FLORA — Barbie Pope, General Manager of Flora’s popular Dave’s Triple B: Barbecue, Beer & Blues Restaurant, has been named the first recipient of Flora's  annual Main Street Beautification Award.

Madison-Ridgeland Academy students Ansley Ethridge, Sutton Sory, and Jack Evans recently got to enjoy lunch at Amerigo with Dr. Frazier Ward and Bobby Ward for receiving the Leigh Ann Ward Memorial Scholarship for their high standard of character.

MADISON — Lori Morrison grew up baking with her grandmothers and said she still uses their recipes today, even in some of her pastries at her new bakery, The Yellow Squirrel, off Highway 51 in Madison.

A wishlist of 10 MDOT road projects for Madison County include two on I-55 between Madison and Gluckstadt worth almost $85 million combined.

RIDGELAND — Property along I-220 severed from the primary Tougaloo College college campus by the construction of the interstate in the early 1980s will be reconnected with a roadway opening the area for future economic development, thanks to an injection of more than $1 million of state monies into an overall $25 million project, city officials said.

When Abby McCardle first reported for work at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, she knew her way around. 

The Madison County School District is deploying MacBook computers for ninth graders at Ridgeland High School to use during classes on August 2.

Please turn in your Bibles to Matthew 13:31-35.  Here we see two more parables about the kingdom and we also see a statement about Jesus’ fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy. 

The Gluckstadt Madison Business Alliance announces the establishment of the "Five Star Service" award. 

MADISON — Campers at the 2022 Madison Summer Arts Camp recently provided Mayor Mary Hawkins-Butler with a sneak peek of their summer musical production of “All Shook Up.”  

RIDGELAND — A Lululemon storefront will open soon in the old Williams Sonoma space at the Renaissance here following a nod from city officials earlier this week.

RIDGELAND — Developers say they are redesigning the residential component of a proposed $70 million mixed use development here off of the Highland Colony Parkway after the inclusion of apartments brought ire from the community.

Madison County’s Aubree Dillon said her being selected as Second Alternate out of 40 contestants in the 2022 Miss Hospitality Pageant was a huge honor.

RIDGELAND — Another major golf entertainment company has announced its first Mississippi location, this one slated for a spot just northeast of the Renaissance at Colony Park here.

FARMHAVEN — The Mississippi Highway Patrol is currently investigating a fatal crash on Highway 16 near Miggins Road involving a pedestrian early Wednesday.

New Stage Theatre recently announced its 2022-2023 season of shows, called the “Back to Normal” season.

A Madison mother raising three children said “the bottom fell out” last summer and she turned to a church for assistance.

MADISON —  A new bulk waste contract  covering limbs, vegetation and organic debris with more specific household pickup has been announced here.

GLUCKSTADT — City officials moved forward with plans on future renovations to City Hall Tuesday night with discussions of adding things like a room for a new circuit court.

The Gluckstadt Police Department continues to flourish with their eighth police offer joining the force on Tuesday.