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Mayo Flynt is 2012 chairman of the board of directors for the Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership. The partnership is a nonprofit group that represents approximately 2,000 businesses, both large and small, in the metro area. Flynt recently...
BAIT CARS HAVE become popular across the United States, so much so that YouTube is flooded with videos and Court TV has its own series showcasing the vehicles being put in action.
The concept has caught on locally as well, with both the...
Student chemists at Belhaven University are experiencing what only a handful of universities across the country ever encounter; a completely green chemistry program.
Last year, Belhaven’s new chemistry professor, Dr. Gary Reid...
POPULATIONS are shifting in Madison County, and the school board’s redistricting plan reflects that.
Late last month, the Madison County School Board approved a plan redrawing their district lines based on 2010 census data.
WHAT RECESSION?
Since the Great Recession began in 2008, Ballet Mississippi’s budget has grown by nearly a third, teachers have been given a pay raise, and enrollment is at record numbers.
Similarly, the Mississippi...
BLOCKED TRAFFIC lanes on Old Canton Road will soon mean a smoother walking trail at Parham Bridges Park.
But at least one Jackson city leader would like to see much more done to make the park a sought-after destination for families,...
TWO FORMER Madison County supervisors recently confirmed county spending on roads has favored the city of Madison in the past eight years – and one of those supervisors is proud of it.
“Yeah I did a good job, didn’t I...
A NEW SCHOOL of medicine along with a cancer and biomedical research facility will be the cornerstones of more than $120 million in new construction on tap for the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC).
The hospital is...
The Rotary Club of North Jackson recently presented a check for $1,500 to the Jackson Metro Area Salvation Army for disaster relief. Shown are (from left) Captain Ken Chapman of the Salvation Army and Don Roberts, club president. The Rotary...
TOO BAD HE CAN’T be in two places at once.
As Ballet Mississippi’s artist-in-residence and a member of the Corps De Ballet with the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) in New York, Mikhail Ilyin splits his time between Jackson and...
Four specialty medical practices, NewSouth NeuroSpine, Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center, Jackson Heart Clinic, and GI Associates and Endoscopy Center, and Trustmark, have signed an agreement with Century Club Charities...
Jackson Crime
The Jackson Police Department received the following reports for:
North Hill Parkway, aggravated assault, March 11;
Northside Drive, 1500 block west, auto burglary, March 23;
Northside Drive, 2800 block...
James Thris with the G.V. Sonny Montgomery VA Medical Center recently spoke to the North Jackson Lions Club. Thris said that the accreditation group Joint Commission on Hospitals rated the hospital as one of the top medical facilities in...
William Heller, principal of St. Joseph Catholic School for the past 12 years, announced recently that he will not return to St. Joe next year.
Lester K. Diamond, president of the St. Joseph Catholic School Advisory Board, said,...
Navy Seaman Timothy C. Bell Jr., son of Marty H. Bell and Timothy C. Bell Sr. recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. Bell is a 2010 graduate of Madison Ridgeland Academy.
Army...
Germantown High School youth leaders selected to represent Germantown High School at the 2012 Madison County Youth Leadership Economic Development Day were Merrie Morgan Volk and Chance McNulty. Students visited various Madison County...
Cal-Maine Foods has donated 108,000 eggs to the Mississippi Food Network recently to help families struggling with food insecurity. Cal-Maine Foods efforts are part of a national effort, organized by the United Egg Producers and Feeding America...
Bill Boykin, chair of Rotary District 6820 water wells sub-committee, reported to the Rotary Club of Jackson on the status of the district’s project to provide clean drinking water to the people of Malawi in Africa. Rotary has sponsored...
MADISON COUNTY IS well on its way to recovering more than $100,000 from an ongoing investigation of illegal claims for homestead exemption....
Ron Mumbower is director of Summit Counseling at First Baptist Church in Jackson. He recently spoke with Sun staff writer Katie Eubanks about how people can respond to the shooting near Jackson State University, the shooting at Mississippi State...
Christina Hellmich recently spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson about her book, “Al-Qaeda, From Global Network to Local Franchise.” She is a lecturer in international relations at the University of Reading, UK. She is shown with club...
PENDING a review of its proposal, Hemphill Construction Company will likely be chosen to do the Fortification Street Improvement Project.
The city of Jackson opened bids at a public meeting last week, with Hemphill submitting the lowest...
THE PEARL RIVER Valley Water Supply District (PRV) is advertising for engineers to study their water-level operation for the Ross Barnett Reservoir.
Currently the PRV lowers the water level for weed control in the winter and brings the...
IMAGINE Congress Street with wider sidewalks, more trees, and small open-air markets crowded with shoppers.
A study being conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is doing just that.
The city of Jackson was one of five...
THE CITY OF MADISON is not known for crime. And city officials want to keep it that way. Police are researching the possibility of installing security cameras at major entryways to the city, including the I-55 exit and Highway 51.
Mayor...
