Flowood News

Most teens now will need their parents' permission before using a tanning facility, 16-year-olds can donate blood, and Internet pharmacies face stricter regulations.

Malcolm Houston, a Flowood agent, has received the Chairman's Circle Award in recognition of sales ability, business goals and advocacy for customers.

Flowood will be home to about $22 million in new medical construction University Physicians, a part of the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, will build a $14 million satellite clinic to serve Rankin County.

Looking to start the evening with some fine dining or just a casual dose of scrumptious fare? Try some of these local favorites.

Officials believe a sinkhole along the banks of the Pearl River may have contributed to the weekend drowning of a former naval officer from Clinton.

A new north-south corridor between Flowood and Brandon is gaining ground as funding is piling in to pay for the second phase of the project, officials say.

Divers pulled a man's body from the Pearl River Monday, the day after a swimmer disappared in the area.

It's the first day of summer, but it has felt like summer for a while as temperatures continue to soar well above comfortable.

More than 10,500 people visited the G. Chastaine Flynt Memorial Library in Flowood during May, a total that doesn't surprise branch manager Jan Neal.

Dr. Brenda Hines has joined Somnus Sleep Clinic in Flowood as associate medical director.

Two Rankin County students graduated in May from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio.

Andreas Buckner and Marisa Owens like Up The Creek Fish Camp and Grill, but these days the 22-year-old Jackson residents usually only eat at the Flowood restaurant on days they're working.

"I'm shocked," said Barbara Travis of Flowood shortly after she was crowned 2009 Ms.

It's been a little more than a year since Olga's Fine Dining moved from its original Flowood location to Jackson.

After 20 years of sandwiches, McAlister's Deli is slimming down. The Ridgeland-based chain shed its big square-footage demands, opening its growth plans to smaller spaces that allow the sandwich shop more location options.

Belk plans to close their Metrocenter location by the end of the summer,the company announced today.

Flowood votes are counted for Ward 1 Tuesday night at Flowood City Hall. Final count for Ward 1: 109 for and 34 against the liquor referendum.

According to Tuesday's early election results, the majority of Flowood voters support selling liquor by the glass in the city's restaurants.

Voting was brisk in Flowood throughout the day as residents decided whether to extend resort status - and by-the-glass liquor and wine sales - to the city of about 7,000. Turnout at the Flowood Public Library, one of three city precincts, was around 40 percent, which workers there said was fairly robust for an off-year election and a single-issue ...

The race for the Ward 2 seat on the Flowood Board of Aldermen will be settled on Wednesday when affidavit ballots are counted.