A Solomon-like solution in a dispute between two neighbors over a raised
flowerbed planted in the right-of-way in the New Castle subdivision is where the
Madison County Board of Supervisors found themselves last week.
State lawmakers are urging Gov. Tate Reeves to call a special session to revive
a state medical marijuana program after the state Supreme Court invalidated
Initiative 65 last week over process, not the merits of medical marijuana.
A straight shot down County Line Road to and from Tougaloo could bring
development to the area as an $8 million realignment of the Canadian National
Railroad nears completion, officials are hoping.
Hundreds of people turned out to Reunion Parkway on Thursday evening for a
Madison County Parade of Honor to show support for the county’s first
responders.
Gluckstadt will finally incorporate after a two-decades-long, hard-fought battle
involving an immeasurable amount of work, proponents said after a state Supreme
Court ruling in their favor last week.
A peacock loose on East Academy Street was one of TchiaKousky Williams Sr.’s
wildest and most colorful calls as an animal control officer the last decade in
Madison County.
Where Madison countians are complaining the most about roads is what engineers
asked county supervisors to find out so they can update the South Transportation
Plan.
According to unofficial early returns from Tuesday’s Canton municipal Democratic
Party primary runoff, Markee Blount is the apparent winner over incumbent Daphne
Sims for the Ward 4 alderman seat.
Work could begin early next year on Reunion Parkway Phase II and Phase III and
Bozeman Road, engineers on the projects told the Board of Supervisors last week.
A man with a string of felony burglary convictions arrested again last month for
stealing two purses from a parked vehicle downtown is now wanted for violating
terms of his early release, the Democrat has learned.
Sheriff’s deputies were in pursuit of a motorist after an attempted traffic stop
a few weeks back and risked the danger of losing radio communication if they
crossed the county line.
Madison County is slated to receive $20 million in federal COVID-19 stimulus
monies of the state’s $6 billion with separate allocations for municipalities.
Young Philadelphia florist Madden Gray started working in floral arrangements
when he was just 15 and this month found himself decorating the Mississippi
Governor’s Mansion.
Mrs. Mississippi Whitney Warner Gladden recently placed in the Top 15 of the
national Mrs. America competition held last month in Las Vegas. MADISON — Mrs.
Mississippi Whitney Warner Gladden recently placed in the Top 15 of the national
Mrs. …
I’m a sucker for stories in which gods are real and meddle in the lives of
humans, for better or worse. (I was beside myself in the latest Megan Whalen
Turner book, The Return of the Thief, when a …