Brandon News

<![CDATA[Daniel and Mary McClung of Brandon, Miss. are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kristin Ann McClung, to Robert Edward Otting, son of Steven and Sally Otting of Brandon. The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dave McClung of Luling, La., and Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Olinde Sr. of Monroe, La. The groom-to-be is the grandson of Mrs. Dottie Otting and the late Mr. Robert Otting of Cape Haze, Fla., and the late Mr. and Mrs. Edward Said of Farmington Hills, Mich. Kristin received a Doctorate of Pharmacy degree from the University of Louisiana at Monroe and will complete an Infectious Disease Pharmacy Residency at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Miss., this June. Rob received a finance degree from Mississippi State University and is currently employed at Trustmark Bank in Jackson. The couple will exchange vows on June 29, 2013, in Brandon.

Kenneth Livingston and Ashley Redmond lived seven miles apart -- one in Flowood, the other in Brandon -- when they went on their first date.

The Mississippi Department of Transportation will begin road work on 16 miles of U.S. 80 from Brandon in Rankin County to the Scott County line Monday.

In a world where children practically grow up in front of the world on social media and have cellphones to call and text their friends before they even hit double digits in age, it would seem that privacy expectations would be low.

JACKSON -- Mississippi sheriffs can ban people from openly carrying guns into courthouses, state Attorney General Jim Hood said in a legal opinion Thursday.

It is now the Brandon Economic Development Council. The Board of Aldermen also is letting business owners living outside Brandon but with a business in the city to serve on the council, and it has added three members, bringing the total to 12. ALSO: A Flowood woman faces aggravated animal cruelty charges after a Rankin County Sheriff's Department ... (more)

A ribbon cutting will be held Tuesday at 4 p.m. at the new Baptist Medical Clinic Family Medicine in Brandon.

If you want to know who's spending money to influence voters in Mississippi, you may have a hard time getting a complete picture.

Skip Skaggs, director of the Mississippi Development Authority's Existing Industry and Business Division, promised a positive message last week just before he spoke to a group of local foresters.

About this time last year, country singer Skylar Laine Harden was transitioning from her Top 5 "American Idol" finish to a short trip home to Mississippi before heading out on tour with the show's season 11 contestants.

Five people involved in the 2011 armed robbery of a store at Renaissance shopping center in Ridgeland have been sentenced this week in Madison County Circuit Court.

Voters picked an eclectic bunch of mayors to lead the metro area for the next four years, and while most of their time will be spent looking inward, the broader success of the greater Jackson area may depend on their ability to work together.

JACKSON -- Most Mississippi cities hold general elections Tuesday, but in several cities the mayoral contests have already been decided.

Oklahoma Meteorologists say a killer tornado dwarfs the power of the Hiroshima bomb.