Skip to content

News

News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 7, 2009

Melton retrial set for May 11

The Clarion-Ledger, 3/6/9 While the rest of Jackson’s mayoral hopefuls are pursuing their campaigns, Mayor Frank Melton again will be preparing his defense. In a teleconference with attorneys on Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Dan Jordan set May 11 as the date for a retrial of Melton, 59, and his former police bodyguard, Michael Recio,…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 7, 2009

Jobless: New numbers show economic pain

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 3/6/9 The economic numbers just seem to get worse, and so does the pain they represent. Mississippi’s unemployment rate now has topped 9.2 percent, rising from 7.6 percent in December. It’s worse than the national rate, which now stands at about 8.5 percent. And it most likely will get worse before it…