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Jackson Prep students selected as class favorites by their peers are (from left, back) Matthew Boulanger, John Rogers, Houston Primos, Westin Graves, Hollis Burrow, Wirt Dunbar, John Abraham; (front) Avery Biggs, Caroline Brantley...
Students recently inducted into the National Honor Society at St. Joseph Catholic School were (from left, back) Caleb Bowen, Stewart Inman, Wyatt Allen, Sam Osborne, Anna Kathryn Moorehead, Joseph Harkins, Swayze McDearman, Maddie...
The Ridgeland High School engineering club was recently recognized by the mayor and the board of aldermen of the city of Ridgeland for their achievements at the University of Mississippi's annual High School Engineering...
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Warren Rasmussen of Charleston, S.C., announce the engagement of their daughter, Cassidy Anne Rasmussen, to Cameron Hale Massey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lee Massey of Madison.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter...
Drs. Steve and Cheryl Stone announce the engagement of their daughter, Megan Elizabeth Stone, to James Robert Love II of Manhattan, Kan.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morrison of Jackson, and...
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Bruce LaRoche of Houston, Texas, and Jeanette LaRoche of Dallas announce the engagement of their daughter, Katherine Elizabeth LaRoche, to Matthew Wallace Monsour, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Monsour.
The bride-...
Mr. and Mrs. David Hollis Johnson of Fairhope, Ala., announce the engagement of their daughter, Allie Elizabeth Johnson, to Bryan Taylor Sams, son of Dr. and Mrs. Lucius Featherston Sams III.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr...
By ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
Efforts to give Thalia Mara Hall a facelift before the 2014 International Ballet Competition (IBC) recently got a million-dollar boost.
The Mississippi Legislature included a $1...
GRADY HOWELL knows the exact date when he became a historian.
Go figure.
“It was July 3, 1955. I was eight years old, and it was the first time I’d seen Vicksburg,” Howell says.
“Before that...
By KATIE EUBANKS
Sun Staff Writer
MADISON COUNTY might be able to get out of a contribution agreement in November if the Parkway East Public Improvement District (PID) doesn’t come up with about $374,000.
Under...
Mona Nicholas is the president of the Friends of the USA International Ballet Competition (IBC), held in Jackson. A Vicksburg native who has danced all her life, Nicholas lives in Jackson with her husband, Chris, and two daughters. She recently...
In a recent article David Sanders attempts to make the case that progressives are moving the country toward totalitarianism. Yet, the tone of his article reflects the same strategy totalitarians have historically used to gain and maintain...
By ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
Jackson is one step closer to having a pedestrian path that runs from the Mississippi Farmer’s Market to LeFleur’s Bluff State Park.
The Jackson City Council recently...
By ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
Baptist Hospital will soon have about 76,000 square feet of space available to rent in two of its facilities on North State Street.
Four of the hospital’s major tenants are...
RIDGELAND POLICE have made another prostitution arrest at the Red Roof Inn on Adcock Street, near I-55 and County Line Road.
At press time police said the woman, 55-year-old Feng Mei Zhang, was in the United States legally and they had...
THE MISSISSIPPI Department of Rehabilitation Services (MDRS) should have an additional building attached to its headquarters by this fall.
MDRS has occupied the existing facility, located at 1291 Highway 51 in Madison, for 20 years....
Jackson Academy's seventh and eighth-grade showchoir, Showtime, recently finished their competition season. They placed first in the small middle school division at the South Jones Invitational and at the Purvis...
Madison Middle School students who are members of the 2013-14 MMS Jaguar Dance Team are (from left, back) Kaitlyn Johnson, Emily Durrett, Tori Strickland, Chloe Adam, Colby Smith, Anna Rice Gables, Bradlea James, Blake Butler,...
Madison Central won the Jackson Academy Invitational held recently at Colonial Country Club. Shown are (from left) MC Golf Coach Todd Beach, Zach Wallace, Grant Thames, Camden Backel, Grayson Giles, Daniel Dahmash, Phillip Heine....
Christ Covenant School seventh-graders who have qualified to take the ACT through the Duke TIP program are (from left, back) Anne Elizabeth Harrington, Polly Watkins, Kaylee Sims, Clark Beard, Tre Lewis, Matthew Sanders, Nathan...
David Steele, a student at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and a First Presbyterian Day School alum, visited First Pres fourth-graders to speak to students about the dangers of tobacco. Shown are (from left)...
New Summit School’s juniors recently took a tour of the Mississippi State Capitol. The students learned about structure and architecture of the building. They also visited the House of Representatives and the Senate during...
Madison Avenue Upper Elementary students recently celebrated Read Across America by dressing as their favorite literary characters. Shown are (from left) Zachary Wills as Harry Potter, Isabella Bursi as Hermonie, and Will...
Miss Mississippi Marie Wicks spoke at a recent Madison Ridgeland Academy elementary chapel. Shown are (from left) Anna Grace Headley, Sarah Knox Biggs, Wicks, Chase Jarrell, Ethan Hendricks.
St. Richard Parish sixth-grade boys basketball team members are (from left, back) Reid Smith, Cullen Moorehead, Cutter Klein, Chandler Thornhill, Alex Sendre, Liam Moorehead, Tyler Brown and Coach Paul Daschbach, athletic director...
