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MADISON COUNTY is giving hundreds of thousands of dollars to another PID.
The Parkway South Public Improvement District will get $258,328.13 from the county to make up the shortfall on a bond payment.
The Madison County Board...
Jordan Elizabeth Jones received the juris doctor degree recently from Washington and Lee University School of Law. Jones received the bachelor’s degree from Samford University.
The Magnolia State Chapter, NSDAR...
Michael Chew is executive director of the Mississippi Industries for the Blind (MIB) and president of the MIB Foundation for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Chew is a 1981 graduate of Mississippi State University, and resides in Madison...
Reading Lottie Boggan's column on customer service sans politesse (as in "unstudied rudeness"), I must admit it struck a familiar chord. Both she and I grew up in a period of gentler times and manners, when mega chain stores were...
On May Third and fourth the Central High School Class of 1952 had its 60th class reunion. I should have put an exclamation point after that last sentence – 60 years ago we graduated – my oh my. On May 3 we met at Brent’s Drugs...
If there’s one thing the nation’s politicians have been good at, it is jawboning about the deficit. When it comes to action, that’s another thing.
Last week, government leaders past and present gathered in Washington...
Since the 1630s, when America’s colonies needed militia protection from hostile forces of two different continents, the National Guard has remained prepared to protect the homefront from would-be invaders and nature’s unpredictable...
THE PHOTO of Billy Elmore has always haunted me. It pops up every now and then as my computer screen rotates through thousands of stored photos.
He is a handsome lad, far younger than I am today. His appearance reminds me of my oldest...
Waiting indictment
TWO MEN ARE awaiting indictment at the Madison County Detention Center after being charged with armed robbery in the city of Madison last week.
Earnest James Johnson, 19, and Lyndon Charles...
MADISON COUNTY Sheriff Randy Tucker has 11 more sets of eyes and ears on the ground with his new community advisory group, formed shortly after he took office in January.
The group, which will meet with Tucker once a month to share...
Ridgeland Crime
The Ridgeland Police Department received the following reports for:
Arbor Drive, 300 block, petit larceny, May 9;
Business Park Drive, 100 block, lost or stolen tag, May 10;
...
Marilyn Sill Baugher
The life of Marilyn Sill Baugher will be celebrated June 2 at a memorial service at Trinity United Methodist Church, Wilmette, Ill. Mrs. Baugher’s ashes will be scattered in the church’...
IT’S CLOSED.
The golf course at LeFleur’s Bluff State Park is closed.
Signs posted at the park’s Lakeland Drive entrance say the links have been shut down, but only temporarily, and only for repairs.
...When Mississippi Power Company unveiled its plans in 2009 for a coal gasification plant in Kemper County, it sounded like an exciting, forward-looking idea.
The plant would use an abundant natural resource in this state — low-...
THE 13TH CROSSROADS FILM FESTIVAL occurred from April 13 to April 15, 2012. It showed me that Mississippi has a film industry of its own. The film festival showed features, short subjects, biographical films, cartoons, computerized...
I don't really know how to relax. I'm guilty of always needing something to do. If I take a nap, you can assume I'm sick. With that said, I'm so jealous of those people that can grab a book, sit back and just chill. I...
Our lieutenant governor, Tate Reeves, and governor, Phil Bryant, are doing a disservice to Northsider Dr. Carl Reddix. Reeves and Bryant are holding up the appointment of Reddix to the state Board of Health because of an insignificant link to a...
Navy Seaman Recruit Soren M. Jessen, son of Debra L. and Michael K. Jessen of Madison, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. Jessen is a 2011 graduate of Prairie Creek Private School of...
Wade E. Ward was recently promoted to the position of senior relationship banker for Citizens National Bank’s Jackson area market. Ward has been associated with the bank for the past nine years, and has 14 years of total banking...
Art exhibit
The Mississippi Library Commission will present the art exhibit, “Our Beautiful Mississippi Gulf Coast,” featuring photography by Lyle Peterzell and ceramics by Kris Byrd, through June 28. For more information...
MADISON MAYOR Mary Hawkins Butler didn’t get exactly what she wanted with the state Legislature’s redistricting plan, but she says the city is still in a good position to have a strong voice at the Capitol.
After 2010...
Madison Crime
The Madison Police Department received the following reports for:
Baptist Drive, petit larceny, April 19;
Baywood Drive, identity theft, March 30;
Breezy Hill Drive, auto...
CONSTRUCTION has wrapped up on two major projects at St. Dominic Hospital.
Ceremonies were held recently to mark the completion of the medical provider’s new chapel and first phase of its new Behavioral Health Center on Lakeland...
Historic Gallery
THE MUNICIPAL Art Gallery in downtown Jackson recently was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
“We are truly honored to have the art gallery recognized as a historical...
The Mississippi Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), an agency of the Department of Defense, announced that Dr. Beverly Wade Hogan of Tougaloo College was honored with a Patriot Award in recognition of extraordinary...
