HII announces partnership with shipyards in multiple states to meet increased demand by U.S. Navy
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Daniel Tyson
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September 11, 2025
Domtar shuttering Grenada paper mill, impacting more than 150 employees
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Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press
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September 11, 2025
US inflation worsened last month as the cost of gas, food and airfares jumped
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Magnolia Tribune
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September 12, 2025
Mississippi’s “Literary Lawn Party” returns this weekend
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Alistair Begg
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September 12, 2025
Who shall dwell on Your holy hill?
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Laura Lee Leathers
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September 11, 2025
Let’s Eat, Mississippi: The Handpie Guy
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Kimberly Ross
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September 11, 2025
Misapplied rage permeates throughout modern society
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Russ Latino
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September 10, 2025
The assassination of Charlie Kirk presents a turning point opportunity
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Sid Salter
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September 10, 2025
‘Walking Tall?’: Sordid allegations against legendary Tennessee sheriff are shocking
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