Local News
by ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
The Northside’s major interchanges are on tap for a facelift, thanks to the efforts of the area’s newest neighborhood foundation.
The LeFleur East Foundation (LEF) has...
With redistricting wins under his belt, District 64 Rep. Bill Denny is going into the 2013 legislative session refreshed and ready to get to work.
Denny has pre-filed between 15 and 17 pieces of legislation, including one that would...
By KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
A RECENT UPDATE TO Ridgeland’s transportation plan includes few big changes, but officials hope the plan will help them acquire federal transportation dollars if they ever become...
By KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
MADISON AND RIDGELAND officials say it will likely take several years to put in wheelchair ramps on all public sidewalks as required by the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
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Marshall Fisher is director of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics (MBN), having served in the position since June 2005. He was reappointed to the position by Gov. Phil Bryant in January. Fisher is a Louisiana native and a graduate of the...
By KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
MADISON COUNTY might not get a new annex office for its tax officials after all.
A plan to sell the current tax annex, located on Highway 51 in Ridgeland, and buy a Community Trust...
BIDS ARE DUE today on an aerial photography project that will likely save Madison County money.
Madison, Hinds, Rankin and 11 other counties are planning to go in together on the flyover photography, which they’ll use to update...
Balmy weather with swirling winds, mosquitoes buzzing, sweat in the duck blind or deer stand. Does this sound like typical Mississippi weather that creates havoc with hunting and diminishes our interest of even remotely thinking of venturing...
by ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
A Jackson city ordinance designed to even the playing field for minority-owned businesses seems to be paying off, at least in some areas.
For fiscal years 2010 and 2011, the...
Measures being proposed by District 66 Rep. Cecil Brown could generate millions of dollars in tax revenue for the state and help veterans find jobs.
The 2013 legislative session begins in January, and Brown is seeking approval for...
by KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
OF THE THREE fastest-growing counties in the state, Madison County paid the most for engineering work last year.
Madison, Rankin and DeSoto counties all border metropolitan cities...
There will soon be a new place for dogs to run free and socialize with other dogs. That place will be called Bree’s Bark Park, and it is being built by CARA, or Community Animal Rescue and Adoption of Mississippi. CARA board member Ann...
By ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
Police are out in full force this year to make sure Northsiders have a safe and happy Christmas.
The holiday shopping season officially kicked off on Black Friday, with some stores...
By KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
HERE IS A QUICK fact for Northsiders to note, especially as construction continues on I-55 between Madison and Ridgeland:
“Speeding fines doubled when workers are present...
They say the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. You would think that I could do a better job marking the entrances into my secluded haunts, but the serpentine trails that I travel say otherwise. I also try to minimize...
Santa party
Mississippi Children’s Museum will host a Holiday Tea Party with Santa, December 8, 2 to 3:30 p.m. Tickets $20. www.mschildrensmuseum.com...
by ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
New speed humps will eventually be added on Dogwood Drive.
Eventually.
The city of Jackson has approved adding two speed humps on a section of the roadway between...
by KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
THE MADISON AND Ridgeland police departments are both planning to get video arraignment technology, which is now helping the Madison County Sheriff’s Department with security...
DISTRICT 58 REP. Rita Martinson said she is pre-filing several bills for the upcoming legislative session, including one that would prevent new legislators from getting the Supplemental Legislative Retirement Plan (SLRP).
Martinson, a...
By ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
Eight years after it was implemented, Jackson Academy’s (JA) master plan is coming to fruition, one piece at a time.
In 2006, JA added a new entrance on Ridgewood Road, making...
Nancy New is the founder and administrator of New Summit School in Jackson and executive director of New Learning Resources School District (NLRSD). She has worked in private education for more than 20 years and worked in public education for...
By KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
SO HOW DO YOU keep an uncovered, outdoor ice-skating rink frozen in Mississippi, where average temperatures reach well above freezing even in the winter?
In the case of the temporary...
Why do they fall? I’m not talking about mallards falling from the skies from a barrage of number 2s in flooded timber, nor am I talking about doves hitting the packed soils from an October dove hunt. I am speaking of the thin pieces of...
Turkey workout
Raising the Barr Fitness will offer a free Turkey Busting Workout, November 23 and 24 at 10 a.m. Bring a canned vegetable to donate to Pinelake Care Center. For details call 601-414-3536.
Santa...
