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Construction is expected to begin this year on a new segment of the Museum Trail that will extend it from the Mississippi Farmers Market on High Street to Hal & Mal’s on Commerce Street.
“This will be the first segment to have an economic impact if Hal & Mal’s expands its operation,” said Dr. Clay Hays, a cardiologist at Jackson Heart who serves as vice chair of the nonprofit Jackson Heart Foundation.
“We hope other businesses will expand their operations and new businesses will develop because of the trail.”
By Nell Luter Floyd - Sun Staff Writer on
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Read George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 to get ready. His “Big Brother” system previews the pervasive government monitoring that’s coming.
China already uses powerful Big Brother technology to amplify power at home and abroad. Its surveillance technology helped identify and punish almost 900,000 officials last year, an Associated Press investigation found. Outside its borders, China used the technology to threaten wayward officials, dissidents and alleged criminals.
By Bill Crawford - Syndicated columnist on
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I can remember when I was in the third grade and going to St. Richard’s Catholic School my father came home with the news that we were moving to the country. Until then my family lived in Jackson on Reddoch Drive which is about five minutes from Green Oak Nursery where my father started his day. I say started his day because he didn’t stay at Green Oak all day. He was chasing landscape jobs, sod jobs, hydro mulching, logistisizing the route for the florist delivery guy and no telling what else.
By Allen Martinson - Gardening Columnist on
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The year 2025 brought new leadership for the city of Jackson.That was a major story, but not the only one. The year also saw improvements to neighborhood streets thanks to the One Percent Sales Tax Commission.
It was a big year for demolition, with Hotel O finally being torn down after being in the news since 2021. The Eudora Welty Library, which had its first life as a Sears & Roebuck store, is gone and now a site for a new park that’s in the works.
By Nell Luter Floyd - Sun Staff Writer on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Kristi Tidwell
January always arrives with its promises of blank pages and new beginnings. Everyone’s talking about their financial resolutions - finally sticking to a budget, maxing out retirement contributions, paying off debt. These are all admirable goals, but if you’re reading this after a divorce, the loss of a spouse, or have a retirement decision looming, those resolutions might feel like they’re written for someone else’s life.
By Kristi Tidwell - Special to the Sun on
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Marti Witherow
Recent advances in neurobiology have demonstrated that both learning and environmental experiences, such as psychotherapy, can induce significant changes in brain circuits. These findings reveal that the brain is not static; instead, it adapts and reorganizes in response to various influences, much like it does when exposed to medications. Positive alterations in brain function occur when symptoms are alleviated by enhancing the efficiency of information processing within brain circuits that may not be functioning properly.
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Kelly Kyle
Happy New Year. It’s not too late to consider your New Year resolutions for 2026! If you are making resolutions, you are with the majority of respondents of a recent survey. The top four resolutions for 2025 were, in no particular order, to eat better, exercise more, spend less money, and take better care of yourself. Results aren’t available to determine how effective those resolutions were, but I can tell you from personal experience having the appropriate legal documents in place in the event of disability or death did not even make the list.
By R. Kelly Kyle - Special to the Sun on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Photo by Jenny Woodruff Wilson, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Green Oak Florist and Garden Center recently hosted its 65th Annual Open House at the Old Canton Road location in Jackson. Shoppers were provided with food, door prizes, photos with Santa, children’s activities, and local vendors. Shoppers were also given an exclusive look at holiday decor and inspiration. Attending were (from left) Beverly Varner, Stephan Parks, Becky Walker.
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In January 2016, the 50th anniversary of the 1966 killing of Vernon Dahmer Sr., the Mississippi Legislature honored him and his family in the Senate chamber. Afterward then-Sen. John Horhn, who introduced the measure, posed with the family and others, including Hollis Watkins, a civil rights activist who stayed with the family in 1961 and worked on voting rights. Credit: Jerry Mitchell/Mississippi Today
Mafia hitman Gregory Scarpa Sr. pocketed millions from drug dealing, donned a seven-carat pinky ring and shot to death so many people that he stopped counting at 50.
Oh, and he helped the FBI solve who killed Mississippi NAACP leader Vernon Dahmer Sr.
Hollywood plans to release a movie next year on Scarpa’s role in the Dahmer case, “By Any Means,” starring Mark Wahlberg as the mobster.
