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by KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
STUDENTS AND teachers will have no problem getting to school, and I-55 commuters have about a month before they all have to drive in the southbound lanes between Madison and Ridgeland....
Jackson Prep received the 2011-2012 MAIS AAA All Sports Trophy, an award Prep has won 17 out of 18 times. Shown are seniors (from left, back) Londyn Steed, Josh Williams, Ryan Buchanan, Lane Fitzgerald; (fourth row) Wirt Dunbar,...
Mississippi Industries for the Blind Director Michael Chew spoke recently to the North Jackson Lions Club about MIB’s efforts to provide employment and other opportunities to those who are blind or visually impaired. Shown...
St. Andrew's Episcopal middle school recently held its annual recognition service. Besides the giving of awards, the current Middle School Student Council President Lily Katz (left), passed the gavel of leadership on to the...
Area tennis star, nine-year-old Gordon Whitwell (right), was recently named Most Improved Boy by Ole Miss tennis coach Billy Chadwick (left) during their annual tennis camp in Oxford.
Jackson Academy’s Character and Service Award recognizes seniors who have brought honor and recognition to the school because of their leadership, special talents and loyalty to the school. Receiving this award for 2012...
St. Anthony Catholic School fifth-grade student Douglas Watson (left) conducts an interview with his great aunt, Dr. Jasmine Chapman, about the history of the Moncure family in preparation of a literature essay assignment on his...
Mr. and Mrs. Jack C. McGowan announce the engagement of their daughter, Megan Lea McGowan, to Jon Marc McLeod, son of Mrs. Freida Keyes of Memphis, and Daryl McLeod of Pelahatchie.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late P.W....
Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Dial Monsour announce the engagement of their daughter, Meredith Jeanne Monsour, to Gregory Scott Schiefer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald David Schiefer of Hickory, N.C.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mildred...
Dr. Dominique Chagnon reeled in a tuna weighing nearly 180 pounds in 45 minutes, which is now pending as the number two Big Eye Tuna for the state of Louisiana.
Madison County Master Gardeners Jerry Williams (Ieft) and Linda Townsend (seated) and Activities Director Angela Hammer (right) of Baptist Adult Day Health Services discuss the recent "Backyard Birds" program presented to...
Sterling McCool has recently graduated from the Texas Auction Academy in Dallas. Training included classes in real estate, estates, antiques, heavy equipment, purebred and market livestock, automobiles, government sales, farm sales...
Zach DePriest was presented the Jackson Academy Student Council Award for the ninth-grade.
Will Tribble, Jackson Academy graduating ninth-grader, was awarded the Herschel Brickell Family Endowed Scholarship for the 2012-2013 school year. The scholarship was established for a rising 10th-grader...
Ross Bell,a sophomore at Madison Ridgeland Academy, recently won the Southeastern Junior Golf Tour (SJGT) Rock Creek Junior Classic in Fairhope, Ala. Bell shot scores of 74 and 75 to claim the two-day...
Piero Bracamonte, valedictorian at Ridgeland High School, delivered his commencement speech at the school’s 10th annual graduation ceremony at First Baptist Church Jackson.
Mac McDaniel, fifth-grader at Madison Ridgeland Academy, won an unprecedented third consecutive year Accelerated Reader Award with the highest overall points of all students in the elementary school. He is...
Leighton Whitehead, Jackson Academy graduating ninth-grade student, was awarded the Glenn Cain Scholarship for the 2012-2013 year. The scholarship is given to a rising sophomore, junior, and senior....
Elizabeth Burford, Jackson Academy ninth-grader, recently was recognized for attending the Lott Leadership Institute program designed to develop critical thinking and leadership skills in soon-to-be...
Louis Simpson Wilkinson Jr.
Services were held August 1 at Christ United Methodist Church for Louis Simpson Wilkinson Jr. of Jackson.
Wilkinson, 59, went to be with the...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
August 9: Cheryl Witherspoon, Will Barnwell, Jennifer Brady, Richard Chotard, Rebecca Collins, Colleen Connor, Barbara Ladner, Ashley Parker, Pam Shirley, Callie Thornhill, Katie Bethea, Devere...
Savannah Brantley was selected as Madison County Miss Hospitality during a local competition. She is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Shelby K. Brantley Jr. of Ridgeland. Miss. Brantley is a graduate of the Jackson Preparatory School and will...
HORNE LLP announced its plans to close the firm’s 12 office locations in October and celebrate the firm’s 50th anniversary with a firmwide day of service. More than 400 team members across the Southeast will serve in...
Goodwill salute
Goodwill Industries Volunteer Services will present Volunteer Salute 2012 honoring outstanding community volunteers, August 16, 6:30 p.m. at the Country Club of Jackson. A reception is...
Hinds County Circuit Judge Jeff Weill has scored a pretty clear victory in his efforts to keep criminal cases flowing into his courtroom.
On Friday, the Mississippi Supreme Court stayed an order by Senior Circuit Judge Tomie Green...
