Local News
By anthony warren
Sun Staff Writer
Heavy storms, a collapsed sewer line, and a sewage pump malfunction have made for a bad combination in one Northside neighborhood.
Following last week’s storms, raw sewage...
By KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
THE NATIONAL Park Service is spending $750,000 and has shut down eight miles of the Natchez Trace Parkway to fix a problem caused by something many Northsiders are familiar with: Yazoo clay....
NORTHSIDERS will have a chance to learn more about plans to get the Belhaven community put on the National Register of Historic Places.
A meeting is slated for 5:30 p.m. on August 16 at the Barber Auditorium at the Belhaven University...
by KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
THE FORUM AT Grandview shopping center in Madison has “more than lived up to expectations,” City Attorney John Hedglin said, with a fresh crop of retail businesses paying...
by ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
Talks continue between Jackson, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice on what will likely leave the city facing hundreds of millions of dollars in...
Goodwill Industries of Mississippi will hold its annual awards dinner August 16 at the Country Club of Jackson to recognize outstanding volunteer efforts of those who gave of their time and talents to improve the lives of others.
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A fund-raiser benefiting New Stage Theatre’s education department will feature the cast of several of New Stage Theatre’s youth actors and singers who have appeared in “A Christmas Carol,” “Annie,” “...
Ridgeland Crime
The Ridgeland Police Department received the following reports for:
Arlington Circle, 300 block, credit card fraud, August 3;
Brame Road / Highland Colony, aggravated assault, August 2;
County...
By ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
JACKSON POLICE are looking for a man involved in a July 31 robbery at the Cherokee Inn.
Police were dispatched to the emergency room at Baptist Hospital after getting a call from the...
By KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
REDISTRICTING is wrapping up in the city of Madison, with a public hearing scheduled for August 21 and possible adoption of new ward lines September 4.
“We have seen the options...
ONE Ward One neighborhood will likely have a new council person after tonight.
The Jackson City Council is expected to vote on new ward lines following a public hearing at the Jackson Medical Mall.
The meeting is slated for 6...
By ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
The results of a much-anticipated study are in, and it appears that millions of dollars are needed to restore an artistic Jackson landmark.
Members of the Jackson City Council were...
By KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
THE TWIN CEDARS neighborhood in Madison County will soon have public-access gates at its front and rear entrances.
Madison County supervisors approved plans for the gates last week...
The last time I crossed the border into Northern Ireland, I came face to face with an English soldier with a machine gun over his shoulder. It was July - marching season. Not a good time to visit, the soldier informed me. Sure enough, I...
Jim McAllister is president of the Reunion Property Owners Association (POA) in Madison. McAllister is retired from the Air Force and is a certified tennis pro at Reunion. He enjoys spending time with his longtime girlfriend and best friend,...
By KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
PRODUCERS will have hundreds of auditions on tape after casting calls were held at New Stage Theatre last week for the upcoming movie “As I Lay Dying,” to be filmed in Canton this...
GERMANTOWN High will open its doors to about 200 more students this year than last, as enrollment grows at the year-old Gluckstadt school.
“[We’re growing] primarily because we’ve lost a small senior...
A WOMAN was almost robbed in broad daylight recently at the CVS Pharmacy in Deville Plaza.
The store is located at 1420 Canton Mart Rd.
On the afternoon of July 26, the woman had just left the store and was walking to her car...
THE FEDERATION of Madison County Homeowner Associations (FMCHA) has a new president, attorney John Moore.
Moore, who is head of the architectural review board at Annandale Estates and practices law in Ridgeland, was elected by the...
By ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
SIDEWALKS and lighting improvements are on tap for Fondren’s lower business district.
Jackson city officials say engineers are now designing a project to make the corridor more...
By KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
A LOWE’S-ANCHORED shopping center off County Line Road in Ridgeland still isn’t bringing in quite as many tax dollars as the city would like.
In December 2005, Ridgeland...
By RYAN RILEY
Sun Intern
THE STAINED GLASS at Parkway Hills United Methodist Church means much more than just beautiful pieces of colored glass. Each piece has a bright living legacy to carry out and is significant for people...
Lauren Miller was recently named curator of the historic Mississippi Governor’s Mansion. Miller is a graduate of Mississippi State University and Southeast Missouri State University. She and her husband J.C., reside in Brandon. She spoke...
By ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
Unusually heavy rains and storm drainage issues delayed work on a project to relocate the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s (UMMC) entrance on Lakeland Drive.
For...
When it rains, Randy Vessell gets out the sandbags.
Vessell’s home on St. Mary Street has flooded four times since December 2010.
“I’ve had sandbags out during the last rain events to minimize it, but some...
