Twenty-eight robotics teams from across Madison County Schools converged on Madison Crossing Elementary last week for the district’s annual VEX IQ Robotics Invitational Event. 

A House bill that would limit access to gender reassignment surgeries for children under the age of 18 and prevent the use of public funds has the support of Gov. Tate Reeves and many Madison countians.

Former District 4 Supervisor David Bishop is making another run for that seat while Flora Mayor Les Childress has thrown his hat into the Tax Collector’s race. 

FLORA — Chef David Raines has announced he’s converting his celebrated Dave’s Triple B Barbecue Restaurant into an exclusive supper club more reflective of his extensive culinary training.  

FLORA — A 21-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with a fatal shooting in Kearney Park earlier this month, the authorities said.

Some of the Keep Ridgeland Beautiful committee members attended the Keep Alabama-Keep Mississippi Beautiful joint meeting in Birmingham, Ala., held January 26-27.

WASHINGTON D.C. — Congressman Michael Guest, Republican for Mississippi’s 3rd Congressional District, has been appointed as the vice chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security. Chairman Mark Green of Tennessee announced the leadership assignments last Friday.

Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee has been appointed to the National League of Cities 2023 Public Safety and Crime Prevention federal advocacy committee. 

Two St. Joseph Catholic School art students, Camryn Cassreino and Lillian Boggan, have won high-profile awards in the 2023 Scholastic Art Awards sponsored by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers.

The Madison Central High School Choir performed on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, in the rotunda to resounding applause.

Mississippi’s Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) is in trouble. It has been that way for quite a while. Only no one wants to admit it. Addressing the fault lines in the program is fraught with peril for politicians.

Ice & Vice owner Justin Harmon says part of their mission is to support children in foster care and young adults who have aged out of foster care. 

MADISON – Life Scout Wilson Caudell said it felt great to be recognized along with his fellow Scouts for all the work he and his Troop 15 put into rebuilding the Simmons Arboretum bridge. 

GLUCKSTADT — An ordinance requiring residential inspections here failed because the mayor says the city isn’t prepared for the volume of work.

Following Kay Pace’s announcement last week she would not seek another term in office, two candidates have now entered the race and will face off in the Republican Primary in August to be the next Tax Collector. 

Two doctors who live in Ridgeland are among the large team of doctors, administrators and other staff at the University of Mississippi Medical Center who have established the Mississippi Burn Center on its main campus.

A Jackson man was arrested and charged after leading multiple law enforcement agencies on a high-speed chase that began in Madison and ended in Canton this past weekend, the authorities said.

Barnyard animals that claim the barn is too cold for comfort? 

FLORA — A fatal shooting in Kearney Park is under investigating, the authorities said.