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May 1, 2005
Johnson vs. Melton: Hope may be deciding factor in Tuesday’s election
Johnson vs. Melton: Hope may be deciding factor in Tuesday’s election From a distance, Tuesday’s three-person Democratic mayoral primary in Jackson doesn’t look like much of a contest. The incumbent is the ideal candidate. He is a two-term mayor. Crime, identified as the city’s top issue, is down. Parts of downtown Jackson are buzzing with…
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May 1, 2005
‘Complex’ Melton has rough and soft sides
‘Complex’ Melton has rough and soft sides Frank Melton wants to be mayor of Jackson. Melton is running for the office because he says he wants to see more visible improvements in Jackson, knows who’s responsible for the city’s crime-ridden underbelly and, simply, needs to stay busy. He has been characterized as hard charging, passionate…
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May 1, 2005
Johnson’s mantra – respect the process
Johnson’s mantra – respect the process Johnson, 58, is known for helping Jackson get funding for a convention center approved through the Legislature, lowering crime statistics and instituting the city’s first comprehensive plan since 1989. He is criticized for getting things done too slowly, being aloof, if not arrogant, and not working smoothly with other…
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May 1, 2005
WAPT Puts Johnson’s Numbers To Test
WAPT Puts Johnson’s Numbers To Test In fewer than five days, Jackson voters will go to the polls and choose a mayoral candidate in the Democratic primary. Viewers are seeing plenty of ads on TV from Mayor Harvey Johnson and his challenger, Frank Melton. In the last week before the big vote, Johnson released a…
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May 1, 2005
Candidates Campaign at Lynch Street Festival
Candidates Campaign at Lynch Street Festival Election Day is now just a few days away, and both Democratic mayoral candidates worked the crowds on Lynch Street. With an estimated 6,000 people in attendance throughout the day, both candidates took the opportunity to urge voters to head to the polls. Mayor Harvey Johnson took the stage…
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May 1, 2005
Election Man – 4/30/5
Election Man – 4/30/5 And while you’re at it . . . check out the 2001 ElectionMan Series. Really brings back a lot of memories. Marshall Ramsey Clarion Ledger 4/30/5
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May 1, 2005
JPD chief frustrated crime still top issue
JPD chief frustrated crime still top issue Moore has heard the talk: Some crimes are not included in his department’s weekly statistics; Melton, if elected, would fire him; and he’s a liability to Johnson’s campaign. To the critics, “The numbers don’t lie,” Moore said. Moore, a Pontotoc native in the final year of a three-year…
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May 1, 2005
Restaurant robbed 2nd time in 2 weeks
Restaurant robbed 2nd time in 2 weeks Rally’s restaurant on U.S. 80 was robbed at gunpoint by three masked men Friday morning, police said. It is the second robbery in two weeks at the restaurant, said Jackson Police Department spokesman Robert Graham. The men left with an undetermined amount of cash after entering the restaurant…
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April 29, 2005
Jackson Free Press Endorsement of Harvey Johnson
Jackson Free Press Endorsement of Harvey Johnson Excerpt from Print Edition Mayor: Vote Harvey Johnson . . . For Jackson’s future, the JFP supports not one particular man, but men and women who promote progress – in particular, progress that benefits our readership of independent-minded city dwellers who want to start businesses, build careers, enjoy…
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April 29, 2005
Polling . . . Polling . . . Polling
Who's ahead going into the critical final weekend? Updated 4/30 @ 6:00 p.m.
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April 29, 2005
Poll results
Poll results This poll was conducted April 26-27 by New York-based SurveyUSA, polling 783 registered voters. Margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3.4 percent. Clarion Ledger 4/29/5
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April 29, 2005
Poll has Melton leading mayor’s race
Poll has Melton leading mayor’s race Challenger Frank Melton leads two-term Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. with more than 60 percent favoring him in a poll conducted for Jackson television station WJTV-Channel 12. To the question, “Who would make a better mayor?” 64 percent of the 783 registered voters named Melton. Thirty percent chose Johnson and…
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Stan Choe, Associated Press
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June 5, 2025
Wall Street drifts ahead of Friday’s jobs report
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Frank Corder
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June 5, 2025
Democrats celebrate “major victories” in Mississippi municipal elections; Republicans say they are “still winning the war”
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Mark Sherman, Associated Press
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June 5, 2025
Supreme Court makes it easier to claim ‘reverse discrimination’ in employment, in a case from Ohio
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Frank Corder
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May 19, 2025
Modine expanding data center cooling equipment manufacturing in Grenada County
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Lynne Jeter
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May 19, 2025
Goldman Sachs honors inaugural Mississippi small business graduating class
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Frank Corder
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May 15, 2025
HH2 relocating Kentucky distribution center to Blue Mountain, Mississippi
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Ben Smith
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June 5, 2025
Love God, love family, and shoot ducks
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Susan Marquez
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June 5, 2025
Southern food served in a roadside relic
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C.H. Spurgeon
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June 5, 2025
Heard in His trial
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Sid Salter
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June 4, 2025
Bo Robinson, appointed to PSC after jarring corruption scandals, dies at age 90
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Kimberly Ross
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June 3, 2025
The American epidemic of loneliness
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Frank Corder
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June 2, 2025
Municipal elections matter. Go vote!
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