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Mary Polk Montague Yerger passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, December 20, 2025. She was born March 3, 1933, in Hattiesburg, the daughter of the late Ida Lois Polk Montague and Frank Douglas Montague.
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James Robert Jeffries, age 84, passed away on Tuesday, December 2, 2025. He was born in Akron, Ohio on July 23, 1941, to Callie Mae Porter Jeffries and Theodore James Jeffries. He attended grammar school in Greenwood and went on to graduate from Gulfport High School in 1959. Jim served in the Navy from 1959 to 1965 as Petty Officer Third Class (PO3) in communications. His military service includes a year aboard the USS Forrestal aircraft carrier and later transferred to land duty in Bahrain in the Persian Gulf.
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This year, 31 Jackson Academy graduates serve on the JA faculty and staff, drawing on their own memories and experiences to connect with students.
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Dear santa,
I hop you are gonoa have a good chrismas. I want a PS5, rollx wach, a iphone 16, a diamon chan, l000,000. Are you gonoa come to my house agin This chrismas? This year. Do you have rudolph the red nose raindeer? I hop eyou will like our cookis.
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Dr. Glen Curtiss Warren, aged 94, died on December 18, 2025, at River Oaks Hospital in Jackson, a hospital that he co-founded. Glen was born on November 2, 1931, in D’Lo to Amanda Warren and Leonard Warren during the Great Depression. His father was fascinated with airplanes, so he named his son after Glenn Curtiss, the aviation pioneer, and dropped one of the ‘n’s’. Glen’s humble early years were spent working hard on his family’s small farm during World War II, while many of the men were away in the military.
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Mayor John Horhn has appointed Angela Brown as Director of the City of Jackson’s Planning and Development Department, bringing more than 20 years of experience in public health leadership, systems change, and policy innovation to advance growth and community-centered development in Jackson.
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Garden Glow events across the country provide a way to experience gardens in a whole new way during the winter months.
Held at botanical gardens and estates, the after-dark events feature countless twinkling lights and often include music, interactive displays and even hot chocolate and s’mores.
For the first time, the Madison Station Botanic Garden in Madison is sparkling during its Holiday Glow from 4:30-10 p.m. nightly through Jan. 7. The Glow is a free event.
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As 2025 is coming to an end and everyone is enjoying the holidays the Sun staff gathered to wish readers a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Staff members include (from left, back) Misti Sims, Jenny Woodruff Wilson, account executives; Christi Carr, production manager; Nell Luter Floyd, staff writer; Kay Curan, circulation and office manager; John Emmerich, online reporter; and (front) Jimmye Sweat, editor, Wyatt Emmerich, publisher; and Jennifer Stribling, advertising director.
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The Jackson Zoo currently is receiving visitors and can accept payments with all three cash and credit cards and debit cards.
The zoo changed ownership in 2019, becoming a city-owned zoological park under the then-serving mayor of Jackson Chokwe Antar Lumumba. Before it was run by a non-profit, the Jackson Zoological Society.
Lumumba then partnered with ZOOceanarium, LLC, out of the city of Dubai, in the UAE, to manage the Jackson Zoo but that deal fell through in 2021.
Currently the Jackson's Department of Parks & Recreation are running the zoo.
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Mary Jane Dixon Fuerst, age 96, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 16, 2025.
Born September 20, 1929, in Brownsville, Tenn., she was the daughter of Isabel Drake Dixon and Chester Moore Dixon Sr. She attended the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss), where she met the love of her life, Robert J. Fuerst Sr. They shared 61 years of marriage and enjoyed traveling, Ole Miss football, playing bridge, and time with family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert J. Fuerst Sr.; her parents; and her son, Robert J. Fuerst Jr.
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The new Little Effie restaurant in The District hits a perfect note -- fancy cocktails and gourmet snacks, the perfect couples night out.
Northsider's Derek Emerson's latest restaurant is the perfect place to get great cocktails and a gourmet bite to eat, even if it does take a bite our of your credit card. Great cocktails, great service, great ambiance and exquisite food does not come cheap. If you are trying to impress, Little Effie delivers.
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This year Millsaps College marked the 25th anniversary of its groundbreaking Millsaps Yucatan Program, a transformative initiative that has redefined study abroad through deep cultural immersion, collaborative research and long-term community partnerships in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula.
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Fourth through eighth grade Madison-Ridgeland Academy honor roll students for the first nine weeks of 2025 term include:
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Dr. Edward Harold Fisher, devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather, passed away December 10, 2025. Visitation was Friday, December 12, 2025, in the chapel of First Baptist Church of Jackson. A graveside service was held Saturday, December 13, 2025, at St. Peter’s Cemetery in Oxford.
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John Erik Alexander Olson, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, died peacefully on December 9, 2025, in Houston.
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The Lake Caroline Owners’ Association (LCOA) plans to appeal recent water and sewer rate increases by Canton Municipal Utilities (CMU) to the Mississippi Supreme Court.
That’s the association’s next step after the Mississippi Public Service Commission (MPSC) did not set aside the recent water and sewer rate increases by CMU.
The Public Service Commission during its Dec. 2 meeting rejected the argument that CMU did not provide proper notice about the rate increases and therefore lacked jurisdiction to approve them.
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Konnor Thomas Griffin, Dendy Barwick Hogan
Dr. and Mrs. Reed Blanchard Hogan III of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Dendy Barwick, to Konnor Thomas Griffin of Florence.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Dr. and Mrs. Reed Blanchard Hogan and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lewis Ridgway of Jackson.
The prospective bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Douglas Griffin of Florence. He is the grandson of Douglas Harold Griffin and the late Mrs. Griffin of Byron, Ga. and Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Rudy McGehee of Florence.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Douglas Kirchhoff
Mary Parker Davidson and Ryan Douglas Kirchhoff were married on March 1 in Hope Town, Bahamas. The ceremony took place on the beach at Coconut Grove, surrounded by family and friends.
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Joe Alister Brady Jr. was born in Jackson to Joe Alister Brady and Frances Johnson Brady. He was a loyal friend who adored his family and had a quick wit and an infectious sense of humor.
His family and friends will remember Al as having a soft soul and a generous spirit. Al is a graduate of Murrah High School and the University of Mississippi where Al earned a law degree and Georgia State, where he received a master’s in counseling.
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Northsider Pete Perry is headed to the United States Supreme Court. That’s a big deal.
Pete Perry is one of two individual plaintiffs named in a legal issue involving how election rules are set. The lawsuit pits the Republican Party of Mississippi against the State of Mississippi. The issue is whether mail in ballots have to be received by the constitutionally mandated election date or whether they can be postmarked by that date and physically arrive days later.
Or to put more exactly, quoting the petition for writ of certiorari:
Question Presented
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