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By KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
WITH A NEW Madison County Board of Supervisors in place and federal funding all but dried up, it looks like widening a portion of Highway 463 is no longer a matter of politics but of money....
An affluent Chinese national with high blood pressure could help boost the local economy.
Northsiders are leading the effort to make Jackson the next hot spot for medical tourism.
Dr. Zilin Wang, a native of China who now...
By ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
Quentin Whitwell’s plan to turn Parham Bridges Park into a world-class tennis center continues to gain momentum.
Less than a month after learning that the Mississippi...
By KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
MADISON COUNTY has too many roads that need repaving and not enough money – at least probably not in this budget year.
The board of supervisors issued $7 million in bonds in...
Vince Gordon is area director for Young Life Inner City Jackson (Urban Young Life). Gordon is a 1982 graduate of Lanier High School and a 10-year veteran of the United States Navy. He recently spoke to Sun Staff Writer Anthony Warren about the...
Much to everyone’s surprise, three-time Jackson mayor Harvey Johnson failed to even make the runoff.
That’s what happens when you don’t fill the potholes. Potholes affect everybody and they are hard to hide. There are...
Recently I hosted a meet-and-greet at my home in Fondren for mayoral candidate Chokwe Lumumba. I’d heard plenty of interesting stories about Mr. Lumumba and his role as minister of justice for the Republic of New Afrika, or “...
If you were born in Mississippi but left it for somewhere else, and if you heard that a Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey elephant named Carol had been the victim of a drive-by shooting in Tupelo, would you ever move back to your native...
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The following quote has been credited to Mark Twain, but in truth it is the intellectual / comical product of Charles Dudley Warner, and it...
By KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
MADISON COUNTY supervisors say they would still consider possible budget increases for departments in the coming fiscal year, though they voted unanimously last week to ask department heads...
By ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
New plantings and signage are on tap for one of the Northside’s major intersections, thanks to the efforts of two area nonprofit groups.
The LeFleur East Foundation and Fondren...
We Mississippians often consider ourselves as a football state and for good reason. Friday nights and Saturday afternoons and nights are special. Our state has produced far more than its share of the greatest football players in the history of...
The historic Belhaven Neighborhood will present Art for the Park (AFTP) benefiting Laurel Street Park Thursday, May 16 from 6:30 until 9:30 p.m. at the Fairview Inn. AFTP is a biannual event organized by the Friends of Laurel...
Students in the Spanish classes at Madison Ridgeland Academy introduced the Spanish language to the fifth-grade students. Teaching some of the students is Natalie Proctor. Shown are (from left, back) Mary Kyle Headley, ...
Christ Covenant School seventh and eighth-grade students participated in the Model United Nations program recently. The following CCS students received awards Kaylee Sims – Most Outstanding Dimplomat, Hannah Arnold...
First Presbyterian Day School celebrated its Fabulous Friends class with Dress Down for Down Syndrome in honor of World Down Syndrome Day. Fabulous Friends collected $2 from students and staff who wore jeans and t-shirts to school...
First-grade students from Madison Station Elementary School recently attended Madison Central High School’s presentation of “Willie Wonka.” Former Madison Station student Oliver Nordan portrayed Charlie...
Seniors named as Most School Spirited at Jackson Academy's Features Pageant were (from left) Caroline Walker and Forrest Davidson.
St. Anthony Catholic School music teacher Joey Coleman (left) was awarded Mississippi Music Educators Association’s Educator of the Year. Cited for his dedication to music instruction and enhancing music appreciation...
Three Jackson Prep soccer players were selected for Clarion-Ledger All-State teams. They are (from left) Ann Hilton Buckner, second team; Westin Graves, first team; Brad Simpson, second team.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Singleton Clarke IV of Hollandale announce the engagement of their daughter, Ellen Estill Clarke, to Robert Taylor Sawyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Robert Woodrow Sawyer of Lyon.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter...
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Russell Croft announce the engagement of their daughter, Breck Stewart Croft, to Alexander George Yakulis IV, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander George Yakulis III of Frisco, Texas, and Mr. and Mrs. Scott Weeks of Greensboro, N.C...
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Paul Hubbard announce the engagement of their daughter, Allison Eason Hubbard, to James Taylor Kyle Strickland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Kyle Strickland.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Linda Fernandez...
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Paul Hubbard announce the engagement of their daughter, Allison Eason Hubbard, to James Taylor Kyle Strickland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Kyle Strickland.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Linda Fernandez...
