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Craig Robertson is executive director and co-founder of 200 Million Flowers, a new adoption agency on the Northside. Robertson, along with his wife Rachel, started the organization in 2011. Robertson is a graduate of Mississippi State...
ANOTHER SALVO HAS been fired in the battle to determine who will preside over criminal cases in Hinds County.
Last week, Senior Circuit Judge Tomie Green said in a brief that her decision to reorganize the court was well researched and...
TWO HINDS COUNTY judges are locked in a battle to see who gets to preside over criminal cases.
Senior Circuit Judge Tomie Green is attempting to remove Northside Judge Jeff Weill and Judge Winston Kidd from the criminal docket.
...LOHO isn’t taking donations, at least not right now.
Since it was started more than a year and a half ago, the group has yet to form an LLC or register as a neighborhood association with the...
LAYMEN AND attorneys in Hinds County will soon be able to look at court documents, access information and file briefs, all from the comfort of their homes or offices, and all with a few strokes of their keyboards.
...OFFICIALS SAY extreme summer weather and a weak economy have driven down attendance at the Jackson Zoo in recent years.
But the worst might be over for the nearly century-old park, which has boasted strong attendance figures as of late...
LT. HERRIOUS COTTON will be taking on the responsibilities of Precinct Four commander next week, following the recent resignation of Wendell Watts.
Watts, whose last day with the Jackson Police Department is Monday, turned in his...
DERRICK JOHNSON has twice blown off the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and along with it the thousands of Hinds County taxpayers that he’s supposed to be working for.
Twice, the federal agency has requested Johnson, the county...
SCHOOLS across the Northside will soon be recognizing seniors for their academic achievements, with awards and commencement programs scheduled throughout the month of May.
More than 1,400 students are expected to graduate from the area...
MICHAEL BEATTIE said the symphony has had to navigate around some potholes in recent years.
But as the economy recovers, the longtime executive director of the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra (MSO) is excited about the nonprofit’s...
We don’t buy Higher Education Commissioner Hank Bounds’ assertion that Mississippi’s universities have cut all they can from their operations without sacrificing quality.
Every university in this country is heavy on...
SHERRY BOYER and Jay Dean are the first to admit that the opera has had its share of financial difficulties in recent years.
Even before the Great Recession began in 2008, the Mississippi Opera had cut back on the number of...
AFTER SPIKES in property crimes early last year and last summer, Jackson police ended 2011 on a positive note, with crime being down 6.2 percent in Precinct Four and 5.9 percent citywide.
Precinct Four is now leading the city in crime...
WORK COULD get under way as early as late May on the Fortification Street Improvement Project.
At its regular meeting last week, the Jackson City Council approved awarding an $8.9 million contract to Hemphill Construction Company for the...
IF YOU WANT TO get a cup of coffee at Highland Village, don’t go to the bus.
The red omnibus is no longer serving coffee. The iconic double-decker will soon be moved to make way for a Whole Foods grocery store.
Java Werks...
Mayo Flynt is 2012 chairman of the board of directors for the Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership. The partnership is a nonprofit group that represents approximately 2,000 businesses, both large and small, in the metro area. Flynt recently...
BAIT CARS HAVE become popular across the United States, so much so that YouTube is flooded with videos and Court TV has its own series showcasing the vehicles being put in action.
The concept has caught on locally as well, with both the...
WHAT RECESSION?
Since the Great Recession began in 2008, Ballet Mississippi’s budget has grown by nearly a third, teachers have been given a pay raise, and enrollment is at record numbers.
Similarly, the Mississippi...
BLOCKED TRAFFIC lanes on Old Canton Road will soon mean a smoother walking trail at Parham Bridges Park.
But at least one Jackson city leader would like to see much more done to make the park a sought-after destination for families,...
A NEW SCHOOL of medicine along with a cancer and biomedical research facility will be the cornerstones of more than $120 million in new construction on tap for the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC).
The hospital is...
TOO BAD HE CAN’T be in two places at once.
As Ballet Mississippi’s artist-in-residence and a member of the Corps De Ballet with the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) in New York, Mikhail Ilyin splits his time between Jackson and...
PENDING a review of its proposal, Hemphill Construction Company will likely be chosen to do the Fortification Street Improvement Project.
The city of Jackson opened bids at a public meeting last week, with Hemphill submitting the lowest...
IMAGINE Congress Street with wider sidewalks, more trees, and small open-air markets crowded with shoppers.
A study being conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is doing just that.
The city of Jackson was one of five...
THE ECONOMY appears to be rebounding, and along with it, so does the Mississippi Museum of Art (MMA).
After experiencing a drop in attendance and having to make significant budget cuts as a result of the Great Recession, the museum is...
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