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Jim Rosenblatt, dean of the Mississippi College School of Law, recently spoke to the Rotary Club of Jackson. Dean Rosenblatt recounted the history of the law school and described the school's mission, accomplishments and contributions to...
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.
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Hinds County Sheriff Tyrone Lewis recently spoke to the North Jackson Lions Club. Lewis gave members an update on his first 100 days in office. In that time, Lewis said he has scaled back the number of administrators to put more deputies on the...
RIDGELAND OFFICIALS are taking small steps to prepare for the future city center project off Highway 51, but it’ll be awhile before the center materializes.
The board of aldermen last week...
Shirley Williams is executive director of the Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project (MVLP), a nonprofit organization that provides pro bono legal aid. She is the former program manager at the Mississippi Administrative Office...
ST. DOMINIC Hospital is still formulating its next steps after the Mississippi Supreme Court recently denied its request to relocate 71 acute-care beds to Madison County.
“It’s going to...
Hinds County Sheriff Tyrone Lewis recently spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson. Sheriff Lewis spoke on his plans for the sheriff’s office in the upcoming months. “We did a survey and found we were losing our tax base due to...
HILL BROTHERS Construction Company Inc., will construct the new split-diamond interchange at I-55 between Old Agency Road in Ridgeland and Highway 463 in Madison.The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) awarded Hill Brothers the $85....
Ridgeland Crime
The Ridgeland Police Department received the following reports for:
County Line Road, 1000 block, auto burglary, April 4;
County Line Road, 1200 block, credit card fraud, April 4;
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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...
Dr. Robert Allen Smith recently spoke at the Australian Wound Management Association in Sydney. His presentation was on the science of keratin protein, “A New Paradigm in Wound Healing.” Dr. Smith is the founder of Keraplast...
C Spire Wireless recently announced it will waive the one-time activation charge and monthly service fee for wireless priority service (WPS), which gives eligible emergency response agencies and personnel a higher priority connection to the...
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...
MADISON COUNTY supervisors voted last week to make up most of the shortfall on a bond payment for the Parkway East Public Improvement District (PID).
“We voted to pay an amount not to exceed $464,376.60,” said District 1...
WHAT DO SLICK, muddy ropes, a big pile of shoes, turkey legs, live music and beer have in common?
They were all part of the Warrior Dash, a 5K race that’s more of an all-day event, held April 21 at Mississippi Off-Road Adventures...
Ed Said is a seven-year-old boy who loves to learn about being healthy and is known for his love of raps and rhymes. He was created at Mississippi Public Broadcasting by producer C.J. Burks based on a curriculum called Moving with...
THE MISSISSIPPI Department of Transportation (MDOT) approved the environmental documents for a widening project on Hoy Road in Madison last week, but the city still needs more funding before moving on to the next step.
Plans call for...
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...
A STATE AGENCY is trying to figure out exactly whom it hired to manage the golf course at LeFleur’s Bluff State Park.
Last week, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks (WFP) was having its legal department...
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...
MADISON COUNTY will contribute to a bond payment next month for the Parkway East Public Improvement District (PID), but taxpayers won’t be on the hook forever, officials say.
In 2005 the county signed an agreement to contribute...
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...
MADISON COUNTY officials and business leaders are partnering to develop a long-range economic development plan that one man says could bring $100 million in new investment to the county.
“My expectation, as a former economic...
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...
