Local News
by Anthony Warren
Sun Staff Writer
More than a million dollars is available to the city of Jackson if only they could collect it.
Jackson’s municipal court system is carrying a backlog of unserved warrants...
MORE THAN A quarter century ago, a group of evangelical Protestants in the metro area discovered the Orthodox faith.
They formed a Bible study and organized into St. Peter’s Antiochian Orthodox Church in 1976.
Now St....
by katie eubanks
Sun Staff Writer
RESIDENTIAL building permits in Ridgeland have been on a steady incline since fiscal year 2009, but permits for new commercial buildings have done nothing but decrease since the...
Bertha Gordon is president of the Annandale Property Owners Association (APOA) at Annandale Estates. She and her husband, Dr. James Gordon, have lived in Annandale Estates for 14 years. They have six children and 12 grandchildren. Bertha Gordon...
By ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
Improving security and safety for residents in Eastover is a priority for the Eastover Neighborhood Association (ENA).
The group currently uses off-duty police officers to patrol the...
By ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
Plans have been laid out, and estimates say it will take around $5.6 million to transform Parham Bridges Park into a world-class tennis center and community destination.
Ward One...
By KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
THE CJ STEWART Foundation, a nonprofit 501c3 based in Madison, is officially seeking another location for “Down Range,” a proposed sports camp facility for teens.
The...
By ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
The Northside is represented well in the state football playoffs.
Jackson Academy (JA) is looking for its fourth state title, but they’ll have to get through Jackson...
Lu Lee continues to be an inspiration.
Even lying in a hospital bed fighting for life, she’s still considered the boss.
She beat cancer three years ago. And when you look into her determined blue eyes, it’s easy to...
Linwood Nooe wants the freedom of flight to be available to all people, including those living with disabilities.
A device Nooe plans to manufacture will help him do just that.
Nooe, a Madison resident, is planning to produce...
by katie eubanks
Sun Staff Writer
AFTER A contentious public meeting with local residents last week, a Madison nonprofit is considering finding a new location for its proposed youth sports camp.
The CJ Stewart...
by anthony warren
Sun Staff Writer
Jackson is planning to take out $10 million in bonds to repave streets.
But city officials say residents shouldn’t expect to see as much immediate paving as they did when a $23...
Ken Hackman is president of the board of directors of the Center Players, a community theatre group that produces plays at the Madison Square Center for the Arts in downtown Madison. The Center Players will present “A Christmas Story...
The recently elected officers of the Jackson Federation of Women's Clubs include (from left) Celeste Hutchinson, president; Charlotte Charles, first vice president; Lucette Bennett, second vice president; Gail Welsh, fourth...
Jackson leaders want the Legislature to help pay for $400 million in federally mandated sewer repairs recently thrust upon the city.
But it doesn’t look like the assistance will come in the form city...
Ben Allen is president of Downtown Jackson Partners (DJP). Allen recently spoke to Sun Staff Writer Anthony Warren about downtown happenings.
How are things going...
Thousands of people from around the world have come together via Facebook to save their favorite TV show, “Legend of the Seeker.”
The group is on tap to crush the current Guinness world record for most Facebook comments,...
by anthony warren
Sun Staff Writer
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has added more than $6,100 in debt to every household and business in the capital city.
That’s the cost of the federally...
COY Fletcher HAD GUTS.
The year was 1954, and Fletcher, a matchbook advertising salesman, was driving through Oxford, when he took it upon himself to visit William Faulkner.
Here’s the twist: Fletcher isn’t related...
by katie eubanks
Sun Staff Writer
RESIDENTIAL building permits were up in the city of Madison this past fiscal year, and though commercial permits were down slightly, Building and Permits Director Bill Foshee says the...
Wilma Mosley Clopton is president of the board of directors of the Central Mississippi Steel Magnolias, an affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. A native Mississippian, Clopton lives in Jackson and is also a documentary filmmaker. She...
by KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
MADISON COUNTY and the city of Madison disagree about whether the county’s 2005 contribution agreements with two public improvement districts (PIDs) are legal.
If the...
by ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
Five months into its implementation, it appears that a plan to restructure beats in Precinct Four has had an impact on crime.
Overall, property crime in Precinct Four is down...
THE LITTLE GIRL couldn’t have weighed more than 70 pounds. She was dressed in a silk oriental robe. As she hugged me with all her might, she whispered in my ear, “I love you. I will pray for you.”
After a rough day, I...
Mike Rives, a Modern Woodmen of America Managing Partner, recently attended the Modern Woodmen Leadership Career Institute, held in Rock Island, Ill.
Gordon Fellows has joined the Mississippi Bankers Association staff...
