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May 7, 2009 · JACKSON, Miss. — Frank Melton, 60, the mayor of Mississippi’s largest city, died early today, two days after losing a primary re-election bid and days before he was set to stand trial on...
Nov 14, 2023 · As mayor, he led raids on nightclubs and suspected drug dens. He often used the police department’s mobile command bus on these outings, including one without a warrant on Ridgeway Street in 2006 at what he said was a crack house. Melton and his bodyguards were indicted for that raid.
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May 8, 2009 · Former KTRE sports anchor and CEO Frank Melton has died. He passed away Wednesday night from a heart condition.
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Frank Ervin Melton (March 19, 1949 – May 7, 2009) was the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, United States, from 4 July 2005 until his death on 7 May 2009. Melton, an African American , defeated the city's first black mayor Harvey Johnson, Jr. Melton won 63 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary against Johnson, who had served two terms.
May 7, 2009 · Jackson, MS Mayor Frank Melton, former CEO/GM of WLBT-TV, collapsed after losing the Democratic primary this week and died early Thursday at a hospital. Melton had suffered from heart disease.
May 7, 2009 · The Associated Press is reporting that Jackson Mayor Frank Melton has died. Shortly before polls closed Tuesday evening around 7 p.m., the mayor went into cardiac arrest at his 2 Carter's Grove...
May 7, 2009 · Former Tyler TV Executive Frank Melton died just after midnight Thursday. Melton's death comes just two days after he lost his bid for to a renomination to a seco.
