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Special Olympics Mississippi recently hosted the 2025 Gold Gala at Duling Hall. The event honored the accomplishments of more than 6,000 athletes across the state who compete with Special Olympics Mississippi.
Donna Sims and Rita Martinson, who both have served on the board for more than 25 years, were honored. The evening also included a live auction, dining and music from The Love Notez.
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Special Olympics Mississippi recently hosted the 2025 Gold Gala at Duling Hall. The event honored the accomplishments of more than 6,000 athletes across the state who compete with Special Olympics Mississippi.
Donna Sims and Rita Martinson, who both have served on the board for more than 25 years, were honored. The evening also included a live auction, dining and music from The Love Notez.
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St. Andrew’s second graders (from left) Norah McArthur and Ashna Graham enjoy their Christmas Class Party and the last few days of school before Christmas break.
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The main entrance was cordoned off and no photos were allowed of the damage.
A fire damaged the Beth Israel Synagogue Friday night, Jan. 9. Fire damage was visible on a portion of the north side of the building but the structure was intact.
A security guard at the scene prohibited photographs of the fire damage "on order of the FBI," adding that the fire was under investigation.
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As part of an broader effort to resurface the streets in the Jackson neighborhood of LOHO, the Douglas Drive cul-de-sac is being resurfaced.
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Protesters on the Riverside Drive bridge over I-55 near the waterworks curve.
, Not much information is available on Mississippi United. This political action group also opposes school choice.
Protesters against recent ICE actions (United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement) stood on the Riverside Drive bridge north of the water works curve holding signs for I-55 drivers to read. The signs expressed opposition to ICE's recent conflicts with protesters. Signs implored drivers to honk in their support and many did.
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First Presbyterian Day School fifth graders designed, created and sold items for classmates on Market Day. Young businessmen included (from left) Ronnie Feng and Jude Fulton.
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Madison Central High School senior Marlina Jones signed a national letter of intent to run cross country at Millsaps College. Shown at the signing are (from left) Jordan, Kimberly, Marlina and Marlin Jones
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Presley Merkich, senior at Germantown High School, signed with Copiah Lincoln Community College to play softball. Shown at the signing are (from left, back) Head Coach Whitney Davis, Tori Pettit, Kenny Perry; and (front) Jessica Merkich Crawford, Merkich, Scott and Elise Merkich.
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Members of Jackson Prep’s eighth grade girls basketball team for the 2025-2026 season include (from left, back) Gianna Odom, Collins Rooker, Anna Peyton Garriga, Robin Weaver; and (front) Maddie Reeves, Grace Neely, Neely Boyd, Jane Marie Johnston, Evelyn Luckett.
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Jackson Academy students participating in the After School Chess Club are competing—and winning—at tournaments across the state. Three JA teams competed in the 2025 Mississippi Scholastic Team Jamboree. Two teams brought home second-place trophies, demonstrating the strength of JA’s young chess players. International Chess Master Dave Ross has led JA’s After School Chess Club for many years. He also teaches chess as a part of a Middle School Games for Learning elective. Players include (from left) Clayton Moody, Oliver Evans, JT Hontzas, Thomas Campbell, and Robert Rosenblatt.
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Employees of the Leflore County Juvenile Detention Center walked off the job Friday after not receiving any pay since Nov. 7, shutting down the facility.
In an email sent Friday morning to Leflore County Sheriff James Payne and Leflore County Administrator Cynthia Stanciel and shared with the Commonwealth, Leflore County and Youth Court Judge James Littleton said the detention center shut down since no employees of the center were at work to provide security, book juveniles held there or perform drug tests, among other services.
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A recent Gallup poll found 85 percent of respondents disapprove of Congress’ work. Reports suggest about 90 percent of people think term limits will align Congresspersons’ incentives with the common good. They won’t.
In the 2024 general election, incumbents won reelection more than 90 percent of the time; it’s 100 percent in some election cycles. If elections were truly competitive, incumbents would not win at that rate. Freed from competition, legislators’ incentives to are not aligned with the public good.
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Northsiders (from left) Sheila Haynes and Sally Thompson recently took home gold in the Women's Doubles Division (70 and Above) at the Rock and Roll Round Robin Pickleball tournament held in Foley, Ala. More than 260 players competed. Sisters, Haynes and Thompson have been playing pickelball together for more than three years.
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Apparently, the DC Santa Claus did NOT visit Linda Berry this year. All she got were clean MAGA lumps of coal along with $2.25 gas. So sad. Nor can anyone in DC make her happy (“Democrats Must Make Their Case,” Northside Sun, 12/12/25). Yet she believes the Democrats have the better solutions to govern if they would but take it on. That assumes that the Democrat leadership has ability to function like a normal political party. Nevertheless, she’s a real Democrat believer. In what, I would like to know.
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St. Joseph Catholic High School will host its 2026 Annual Draw Down on Saturday, January 24, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Reunion Country Club. Expected to be another sold-out event, the evening will feature music, the Wall of Cheers, silent and Bruin Bucks raffle auctions, and more. The highlight of the night is a $10,000 Draw Down. Planning the evening are (from left, standing) Brandi Klein, Leslie Ann Harkin, Bridget Sanders, Candace Sigler, Tracy Miracle; and (seated)
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Roxie Hood discovered candle-making during covid
The bell that signals the start and end of class at Jackson Academy structures workdays for Roxie Hood.
On the weekends and during school holidays, candle-making takes Hood out of that structure and into a creative world.
“When I’m making candles, I lose track of time,” said Hood, a graduate of Millsaps College and Mississippi College who teaches honors geometry, honors algebra II and Advanced Placement statistics at JA.
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WHO: The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT).
WHAT: Temporary lane closures.
WHEN: Between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Tuesday, January 13, and Wednesday, January 14, 2026.
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