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In the May 24 issue, the Sun misquoted the Rev. Keith Allen, rector at Holy Trinity Anglican Church.
The quote should have said that the word “Anglican” would remain in the official church name but had been removed from...
A PARTY HELD at Highland Village will mean new security cameras in LeFleur East.
LeFleur East has received a $2,000 grant from the Jackson Police Foundation, money that will be used to help pay for new surveillance cameras to be placed...
STAGNATION, not algae blooms, has been the cause of the foul-smelling water recently on the Northside.
Public Works Deputy Director David Willis said the city recently tested the water and learned that “chlorine levels were...
By KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
THE CITY OF MADISON is keeping busy cleaning up unsightly yards and properties.
Two weeks ago, city officials held public hearings on four separate properties in need of work....
By KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
STARTING IN mid-August, drivers should start thinking about alternate routes if they travel Pear Orchard Road in Ridgeland.
Thornton Construction Company will be replacing a ditch...
Rick Dillard is the new president of the Mississippi Wildlife Federation. He lives in Gluckstadt with his wife, Jocelyn, and two sons. Dillard has bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Mississippi State University in fisheries...
By KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
MADISON COUNTY officials have gotten preliminary engineering approval for most of the state-aid road projects on the four-year road plan.
County Engineer Rudy Warnock told the board...
by KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
THE MADISON COUNTY Board of Supervisors has let another developer reduce the minimum square footage in a residential development.
This time, however, it doesn’t appear...
For years, businesses on Fortification Street have been on an island.
Two businessmen with shops on the busy corridor hope to provide a lifeboat.
Tasho Katsaboulas and Walt Wofford are forming the Buy Belhaven Merchants...
by ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
Quentin Whitwell believes Parham Bridges Park has a bright future.
A new nonprofit being formed by the Jackson city councilman could help that potential be realized.
Whitwell is...
Janie Newman, master gardener and owner of Picture Perfect, was a recent speaker at the Ridgeland 50's Plus Club. Her topic was "Herbs, Health, and Homedics."
The annual DHS Small Business Achievement...
WAC Mary Leslie Thomas Townsend (center) is shown as the Color Guard led the
V-E Day parade in Paris, May 14, 1945, ahead of the troops. She was stationed in Paris during most of the war and survived the ‘buzz bombing’ of...
There are more than 67,000 homeless veterans, and 1.5 million other veterans are considered at risk according to the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans. The Youth Community Action Group is a community organization of Northside Drive. We...
NORTH JACKSON residents will likely lose a seat in the Mississippi House of Representatives, but one Northside lawmaker won’t admit it.
Lawmakers recently approved new Senate and House district lines, based on information in the...
THE CITY OF MADISON and the North Livingston Place Neighborhood Association are at odds over new zoning regulations in the area.
Last week city officials put an overlay on the land, comprising 175 acres along North Livingston Road just...
Paul Tankersley is president of the Northbay Property Owners Association (POA) in Madison. He and his wife, Donna, have lived in Northbay since 1995. Tankersley recently spoke with Sun staff writer Katie Eubanks about Northbay.
...Local Jackson firm, E. Cornell Malone Corporation, is recognized by Firestone Building Products Company, LLC, with the 2012 Firestone Master Contractor Award.
McGlinchey Stafford PLLC announces that H. Hunter Twiford...
YEARS OF WORKING at the Mississippi State Capitol has appeared to pay off for District 29 Sen. David Blount.
In his first term, Blount had 13 bills signed into law, more than any other freshman senator in the 2008-11 class.
...
THE CITY OF RIDGELAND will save nearly a quarter of a million dollars over the next several years since city officials were recently able to refinance a 2004 bond issue.
Ridgeland taxpayers will save a total of $222,319.40 from the...
Dr. David Powe, (center) chief administrative officer and professor of health sciences at the University of Mississippi Medical Center recently spoke to the Lions Club of Madison. He is shown with Dr. Billy Thames, (left) past district governor...
The Fortification Street groundbreaking ceremony was held recently in Belhaven. Participating were (from left) Jackson Chief Administrative Officer Thelman Boyd, Greater Belhaven Foundation Executive Director Virgi Lindsay, Mayor Harvey...
Anthony Haines, Scout executive and CEO of the Boy Scouts of America Andrew Jackson Council, recently spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson. Shown are (from left) Chuck McBride, Haines, and Don Roberts, club president.
John Dorsa, State Farm agent, has recently received the company’s Chairman’s Circle award.
In addition to recognizing an agent’s sales ability, this top award honors agents who align their business with the long-...
THE GAME of tennis is a sport that is played year-round and lifelong. The Ridgeland Tennis Center can surely vouch for this claim. They have many upcoming events on schedule for the year. During the heat of the summer is when the passion and...
RIDGELAND OFFICIALS will be receiving bids Monday, June 18, for the Lake Harbour Drive widening project, and work will start about a month later, officials said.
“We’ll award a bid at the next board of aldermen meeting...
