Local News
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...
DESPITE LESS IN state funding, Madison County Schools 2012-2013 budget has no tax hike and a (small) pay raise for teachers.
Funding from the state has been reduced from $51 million to $46 million for the district,...
by ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
Ward Seven Councilwoman Margaret Barrett-Simon said there’s no silver bullet to address the capital city’s road problems.
Jackson has 1,600 miles of roadway, of...
Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB) won a national Edward R. Murrow Award for Best News Series with reporter Sandra Knispel’s stories on the tornado-torn town of Smithville. The four-part series tells the story of Smithville’s...
By KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
IF YOU BUILD IT, they will come.
In the case of the daycare facility at First Baptist Church of Ridgeland, people have come in droves – to the tune of more than 100 families on...
GERMANTOWN Middle School and The Veritas School are welcoming a new principal and a new headmaster in time for the fall semester.
At Germantown Middle, located in Gluckstadt, former Madison Central assistant principal Richard Burge...
By ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
THE STATE’S HIGH court is expected to rule any day now on a proposal that would prevent two Hinds County circuit judges from hearing criminal cases.
On June 27, the county...
Madison Crime
The Madison Police Department received the following reports for:
Bonne Terre Boulevard, identity theft, July 10;
David Drive, identity theft, June 20;
Fairfield Circle, identity theft, June 20...
By RYAN RILEY
Sun Intern
MISSIONARY WORK in Brazil is something Northsiders Joe and Helen Martin are very familiar with. Helen was born and raised in Brazil but came to the United States to finish high school in Georgia and...
By KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
THE MAYORS OF Madison and Ridgeland are pleased with how the Madison County Board of Supervisors has allocated $6 million the county will receive from its settlement with the Mississippi...
By ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
NORTHSIDERS will have a chance to sound off on Jackson’s redistricting plans next month.
A public hearing has been set for August 16 at the Jackson Medical Mall for residents...
Austin Brown is the new head principal at Madison Central High School. He was an assistant principal at MCHS for five years and previously taught history there for five years before spending last year as head principal of Sumner Hill Junior...
ST. DOMINIC’S hopes to have grass practice fields finished later this summer and a sports training center built by the end of the year at its sports and recreation complex north of Madison.
Three graded practice fields to be used...
by KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
DESPITE A THREE PERCENT jump in Madison County’s total assessed value this year, supervisors say the coming year’s budget will still be a challenge.
“This...
