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Mr. and Mrs. William Glen Arnold announce the engagement of their daughter, Katherine Gene ‘Kate’ Arnold, to Hunter Reid Bower, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Mitchell Bower of Vaughan, formerly of Flowood.
The bride-elect is the...
Mary Kathryn Thomas and James Buckley Allen Jr. were wed on the evening of February 18 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Oxford.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Frank Thomas Jr. Allen is the son of Mr. and...
Dr. and Mrs. William Ernest Tew announce the engagement of their daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Tew, to Christopher Harper Solop, son of Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Solop.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Salena Lofton Edwards and the...
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Arnold Hammond III of Winona announce the engagement of their daughter, Jenny Claire Hammond, to Justin Lowrey Dyre of Grenada.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gilmer Potts of Oxford, and...
Members of the 2012 varsity girls track team at Jackson Prep are (from left, back) Coach Malcolm Saxon, Coach Rusty Burke, Courtney Newsome, Anna Frances Robinson, Georgia Dewey, Margaret Horsley, Evans Horsley, Frances Carter,...
Christ Covenant School middle school boys and girls track teams are District 5A Champions in the MAIS. This is only their second year to compete in track. Shown are (from left, back) Hannah Arnold, Beaty Hill, Thomas Smith,...
Students at St. Joseph Catholic School received a visit from the Rollin’ Tigers wheelchair basketball team recently. The Rolling Tigers are the most visible program of the Metro Area Community Empowerment Foundation, which...
The North Jackson Badgers won the Clinton Invitational 13AA baseball tournament. Team members include (from left, back) Coach Michael Louvier, Coach Jay Loposer, Tate Fowler, Sam Fulton, Jacob Crawley, Brock Loposer, Hunter...
Jackson Prep varsity boys basketball awards went to (from left) Wic Smith, Most Improved; Cade Noble, Hustle Award; Wirt Dunbar, Impact Player; Austin Rayner, Patriot Award.
St. Joseph Catholic High School seniors voted to recognize their peers’ outstanding qualities recently. Students (from left) Corbin Divinity and David LeMoine were voted Most Athletic.
A NEW Medical OFFICE BUILDING being developed by Baptist Hospital and Landmark Healthcare Facilities is still on target to open in the spring of 2013.
“Everything’s moving along as scheduled,” said Baptist spokesman...
WITH A CREEK eroding in Madison and a storage building in danger of falling in, the Madison County Board of Supervisors voted recently to express official interest in fixing the problem.
“This was kind of step one for our local...
Residents in two Northside neighborhoods are being targeted by a scam artist who is attempting to take advantage of their good nature over the phone.
Authorities and neighborhood leaders are urging residents, if they’re contacted...
Sharon Summers is the new principal of Ridgeland High School (RHS). She takes the place of Lee Boozer, who was the school’s first and only principal since it was founded in 2002. Summers has worked at RHS since 2006, when she started...
Ella Channing Fortner
Rachel Batte and Luke Fortner of Jackson announce the birth of their daughter, Ella Channing Fortner, June 28 at St. Dominic Hospital. Grandparents are Anastasia Batte, Rich and...
textingleader.com won the 2012 Mississippi Technology Alliance’s New Venture Challenge. MTA is a nonprofit organization with the mission to drive innovation and technology-based economic development for the State of Mississippi. Hall of...
City music
Mississippi Museum of Art will host ‘Music in the City,’ August 14. Hors d’oeuvres begin at 5:15, program at 5:45. Free admission, donations welcome.
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Jackson Crime
The Jackson Police Department received the following reports for:
Briarwood Drive, 300 block, business burglary, Family Dollar, June 19;
Cedarhurst Road, 500 block,...
Randy Watkins stopped the golf cart and lit a cigar.
“It (is) a victory cigar,” he said.
Watkins was giving tours of the nine-hole golf course at LeFleur’s Bluff State Park. The course was reopened to the...
PENDING APPROVAL from the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT), Aberdeen-based Eutaw Construction Company will be doing the widening work on Lake Harbour Drive in Ridgeland.
Ridgeland officials awarded the project to Eutaw...
The Rotary Club of Jackson recently announced the winners of their 2012 Rotary Mentor Scholarships. Each of the four recipients will recive $16,000 over a four-year period. Each will also be mentored for the four years by a member...
Malcolm White, executive director of the Mississippi Arts Commission, recently spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson about the many aspects of the arts commission and Mississippi’s creative economy. Shown are (from left) John Dorsa,...
Dr. Larry D. Field, an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in shoulder and elbow surgery and a partner at Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center, was recently elected to serve on the Arthroscopy Association of North America’s...
Thirty-five percent of Jackson households and businesses recycle.
Ward One Councilman Quentin Whitwell believes that number would go up if the city increased its curbside recycling pickup to once a week.
Currently, the...
Judge and Mrs. Harold Patrick Haggard of Athens, Ga., announce the engagement of their daughter, Emily Elizabeth Haggard, to Scott Edward Peacock, son of Eddie and Stephanie Peacock of Madison. Miss Haggard is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs....
