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Mayor Frank Melton's heart disease has further delayed his federal trial and landed him in …

• January 8, 2009

Mayor Frank Melton, pictured here in 2006, may have bypassed Council and brought in his …

• April 25, 2008

Jackson Mayor Frank Melton appeared weak at a Dec. 30 press conference outlining the mayor's …

• December 31, 2008

Mayor Frank Melton is trying to block Council from seeing the 1099s of people he …

• January 6, 2009

The peculiar 2009 federal trial of Frank Melton bears resemblance to Michael Jackson's 2005 trial.

• April 1, 2009

Jackson Mayor Frank Melton challenged the decision to draw his next jury from areas with …

• March 17, 2009

The Jackson City Council will consider the question of paying legal fees for former Mayor …

• November 30, 2009

The former home of Frank Melton, now owned by Joyce Caracci, could be violating city …

• December 10, 2010

Frank Melton, smelling of liquor, sang a Willie Nelson song on the dance floor at …

• February 10, 2009

Ridgeway resident Evans Welch (right) says he never asked Mayor Frank Melton for help before …

• December 17, 2008

Former Frank Melton bodyguard Marcus Wright now heads the Hinds County Sheriff's Department's Internal Affairs …

• May 18, 2012

Jackson Mayor Frank Melton is scheduled to begin his civil-rights trial Feb. 2 for his …

• January 28, 2009

Frank Melton used to hold meetings and entertain guests (including from the JFP) in his …

• December 15, 2010

Mayor Frank Melton answers questions from the media, including Jackson Free Press Editor Donna Ladd …

• February 25, 2009

City Using 'Old Money' for Paving

After Mayor Johnson returned to office in 2009, he spent money that Frank Melton never bothered to spend on paving around the city.

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• March 26, 2013

2009 JFP Interview with Harvey Johnson Jr.

The JFP interviewed Harvey Johnson Jr. during his campaign to return to the mayor's office after Frank Melton.

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• May 6, 2013

City Pays Melton's Legal Fees

During a June 16 City Council meeting, the council voted—without issue or debate—to pay the late Mayor Frank Melton's $37,500 attorney fee in connection with his federal trial for demolishing …

Campaign Finance Reports In for Primary

Thursday, 5:28 p.m.: We are posting full campaign-finance reports—of both contributions and disbursements—for both Frank Melton and Harvey Johnson. Here are Melton's reports; Johnson's take up a lot more pages, …

Jury Selection Begins in Melton-Recio Trial

Melton archive/blog.

The thrice-delayed federal civil rights trial of Mayor Frank Melton and bodyguard Michael Recio kicked off Monday in the federal courthouse in downtown Jackson for the destruction of a private …

The Problem with ‘Straight Talk' ...

... is that sometimes it isn't true. Read what a political science professor has to say about Frank Melton's antics on his blog: