Jackson Free Press

Jackson Mayor Frank Melton is in danger of losing his $353,000 home at 2 Carter's Grove in North Jackson to foreclosure. Melton told The Clarion-Ledger that he was making arrangements with his mortgage lender, OmniBank, to save his northeast Jackson home, which he has not made a payment on since last October.

In an embarrassing twist, the lender published a public notice of sale of Melton's lavish north Jackson house in Monday's Clarion-Ledger, complete with a March sale date.

Melton told the paper he blames the late mortgage payment on a mix-up in the mail, explaining that the October mortgage bill might have gone to his old mailbox at WLBT Channel 3, even though Melton's connection to the station allegedly ended in March 2006, with the sale of the station to Raycom Media.

"As of Feb. 1, Frank (Melton) has absolutely zero affiliation with WLBT," WLBT Vice President and General Manager Dan Modisett told the Jackson Free Press in 2006.

"Frank bought some stock in the company, which anybody can do, and he was probably given a certain amount of stock for being on the board ... but beyond that, Melton is no longer connected."