Ridgeland News

By Roslyn Anderson roslyn@wlbt.net RIDGELAND, MS - Residents of a Ridgeland apartment complex say for months they have been getting no answers from management about a small problem that is growing.

The ongoing controversy with engineering fees in Madison County prompted a Ridgeland city official to call for a review of the engineering firms used by Ridgeland.

After two weeks and complaints from residents, the trash was picked up Tuesday from the Trails of Northpointe apartment complex.

Ridgeland and Madison officials are expected to approve the same resolution tonight that calls for an independent audit of Madison County engineering contracts.

A teen shoplifter is dead and a Ridgeland Police officer is recovering after a violent incident in the WalMart parking lot off County Line Road.

Ridgeland city officials will discuss a resolution tonight that calls for an independent audit of Madison County engineering contracts.

Brookshire's will be holding a blood drive on Monday, July 6. The blood drive will be held from 2 - 6 p.m. Mississippi Blood Services will have a donor coach in the parking lot.

Longtime Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee and the Board of Aldermen took the oath of office Tuesday and are looking forward to bettering the city over the next four years, they said.

The city of Ridgeland will be overlaying Centre Street on Wednesday from County Line Road to Ridgewood Road.

A Ridgeland teenager pocketed $22,000 in scholarship money this weekend. Mississippi's Junior Miss Sidney Anthony won first alternate in the America's Junior Miss Program in Mobile, Ala.

Police said Derrick Watkins had shoplifted DVDs, CDs and clothing from a Walmart and was trying to get away when he rammed two police cars.

Suzanne Duckworth of Ridgeland has been crowned Mrs. Mississippi America 2009 and will go on to represent married women in this state at the Mrs.

A Ridgeland police officer is recovering after he was hit by a car driven by an accused shoplifter, officials said.

Starting next week, city officials in Canton, Flora, Madison and Ridgeland will take the oaths of office for the coming four years.

Holmes Community College was recently awarded the third annual Mississippi Automotive Manufacturers Association Award of Excellence for loyal support promoting the growth, development and improvement of automotive manufacturing in the state.

Bloggers want to know. So do YouTube viewers and other fans of Fox's hit TV show So You Think You Can Dance.

For Ridgeland resident Alison Harkey, cooking is not just the means to a great meal, it is a way to travel the world every night and to indulge her appetite for variety.

A Five Guys Burgers and Fries restaurant is set to open a location in upscale mixed-use development Renaissance at Colony Park in Ridgeland.

Diamond Rio will headline Ridgeland's annual Balloon Glow Friday, July 3, at Northpark Mall.

A Jackson man shot by a Ridgeland Police officer had spent 14 of the last 25 years in prison and was on probation when he tried to run the officer over on Sunday, authorities said.