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Ridgeland Crime
The Ridgeland Police Department received the following reports for:
Arbor Drive, 300 block, petit larceny, May 9;
Business Park Drive, 100 block, lost or stolen tag, May 10;
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IT’S CLOSED.
The golf course at LeFleur’s Bluff State Park is closed.
Signs posted at the park’s Lakeland Drive entrance say the links have been shut down, but only temporarily, and only for repairs.
...Navy Seaman Recruit Soren M. Jessen, son of Debra L. and Michael K. Jessen of Madison, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. Jessen is a 2011 graduate of Prairie Creek Private School of...
Wade E. Ward was recently promoted to the position of senior relationship banker for Citizens National Bank’s Jackson area market. Ward has been associated with the bank for the past nine years, and has 14 years of total banking...
Art exhibit
The Mississippi Library Commission will present the art exhibit, “Our Beautiful Mississippi Gulf Coast,” featuring photography by Lyle Peterzell and ceramics by Kris Byrd, through June 28. For more information...
MADISON MAYOR Mary Hawkins Butler didn’t get exactly what she wanted with the state Legislature’s redistricting plan, but she says the city is still in a good position to have a strong voice at the Capitol.
After 2010...
Madison Crime
The Madison Police Department received the following reports for:
Baptist Drive, petit larceny, April 19;
Baywood Drive, identity theft, March 30;
Breezy Hill Drive, auto...
CONSTRUCTION has wrapped up on two major projects at St. Dominic Hospital.
Ceremonies were held recently to mark the completion of the medical provider’s new chapel and first phase of its new Behavioral Health Center on Lakeland...
Historic Gallery
THE MUNICIPAL Art Gallery in downtown Jackson recently was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
“We are truly honored to have the art gallery recognized as a historical...
The Mississippi Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), an agency of the Department of Defense, announced that Dr. Beverly Wade Hogan of Tougaloo College was honored with a Patriot Award in recognition of extraordinary...
The Rotary Club of North Jackson recently welcomed two new members, Luther Munford and Andy White. Shown are (from left) Virginia Carlton, sponsor for Munford; Munford; White; and Cooper Morrison, sponsor for White.
CONSUMERS ARE more confident, and retail sales are up in the tri-county area.
In fact, for the fiscal year thus far (July through March were the latest statistics available), Hinds County’s retail sales are up even more...
JACKSON CITY officials and members of the Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership are turning to the business community to help pay for a new multi-use trail on the Northside.
The groups are hoping business leaders can raise $250,000 for...
STUDENTS AT Madison Avenue Lower and Upper Elementary will have more safe options for riding their bikes to school before long.
The Madison Board of Aldermen voted last week to advertise for bids for a project that will connect the...
There’s a large structure sitting in front of the A.H. McCoy Federal Building downtown. It’s a new entry pavilion and another part of the $86.7 million in construction that’s been going on at the facility since 2009. The...
RESERVOIR residents will have more of a voice next year on the board of directors for the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District (PRV).
A bill that has passed both houses and now awaits the governor’s signature will require...
Craig Robertson is executive director and co-founder of 200 Million Flowers, a new adoption agency on the Northside. Robertson, along with his wife Rachel, started the organization in 2011. Robertson is a graduate of Mississippi State...
ANOTHER SALVO HAS been fired in the battle to determine who will preside over criminal cases in Hinds County.
Last week, Senior Circuit Judge Tomie Green said in a brief that her decision to reorganize the court was well researched and...
TWO HINDS COUNTY judges are locked in a battle to see who gets to preside over criminal cases.
Senior Circuit Judge Tomie Green is attempting to remove Northside Judge Jeff Weill and Judge Winston Kidd from the criminal docket.
...Marine Corps Pvt. Michael W. Palmer Jr., a 2006 graduate of Ridgeland High School, recently completed 12 weeks of basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C.
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Caydence Ryan McCollum
Rob and Christen McCollum announce the birth of their daughter, Caydence Ryan McCollum, April 10 at Woman’s Hospital. Grandparents are...
A chapter about Millsaps College is included in the recently released book, “Sweet Sixteen: Great Colleges of the South,” written by John Pulley, a Washington, D.C. writer and published by Associated...
Historical exhibit
The Old Capitol Museum will feature an exhibit, ‘Legislative Acts of the Old Capitol,’ through June 24. For details call 601-576-6920....
Jackson Crime
The Jackson Police Department received the following reports for:
Bounds Street, 400 block, auto burglary, April 24;
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Acting Tupelo Chief Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Gregory Maddox (left), Regional Chief ALJ Ollie Garmon (center) of Atlanta, and Jackson Chief ALJ Jim Fraiser (right) recently offered a legal seminar in Ridgeland to Mississippi SSA / ODAR...
