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When the weather turns chilly, the menu turns chili. The simmered, spicy and often beef-based stew is a cold-weather comfort food and a family favorite for its ease, adaptability, economy, heartiness and leftover potential.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Nunnally of Petal announce the engagement of their daughter, Emily Lauren Nunnally, to Jeffrey Bryant Stewart of Brandon.

Nicole Ballard was a 16-year-old girl dating a guitar player when her desire to have a keepsake of their relationship spurred a business idea.

Ridgeland is on its way to establishing the city's first historical society. History buffs interested in organizing it met last week at City Hall to discuss forming the group that would be responsible for safeguarding and sharing Ridgeland's story, which dates back to 1805 when the Choctaw Indian Agency settled on the land that became Ridgeland.

City and county officials are asking each other for accountability in government spending.

Ridgeland's lean fiscal year 2010 budget includes a 2.5 percent raise for city employees but no raise for city department heads, the mayor and the Board of Aldermen.

Ridgeland and Madison officials are asking the Madison County Board of Supervisors to reinstate more than $275,000 the cities expected to receive for road and bridge maintenance in the coming fiscal year.

Policy makers and the private sector are coming together to bolster economic development through the new Madison County Business League.

Another group of hunters will try to do this weekend what 58 failed to do last Friday and Saturday nights on Barnett Reservoir - catch a giant gator.

Madison and Ridgeland officials want to know if their residents are getting their money's worth in county spending.

The town of Flora will hold amnesty days Sept. 15-18 from 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. During those days, any past due fines or outstanding misdemeanor warrants can be paid at City Hall, 168 Carter St., without jail time or past due penalties.

The city of Ridgeland is in search of history buffs interested in forming a historical society in Ridgeland.

The town of Flora will be holding a Back to School blood drive on Friday. The blood drive will be held from 12 - 6 p.m. Mississippi Blood Services will have a donor coach parked at Ramey's in Flora.

Madison County schools hope voters will approve a $61 million bond issue to make big changes to the schools.

A group in Flora is complaining that the proposed $61 million Madison County School District bond issue is not meeting the town's need for new school buildings.

Public opposition to the Madison County School District's proposed $61 million bond issue is rare, but dissent is apparently simmering in one part of the county: Flora.

Inmates who escaped Sunday from the Yazoo County Jail are back in custody after a chase involving at least three law enforcement agencies.

Developer David Landrum can't understand why some folks are opposed to his plan to recreate the the historic town of Livingston.

Developer David Landrum can't understand why some folks are opposed to his plan to recreate the the historic town of Livingston.