Ridgeland News

Madison County legislators say money, or the lack of it, will be the focus of their 2010 session.

For weeks now, Reservoir residents have been protesting a planned development that includes apartments near their homes.

A new facility in Hattiesburg will bottle 350,000 cases of Pepsi and Dr Pepper products a week.

A convicted carjacker will spend 27 years in prison without the possibility of parole or early release, Madison and Rankin counties' District Attorney Michael Guest said Wednesday.

There will be a temporary closure of Old Agency Road in Ridgeland this week. During the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov.

The city of Ridgeland, Miss., has adopted an ordinance to help the Madison County school system verify that parents sending their children to the local schools live in the district.

The Ridgeland Police Department is encouraging citizens to phone in comments about the department today.

Madison County leaders are optimistic about the results of a new study that shows Starkville's smoke-free laws have improved the health of residents there.

Roughly one in five adult residents of South Mississippi's largest cities has a bachelor's or advanced college degree.

The concept of tax increment financing -- a tool that allows the county to partner with a private developer to create a commercial park -- is like chocolate ice cream, Tax Assessor Gerald Barber says.

Madison County supervisors, over the concerns raised by one member, approved a financing plan for a Canton development that calls for the county to pay for public improvements with the higher tax revenue that is expected to be generated.

A 33-year-old New York woman who told authorities she killed her young daughter and dumped the body in a wooded area near Jackson's old Greyhound station may never stand trial after a Hinds County judge ruled she is insane.

Ridgeland police have charged three men in connection with a robbery of a Waffle House.

Ridgeland police have made two more arrests in the Oct. 10 armed robbery of a Waffle House at 6931 Old Canton Road.

An 18-year-old has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for a robbery in the parking lot of Northpark mall last November.

A Ridgeland charity won't be able to benefit from a bingo parlor it operates in Olive Branch anymore.

Madison County native George Cole, a 1967 graduate of Velma Jackson High School, was the school's principal from 1978-1999. Now retired, Cole remains active with his alma mater as the chairman of the Velma Jackson High School Foundation.

State gaming regulators are expected to decide today whether to approve a staff recommendation denying license renewal to a bingo hall that supports a Ridgeland nonprofit.

The Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project on Thursday will honor four judges who have worked to increase pro bono service to poor people and 10 lawyers who have provided free civil legal service.

A Madison County charity that depends on a bingo parlor for much of its income is under scrutiny by two state agencies.