By Jerry Mitchell - Mississippi Today on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Mississippi’s vaccination rate has thus far been keeping pace with or exceeding national averages. The U.S. is at risk of losing its measles elimination status if transmissions continue into next year.
As a new year begins, healthcare officials are advising residents to get vaccinated against preventable ailments including influenza and measles, especially in at-risk populations.
By Jeremy Pittari - Magnolia Tribune on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Notes and quotes from the Sugar Bowl:
The biggest news of Sugar Bowl Media Day Tuesday was splendid news for Ole Miss football fans.
All American running back Kewan Lacy pronounced himself “ready to go” for Thursday’s Sugar Bowl match with Georgia, and his coach, Pete Golding, confirmed Lacy’s status, saying, “I couldn’t agree with him more!”
“I am excited to watch (Lacy) got out and play and play really well,” Golding said.
By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today on
2 months 4 weeks ago
The similarities of these two Sugar Bowl head coaches are many. Georgia football coach Kirby Smart’s dad was a high school football coach. So is Ole Miss coach Pete Golding’s daddy.
Smart played defensive back, safety to be exact. So did Golding.
When both Smart and Golding finished their playing days, they hired on as graduate assistant coaches at their alma maters.
Following those apprenticeships both Smart and Golding cut their coaching teeth in the Division II Gulf South Conference, Kirby at Valdosta State and Pete at his alma mater, Delta State.
By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Below is an opinion column by Sid Salter:
Columnist Sid Salter says in both eras, Mississippi benefited from a senator who understood defense not just as policy, but as economic reality.
Mississippi has enjoyed an outsized role in national defense for most of the modern era. From World War II airfields to Cold War shipyards to today’s cyber, space, and naval missions, the Magnolia State has long punched above its weight in the Pentagon’s ledger.
By Sid Salter - Contributing Columnist on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Photo by Jenny Woodruff Wilson, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Green Oak Florist and Garden Center recently hosted its 65th Annual Open House at the Old Canton Road location in Jackson. Shoppers were provided with food, door prizes, photos with Santa, children’s activities, and local vendors. Shoppers were also given an exclusive look at holiday decor and inspiration. Attending were (from left) Andrew, Shelby and Kalli Hedgepeth.
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Photo by Jenny Woodruff Wilson, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Green Oak Florist and Garden Center recently hosted its 65th Annual Open House at the Old Canton Road location in Jackson. Shoppers were provided with food, door prizes, photos with Santa, children’s activities, and local vendors. Shoppers were also given an exclusive look at holiday decor and inspiration. Attending were (from left) Jasmin, Katie and Flynn Graves.
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Photo by Jenny Woodruff Wilson, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Green Oak Florist and Garden Center recently hosted its 65th Annual Open House at the Old Canton Road location in Jackson. Shoppers were provided with food, door prizes, photos with Santa, children’s activities, and local vendors. Shoppers were also given an exclusive look at holiday decor and inspiration. Attending were (from left) Ava Price, Mary Crosby and Louis Roberts.
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Photo by Jenny Woodruff Wilson, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Green Oak Florist and Garden Center recently hosted its 65th Annual Open House at the Old Canton Road location in Jackson. Shoppers were provided with food, door prizes, photos with Santa, children’s activities, and local vendors. Shoppers were also given an exclusive look at holiday decor and inspiration. Attending were (from left) Beverly Carmical, Elyn and Taryn Terry.
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Photo by Jenny Woodruff Wilson, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Green Oak Florist and Garden Center recently hosted its 65th Annual Open House at the Old Canton Road location in Jackson. Shoppers were provided with food, door prizes, photos with Santa, children’s activities, and local vendors. Shoppers were also given an exclusive look at holiday decor and inspiration. Attending were (from left) Abby and Matthew Brann.
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Photo by Jenny Woodruff Wilson, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Green Oak Florist and Garden Center recently hosted its 65th Annual Open House at the Old Canton Road location in Jackson. Shoppers were provided with food, door prizes, photos with Santa, children’s activities, and local vendors. Shoppers were also given an exclusive look at holiday decor and inspiration. Attending were (from left) Kay Berry, John and Dre’ Helms.
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The order directs the Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections to release Taylor within five days.
Governor Tate Reeves announced Wednesday that he has signed an Executive Order granting clemency to Maurice Taylor, who he said was illegally sentenced to 20 years in prison, with five years suspended.
Reeves’ order directs the Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections to release Taylor within five days.
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