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Judges Tomie Green and Jeff Weill will soon lay out their arguments before the state’s high court.
The Mississippi Supreme Court recently granted Green’s request to schedule a conference with justices to discuss further her...
IF YOU GET A traffic ticket and want to contest it, you should hope you’re on the north side of County Line Road.
To be sure, you’ll probably have to wait your turn in court no matter where your traffic trial is. Municipal...
Ridgeland Crime
The Ridgeland Police Department received the following reports for:
Bellewether Pass, 200 block, identity theft, May 18;
Commerce Park Drive, 200 block, motor vehicle theft, May 25;...
Parking meter future
Broken parking meters in downtown Jackson could soon be a thing of the past. The city is planning to bring on a private firm to upgrade and maintain the city’s meters and possibly enforce...
SUMMERTIME is a time when many people are traveling and the kids are headed to camp. Most people think of camp as a place to do outdoor ‘camp’ type activities. Traditional camps like these are a great experience but...
ONE OF THE best-kept secrets on the Northside is a library.
Tucked away in the Mississippi Education and Research Center off Ridgewood Road in Jackson, the Mississippi Library Commission (MLC) has a library of its own, one that is open...
IF JOHN MCGOWAN had his way, Two Lakes would have been finished 15 years ago and development along the project would be thriving.
Instead, engineers are about to begin a new feasibility study, this time on the One Lake project, a...
AFTER MORE THAN a decade of delays, the Highway 463 bypass north of downtown Madison will be finished and open next weekend, according to the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT).
MDOT and Madison officials will hold a...
SPACES ARE FILLING up at the Northside’s private and parochial schools.
The majority of schools in Northeast Jackson and South Madison County are nearing or have reached enrollment capacity for the fall, and are now putting...
RIDGELAND IS going paperless.
The city will no longer print paper copies of board packets and agendas for board of aldermen meetings and committee meetings. Instead, Mayor Gene McGee, the seven aldermen, city attorney and city clerk...
Former columnist and new executive director of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Rick Cleveland (left) recently spoke to the Optimist Club of Jackson. Cleveland talked about his former career as a sports columnist and his plans for the hall...
Will Longwitz just finished his first session in the state Legislature as District 25 senator, representing parts of Madison, Ridgeland and northeast Jackson. Longwitz also has a law practice in Madison. He and his wife, Leigh Ann, are...
Purging the System
A ROBERT DRIVE fire hydrant that had been running non-stop for about two weeks as of last Friday, was likely opened to purge the system after a water main burst in Eastover, so says Jackson Director...
Madison Chief of Police Gene Waldrop (center) was the recipient of the Jim Ingram Lifetime Achievement Award. Waldrop was presented with the honor at the recent Police Memorial and Appreciation Day held at the Jackson Trade Mart. He...
FEWER CONGRESSIONAL earmarks means the old farmers’ market on West Street won’t be closing anytime soon.
The market was on the chopping block, at least until the mid-term elections, when Republicans swept the U.S. House of...
Dr. Ralph B. Vance Sr. M.D., (left), professor of oncology medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, volunteered as Legislative Doctor of the Day at the Capitol recently. In that capacity, Dr. Vance was available to provide non...
THE TRUTH about Mississippi Blood Services is that they are in constant need of donations. Their motto, “Make Giving Life Your Way of Life,” applies throughout the year but is most prevalent during the summer. People...
HOW MUCH will it cost to clean up Jackson’s waste?
According to a contract recently approved by the Jackson City Council, it will run about $8.9 million.
The city recently hired Terra Renewal Services to remove more than...
St. Dominic’s physical therapists (from left) Rachel Jacobson, Teresa Ware and Wendy Barrilleaux were recognized recently at the national American Physical Therapy meeting in Chicago, for obtaining clinic specialist certifications in...
OLE MISS IS THE clear choice of Northside students this year.
Two-hundred seventy-six graduates are choosing to attend the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss), making it the top pick among students at the area’s private, public...
HARVEY CARR doesn’t have a lot to say.
Harvey has lived in Ridgeland his whole life, 97 years so far, as part of one of the first families to settle the area. Until finally retiring from farming in his early 90s, he never had...
JACKSON IS facing hundreds of millions of dollars in road, water and sewer repairs.
But with the death of House Bill 168, questions remain as to how the city will pay for them.
City leaders are considering taking out bonds or...
By ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
REDBUD ROAD will soon be closed, and it has the full backing of the Jackson City Council.
The council voted 7-0 last week to approve turning Redbud’s Ridgewood Road entrance...
RIDGELAND MAYOR Gene McGee says officials will soon start working on a bill that would authorize any city in Mississippi to temporarily increase sales tax if 60 percent of voters in the city approve.
“My position has always been...
Cmdr. James McGowan took the reins of Precinct Four in April. The new commander spoke with Sun Staff Writer Anthony Warren about his new position, his transition into the leadership role and his plans for the precinct. McGowan replaces...
