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by ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
New speed humps will eventually be added on Dogwood Drive.
Eventually.
The city of Jackson has approved adding two speed humps on a section of the roadway between...
by KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
THE MADISON AND Ridgeland police departments are both planning to get video arraignment technology, which is now helping the Madison County Sheriff’s Department with security...
DISTRICT 58 REP. Rita Martinson said she is pre-filing several bills for the upcoming legislative session, including one that would prevent new legislators from getting the Supplemental Legislative Retirement Plan (SLRP).
Martinson, a...
By ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
Eight years after it was implemented, Jackson Academy’s (JA) master plan is coming to fruition, one piece at a time.
In 2006, JA added a new entrance on Ridgewood Road, making...
Nancy New is the founder and administrator of New Summit School in Jackson and executive director of New Learning Resources School District (NLRSD). She has worked in private education for more than 20 years and worked in public education for...
By KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
SO HOW DO YOU keep an uncovered, outdoor ice-skating rink frozen in Mississippi, where average temperatures reach well above freezing even in the winter?
In the case of the temporary...
Why do they fall? I’m not talking about mallards falling from the skies from a barrage of number 2s in flooded timber, nor am I talking about doves hitting the packed soils from an October dove hunt. I am speaking of the thin pieces of...
Eight-year-old Landyn Murphy recently killed this18.5 inch, eight-point buck that weighed in at 240 pounds.
The Capital Gun Club of Jackson began a youth trap league during the summer. The program called AIM (Academics, Integrity and Marksmanship) is a division of the ATA (Amateur Trap Association). One of the members, Dillon...
Members of the Madison Ridgeland Academy volleyball team are (from left, back) Laura Rushing, Haley Kimbrough, Kelly McInvale, Merry Alston Farris, Savannah Mincey Bizzell, Caroline Loeb, Regan Crockett; (front) Emily Williamson,...
First Presbyterian Day School’s annual W.B. McCarty Jr. Golf Tournament was recently held at Reunion Golf and Country Club. This year’s top gross scoring team was (from left) Charlie Hamm, Leif Skodnick, Jason...
St. Andrew's Episcopal School seniors who were on the 2012 varsity volleyball team which recently finished its season with a record of 20-9 are (from left) Jasmine McNair, Brittany Mitchell, Kelli Slater, and Marion Hudson.
Fifth and sixth-grade students at Jackson Academy that cheer for the white team include (from left, back) Camille Coey, Lily Waltman, Leah Richardson, Nayan Malhotra, Ansley Hill, Hartwell Furr; (middle row) Celeste Knighton...
Five Boy Scouts from BSA Troop Eight, sponsored by First Baptist Church, have earned the rank of Eagle Scout. The Court of Honor was held recently for (from left) Davis Guild, Wade Chesney, Kent McNamara, Jackson Scott,...
Turkey workout
Raising the Barr Fitness will offer a free Turkey Busting Workout, November 23 and 24 at 10 a.m. Bring a canned vegetable to donate to Pinelake Care Center. For details call 601-414-3536.
Santa...
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Venable of Terry announce the engagement of their daughter, Caroline Leigh Venable, to Graham Ross Coffelt. The bride is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Venable and the late L.G. Prudhomme and Octavia P....
Mr. and Mrs. John Edgar Lynch announce the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth Myhr Lynch, to Stewart Jennings Hood, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Wilson Hood.
Miss Lynch is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hines Williford of...
by Anthony Warren
Sun Staff Writer
More than a million dollars is available to the city of Jackson if only they could collect it.
Jackson’s municipal court system is carrying a backlog of unserved warrants...
MORE THAN A quarter century ago, a group of evangelical Protestants in the metro area discovered the Orthodox faith.
They formed a Bible study and organized into St. Peter’s Antiochian Orthodox Church in 1976.
Now St....
by katie eubanks
Sun Staff Writer
RESIDENTIAL building permits in Ridgeland have been on a steady incline since fiscal year 2009, but permits for new commercial buildings have done nothing but decrease since the...
Bertha Gordon is president of the Annandale Property Owners Association (APOA) at Annandale Estates. She and her husband, Dr. James Gordon, have lived in Annandale Estates for 14 years. They have six children and 12 grandchildren. Bertha Gordon...
By ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
Improving security and safety for residents in Eastover is a priority for the Eastover Neighborhood Association (ENA).
The group currently uses off-duty police officers to patrol the...
By ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
Plans have been laid out, and estimates say it will take around $5.6 million to transform Parham Bridges Park into a world-class tennis center and community destination.
Ward One...
By KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
THE CJ STEWART Foundation, a nonprofit 501c3 based in Madison, is officially seeking another location for “Down Range,” a proposed sports camp facility for teens.
The...
By ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
The Northside is represented well in the state football playoffs.
Jackson Academy (JA) is looking for its fourth state title, but they’ll have to get through Jackson...
