Local News
By KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
THE TWIN CEDARS neighborhood in Madison County will soon have public-access gates at its front and rear entrances.
Madison County supervisors approved plans for the gates last week...
The last time I crossed the border into Northern Ireland, I came face to face with an English soldier with a machine gun over his shoulder. It was July - marching season. Not a good time to visit, the soldier informed me. Sure enough, I...
Jim McAllister is president of the Reunion Property Owners Association (POA) in Madison. McAllister is retired from the Air Force and is a certified tennis pro at Reunion. He enjoys spending time with his longtime girlfriend and best friend,...
By KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
PRODUCERS will have hundreds of auditions on tape after casting calls were held at New Stage Theatre last week for the upcoming movie “As I Lay Dying,” to be filmed in Canton this...
GERMANTOWN High will open its doors to about 200 more students this year than last, as enrollment grows at the year-old Gluckstadt school.
“[We’re growing] primarily because we’ve lost a small senior...
A WOMAN was almost robbed in broad daylight recently at the CVS Pharmacy in Deville Plaza.
The store is located at 1420 Canton Mart Rd.
On the afternoon of July 26, the woman had just left the store and was walking to her car...
THE FEDERATION of Madison County Homeowner Associations (FMCHA) has a new president, attorney John Moore.
Moore, who is head of the architectural review board at Annandale Estates and practices law in Ridgeland, was elected by the...
By ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
SIDEWALKS and lighting improvements are on tap for Fondren’s lower business district.
Jackson city officials say engineers are now designing a project to make the corridor more...
By KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
A LOWE’S-ANCHORED shopping center off County Line Road in Ridgeland still isn’t bringing in quite as many tax dollars as the city would like.
In December 2005, Ridgeland...
By RYAN RILEY
Sun Intern
THE STAINED GLASS at Parkway Hills United Methodist Church means much more than just beautiful pieces of colored glass. Each piece has a bright living legacy to carry out and is significant for people...
Lauren Miller was recently named curator of the historic Mississippi Governor’s Mansion. Miller is a graduate of Mississippi State University and Southeast Missouri State University. She and her husband J.C., reside in Brandon. She spoke...
By ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
Unusually heavy rains and storm drainage issues delayed work on a project to relocate the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s (UMMC) entrance on Lakeland Drive.
For...
When it rains, Randy Vessell gets out the sandbags.
Vessell’s home on St. Mary Street has flooded four times since December 2010.
“I’ve had sandbags out during the last rain events to minimize it, but some...
by ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
Chances are if you own property in Hinds County, your taxes are going up.
Two thousand and twelve was an update year for the Hinds County tax assessor’s office, meaning...
by KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
STUDENTS AND teachers will have no problem getting to school, and I-55 commuters have about a month before they all have to drive in the southbound lanes between Madison and Ridgeland....
HORNE LLP announced its plans to close the firm’s 12 office locations in October and celebrate the firm’s 50th anniversary with a firmwide day of service. More than 400 team members across the Southeast will serve in...
Hinds County Circuit Judge Jeff Weill has scored a pretty clear victory in his efforts to keep criminal cases flowing into his courtroom.
On Friday, the Mississippi Supreme Court stayed an order by Senior Circuit Judge Tomie Green...
By ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
POTHOLES HAVE BEEN a good thing for Mike Upton.
Upton, who owns four Upton Tire Pros service centers in the tri-county area, has one or two customers a week whose cars are damaged...
Madison Crime
The Madison Police Department received the following reports for:
East Hill Drive, identity theft, July 21;
Highway 51, petit larceny, July 23;
Maplewood Drive, petit larceny, July 22;
...
By KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
THE CITY OF MADISON is combining three of its departments into one.
Economic development, community development, and building and permits will now be three divisions of one department...
By KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
WORK HAS BEGUN on a new, free standing Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry store at Renaissance at Colony Park in Ridgeland.
Plans call for the store to open in time for Valentine’s Day...
By KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
SEISMIC TESTING to be conducted in and around the city of Madison this fall will be a calm, non-intrusive process, officials with Denbury Resources said last week.
Representatives...
By ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff WRiter
The LeFleur East Foundation hasn’t given up on the Creekmore House.
Now, it’s up to the Jackson City Council to determine the home’s future.
The council is...
By ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
For 30 years, New Stage Theatre hasn’t complied with the city of Jackson’s zoning ordinance.
A recent push to have the theater’s property rezoned to neighborhood...
SEVERAL NORTHSIDE schools are finishing up or still working on construction and improvement projects as classes begin this semester.
At Madison County Schools, “construction’s hot and heavy right now,” said newly...
