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At The Veritas School’s academic honors assembly students were recognized for their achievement. Faculty member Tray Earnhart (left) presented the recipients with their awards. Students who received the Bible and Classical...
Ann Smith Elementary second-grader Ashton Shelton had an unexpected reunion with his mother, Technical Sergeant Tangela Wrenn Shelton, a maintenance analyst with the 172nd Airlift Wing, Mississippi Air National Guard. She returned home earlier...
Rosa Scott School cheerleaders recently attended camp. Three members of the squad were selected as All-American. They were (from left) Hallie Austin, Meredith Bradford and Sarah Grace Senn.
St. Joseph Catholic High School seniors voted to recognize their peers’ outstanding qualities recently. Students (from left) Audrey Anna Rabalais and Victor Andrews were voted Most Talented.
First Presbyterian Day School honored students at awards day who participated in Accelerated Reader and earned 500 points to more than1,000 points. Shown are (from left, front) Anna Katherine Ireland, 500 points; Russ Upton, 502 points;...
MFC Fire U14 boys premier soccer team won the Gulf States Premier League Championship and will advance to the National Premier League Championship in Chicago. Team members are (from left, back) Jacob Crawley, Coach Nic Henderson, Eric Diamond,...
St. Andrew’s Episcopal School seniors on the 2012 varsity fast pitch softball team are (from left) Mary Hannah Cooper, Barry Lee, and Nao Wada.
Norma Katharine Butts, a 2009 graduate of Madison Central, was selected as the Taylor Medal recipient in economics at the University of Mississippi. She is the daughter of Bennie and Pam Butts of Madison and the granddaughter of Northsiders...
Jackson Academy recently honored the following ninth-graders with Academic Achievement medals, signifying maintaining scholastic excellence and having made a significant contribution in a certain subject area. They are (from left) Annie...
Each year Jackson Prep recognizes individual students who have achieved a high degree of excellence in the major courses of study and electives that comprise the curriculum at Prep. Sophomores and juniors with distinctive performances in...
St. Andrew’s Episcopal upper school students who received book awards for excellence in the musical and performing arts are (from left, back) Daniel Yeh, speech and debate competition; David Dulske, band; Michael Sneed, theatre production...
Olde Towne Middle School eighth-grad Awards Day winners include (from left, back) Elizabeth Lanford, Maddy Davis, Anna Boyles, Juliette Richert; (front) Olivia Jones, Kameron Shook, Zahra Faizi.
Jackson Academy recently honored the following ninth-grade graduates with the Service and Character in the Classroom award, signifying outstanding good character and a caring spirit toward classmates. They are (from left, back) Allie King,...
Jackson Prep recognizes individual students who have achieved a high degree of excellence in the major courses of study and electives that comprise the curriculum at Prep. Eighth-graders with distinctive performances in individual course...
By KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
WORK ON A new playground at Freedom Ridge Park in Ridgeland should start any day now, Recreation and Parks Director Chris Chance said.
Officials awarded the bid for the playground two...
By KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
THE FIRST BIT of milestone work on the new I-55 interchange in Madison and Ridgeland should be done right around the August 3 deadline, one official said.
“It’s going to...
By KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
A PROPOSED LANDFILL in south Madison County might not be dead, but it appears to be mostly dead for now.
Last week the permit board for the Mississippi Department for Environmental...
ONE SUSPECT had bonded out and two others were behind bars last week following the burglary of a Northside home.
On July 9, Jackson police arrested Ontario Williams, 18, Nokoyea Clayton, 18, and a juvenile, all of Jackson, for...
By ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT of Justice has approved new district lines for Hinds County.
The lines, which were passed by the board of supervisors in early 2011, will now be implemented....
WEATHER PENDING, work on Redbud Road is expected to wrap up in the next couple of weeks, less than three months after the city of Jackson approved closing off the street. “The curb and center isle have been constructed but we are...
Road construction started last week on a damaged section of the Natchez Trace Parkway at milepost 94.8, south of Ridgeland. This section has been closed since March due to a failure in the road base that made the road unsafe for...
By ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
WHAT DOES it take to get a building permit?
How long does it take to get a property approved?
It all depends on the contractor and how long construction takes, say Jackson...
John Maxwell is using his skills on and off the stage to share his spirituality with others and raise awareness about issues affecting the community. The Northside actor will soon be presenting his play, “Buck-Nekkid for Jesus,...
USUALLY WHEN Denson Robinson talks to the media, he’s pretty matter of fact.
But when he starts talking about the city of Madison’s volunteer fire department, even he says he gets “passionate.”
Robinson...
by ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
NEIGHBORS should no longer have to worry about cutting the grass at a home on Sheffield Drive.
Jackson city officials say they’ve reached an agreement with the owner of...
