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April 26, 2005
Jackson Voters Say Crime Should Be Mayor’s Top Priority
Jackson Voters Say Crime Should Be Mayor’s Top Priority The results of an exclusive Mason-Dixon poll conducted by 16 WAPT-TV News show Jackson voters believe crime is the most pressing issue the city faces. When asked which issues would most influence their vote in the mayoral election, a majority of voters, 43 percent, said crime…
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April 26, 2005
Elections . . . Housing crucial to the city’s future – CL Editorial
Elections . . . Housing crucial to the city’s future If crime is the public’s No. 1 issue in Jackson, then the second must be housing – and its inextricably interrelated issues of neighborhoods, zoning and schools. Jackson’s schools have their own issues unrelated to the municipal elections, but how the schools fare are affected…
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April 26, 2005
And . . . Zoning issues affecting suburbs – CL Editorial
And . . . Zoning issues affecting suburbs As Jackson has been forced to pass stricter zoning laws to protect and preserve neighborhoods, so suburban cities have had to review housing and zoning issues. In Flowood, for example, the city has been grappling with an explosion in apartment construction, trying to balance apartment, single-family and…
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April 26, 2005
Gunman killed in shed
Gunman killed in shed Jackson police S.W.A.T. officers converge on the scene of a domestic dispute that led to a Jackson man shooting at a police officer Monday morning. Police were called to Owsley Street about 7 a.m. Monday. Officer Jerry Shoulders was shot by suspect Marvin Stamps, 30, but escaped serious injury. Marvin Stamps…
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April 26, 2005
Vacant Houses Burn To Ground
Vacant Houses Burn To Ground Two vacant houses on south Roach Street in Jackson, just north of south Street, were destroyed by fire Monday afternoon. The houses were completely engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived on the scene. Captain Keith Simpson, spokesman for the Jackson Fire Department said they got the call at 1:39 P.M.…
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April 26, 2005
It’s Crime . . . STUPID
Updated 4/27 @ 3:30 p.m.
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April 25, 2005
Man dies in shootout with Jackson police
Man dies in shootout with Jackson police Police this morning may have shot and killed a Jackson man who broke into a woman’s home at 124 Owsley Street in west Jackson shortly after 7 a.m. and shot a police officer who responded to the call. Officers shot at Marvin Stamps, 30, a few minutes after…
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April 25, 2005
Jackson man found dead today of stab wounds
Jackson man found dead today of stab wounds Jackson police are searching for a suspect in the stabbing death of a 38-year-old man. Police found Derrick Wright stabbed to death at 3895 Northview Drive at about 1 a.m. today, said Jackson police Commander Lee Vance. Vance said Wright may have been dead for several days.…
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April 25, 2005
Elections – Crime is Jackson’s No. 1 Issue
Elections – Crime is Jackson’s No. 1 Issue By all accounts, crime is the No. 1 issue in Jackson’s city elections and likely will figure predominantly in voters’ minds as they go to the polls in the primaries on May 3. In the race for Jackson mayor, incumbent Harvey Johnson Jr. faces a tough-talking former…
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April 25, 2005
And . . . The Metro Area is Not Immune – CL Editorial
And . . . The Metro Area Is Not Immune In late 2003, a home invader who forced his way into a woman’s home in Madison County was shot dead. Last year, the rape of a jogger on the Ridgeland Multipurpose Recreational Trail shocked the community. School officials in Madison and Rankin counties talk openly…
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April 25, 2005
Clarion Ledger LTE – 4/25/5
Clarion Ledger Letters to the Editor 4/25/5 What’s Melton got as track record? Week after week we “outsiders” read The Clarion-Ledger and witness events unfold before the city of Jackson. Ah, yes, those who do not live within the city limits of our capital city are referred to as aliens by Jacksonians. “Mind your own…
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April 24, 2005
Consider me a ‘mouthpiece’ for change
Consider me a ‘mouthpiece’ for change Critical issues face this city. Its housing stock in the inner city, much of it falling in Stokes’ ward, is crumbling. The tax base is eroding. This is becoming a city of the wealthy and the poor. Missing in that picture is the middle class, which economists say bears…
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Stan Choe, Associated Press
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Frank Corder
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Lynne Jeter
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Frank Corder
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July 9, 2025
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Lynne Jeter
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Parrish Alford
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Robert St. John
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