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June 29, 2005

Disappointed but not bitter (06/22/2005)

Disappointed but not bitter (06/22/2005) What went wrong? Johnson’s term officially ends on June 30, the day when former Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics director and television executive Frank Melton takes the helm as Jackson’s second black mayor. Johnson made history in 1997 by becoming the first black mayor, but this accomplishment is not something he…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
June 29, 2005

Melton’s pick for chief is no one-woman show (06/22/2005)

Melton’s pick for chief is no one-woman show (06/22/2005) With intense brown eyes and salt-and-pepper hair, five-foot-two Shirlene Anderson, was recently announced as mayor-elect Frank Melton’s pick for the Jackson Police Department’s police chief. Anderson, the former deputy director of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics (MBN), must still be approved by the seven-member City Council.…