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February 26, 2009
NMC – Zach Scruggs ain’t wandering around loose
Daily Journal reports that the Bureau of Prisons says it’s not likely one of their charges is just wandering around loose. Patsy Brumfield, noting that an “internet site was speculating” otherwise [sigh], talks to someone at the Bureau of Prisons and reports: Zach Scruggs,… is out of federal prison and assigned to a community re-entry…
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February 26, 2009
Judge Bobby DeLaughter to be tried in Oxford instead of Aberdeen
Hinds Judge DeLaughter’s trial moved U.S. District Court records show the April 6 corruption trial of Hinds Circuit Judge Bobby B. DeLaughter will be held in Oxford rather than Aberdeen. DeLaughter, known for successfully prosecuting a white supremacist decades after a civil rights-era killing, has pleaded not guilty to charges in a judicial bribery scheme…
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February 26, 2009
Patsy Brumfield finally buttons down Zach Scruggs rumors
Zach moves to Tupelo half-way house Zach Scruggs, convicted for his part in the scheme to bribe Circuit Judge Henry Lackey of Calhoun City, is out of federal prison and assigned to a community re-entry facility in Tupelo. An earlier report, which said he was in Montgomery, Ala., was not accurate. Inmates in the Tupelo…
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February 26, 2009
SALTERBLOG – Frank Melton is “bulletproof”: Dan Jenkins would love this guy…
Frank Melton is “bulletproof”: Dan Jenkins would love this guy… When I think about Jackson Mayor Frank Melton getting a mistrial for his malarkey, I think about the venerable writer Dan Jenkins’ Ten Stages of Drunkenness’ from his novel Baja Oklahoma… 1. Witty and Charming 2. Rich and Powerful 3. Benevolent 4. Clairvoyant 5. F—…
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February 25, 2009
Miss. House Democrat Billy Nicholson switches to GOP
Miss. House Democrat switches to GOP Rep. Billy Nicholson of Little Rock has switched from being a Democrat to a Republican. Mississippi Republican Party Chairman Brad White welcomed Nicholson to the GOP on Wednesday. Nicholson said the “hope for Mississippi stays alive with the leadership and ideals of the Republicans.” Clarion Ledger 2/25/9
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February 25, 2009
DJ – Zach Scruggs moves to Alabama work center
Zach moves to Alabama work center Zach Scruggs, convicted for his part in the scheme to bribe Circuit Judge Henry Lackey of Calhoun City, apparently is out of federal prison and assigned to a community work facility in Montgomery, Ala. His custody location is noted on the U.S. Bureau of Prisons’ web site, www.bop.gov. NE…
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February 25, 2009
Miss. lawmakers split on speech
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/25/9 President Barack Obama’s first speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night drew mixed reactions from Mississippi’s lawmakers. “I’m afraid that a lot of the spending programs the president is proposing – and it’s been a spending spree – will require higher taxes on small businesses.” – Republican Sen. Roger…
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February 25, 2009
Liquor sales, tax bills survive
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/25/9 Legislation to improve Mississippi highways and bridges, allow Jackson residents to consider raising sales taxes and give some Rankin Countians a chance to come out from dry laws survived Tuesday as a key deadline looms. A measure that would allow the state to help Hinds County pay for the Old Capitol Green…
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February 25, 2009
Frank, Ed, and Zach out-and-about
Folo, 2/25/9 Overcast here keeps me from confirming this, but it’s gotta be full moon — or reported sightings of Frank Melton anywhere but in federal custody as a convict, Ed Peters out to lunch with Robert Shuler Smith, and Zach Scruggs strolling the Square in Oxford couldn’t be happening. Anyhow, to sum up: be…
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February 25, 2009
Jury deadlocks, mistrial declared in mayor’s trial
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/25/9 Mayor Frank Melton was sitting behind closed doors with his attorney and former police bodyguard Michael Recio when he learned Tuesday morning that the jury was hopelessly deadlocked. “It’s nothing to play with. There’s no room for arrogance. I felt very humble,” Melton recalled later in the day. “I’m never going to…
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February 25, 2009
Obama speech draws mixed reaction
The Hattiesburg American, 2/25/9 For state Rep. Percy Watson, not only was the right tone struck inside the halls of Congress Tuesday night by President Barack Obama, but the right message sent to the American public. “It was a timely address,” said Watson, a Democrat from Hattiesburg who watched Obama’s televised address before a joint…
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February 25, 2009
Let facts decide
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 2/25/9 Raised voices in Jackson arguing about parts of the federal economic stimulus carved out for Mississippi indicate there’s partisan fire mixed in the hot rhetoric. Republican Gov. Haley Barbour says “no” on one side, and many legislators, especially Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, and some of his fellow Democrats,…
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Frank Corder
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April 7, 2026
Watson running for Lt. Governor
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April 7, 2026
Magnolia Mornings: April 7, 2026
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 6, 2026
Legislature revises full-day school attendance language, provides for excused absences for school activities
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Frank Corder
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March 31, 2026
Channel South, $105 million mixed use development, aims to transform Gulfport’s downtown
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Frank Corder
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March 26, 2026
DG Foods announces $1.19 million expansion
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Frank Corder
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March 25, 2026
AeroShield Alliance locating headquarters in Mississippi
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Meredith Biesinger
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April 7, 2026
The Taste of Tradition: Amory’s Railroad Festival returns
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Alistair Begg
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April 7, 2026
He came for bruised reeds
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Robert St. John
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April 6, 2026
Work is not a four-letter word
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Russ Latino
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April 3, 2026
Lawmakers owe Reeves a ‘thank you’ for stopping Medicaid expansion
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April 2, 2026
The Strait Jacket of Hormuz
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Patrick Sullivan
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April 1, 2026
Data Centers: Power-hungry but price-friendly
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