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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...
JACKSON police are looking into whether or not an armed robbery on the night of April 12 is connected to a robbery carjacking that occurred on April 9. On the night of April 12, a woman was walking to her apartment when she was approached by an...
THE MADISON Organization of Homeowner Associations (MONA) will meet Thursday night, April 26, with guest speaker Sheriff Randy Tucker.
Tucker will discuss his first 100 days in office and the overall state of the Madison County Sheriff...
THE LAND IN the Parkway East Public Improvement District (PID) has a new name: the Germantown Business Park at Galleria.
And Parkway East itself, which runs south from Gluckstadt to Madison on the east side of I-55 and becomes Galleria...
WORK COULD get under way as early as late May on the Fortification Street Improvement Project.
At its regular meeting last week, the Jackson City Council approved awarding an $8.9 million contract to Hemphill Construction Company for the...
David Overby took office in January as Madison County administrator. He previously served 12 years as Ridgeland’s city clerk and director of finance and administration, and worked in public accounting for 20 years. Overby lives in...
Waste Management of Jackson and Tougaloo College will team up to plant a tranquil reading garden on the Tougaloo campus. The planting, aimed at providing enjoyable green space in Mississippi communities, will bring Waste Management and...
WHY ARE THERE so many parkways?
Madison Parkway, Galleria Parkway/Parkway East, Highland Colony Parkway, Annandale/Reunion Parkway – the list goes on.
Maybe the word gets repetitive, but it turns out that most of these...
SPRING JUST arrived March 20, but the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District (PRV) is already preparing for what General Manager John Sigman calls “the season.”
The PRV governs the 33,000-acre Ross Barnett Reservoir and...
The Jackson Police Department received the following reports for:
Beasley Road, 400 block east, auto burglary, April 8;
Beasley Road, 400 block east, auto theft, March 29;
Beasley Road, 500 block east, auto burglary, April...
All across the metro Jackson area and even throughout the United States hundreds of volunteers are busy making preparations for the 2012 Trail of Honor. This military salute event, which will be held May 19-20 in Jackson at the Harley-Davidson...
MORE POLICE coverage is on tap for the Northside, with the Jackson Police Department (JPD) coming through on its promise to increase the number of beats in Precinct Four.
The precinct’s new beat structure will be implemented this...
IF YOU WANT TO get a cup of coffee at Highland Village, don’t go to the bus.
The red omnibus is no longer serving coffee. The iconic double-decker will soon be moved to make way for a Whole Foods grocery store.
Java Werks...
