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Franklin Denham, Minister of Music at Highland Baptist Church in Meridian, Mississippi, has been conducting Singing Christmas Tree performances since 1985.

* Who: Amie Guffin, assistant pastry chef * Where: Broadstreet Baking Co. & Cafe, located in Banner Hall on I-55 North and Northside Drive on the west frontage road in Jackson * Contact: (601) 362-2900; www.broadstbakery.com; www.facebook.com/BroadStreetCafe * Influence: Guffin is a 2005 graduate of Jackson Prep who has always loved to bake. "I've always helped my mother in the kitchen, and I grew up watching my grandmother make her pound cake," she said. Guffin attended the University of Mississippi for two years and then transferred to Mississippi University for Women where she majored in culinary arts, minored in entrepreneurship and earned a Bachelor of Science degree. She then attended a 30-week program at The Culinary Institute of America in St. Helena, Calif., where she concentrated on baking. "You're in class for the first hour or two of the day and then for four or five hours you're baking," she said. To gain additional experience, Guffin worked at a bakery in St. Helena for a year. She moved back to Jackson in 2011 and soon after was hired at Broadstreet. She's now responsible for Broadstreet's cakes and sugar cookies and also helps ensure Broadstreet customers have an array of sweets from brownies to Cowboy Cookies from which to select. On a typical day, she'll bake and decorate 10 dozen to 12 dozen sugar cookies. "During the holiday season, I'll do probably 16 to 20 dozen," she said. * What she's baking: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread * What she likes about it: "I'm a pumpkin fanatic," she said, noting that she prefers the taste of roasted pumpkin to canned pumpkin puree, which includes winter squash. "I like the mix of spices in the bread and the touch of chocolate." Guffin uses the batter for Broadstreet's pumpkin muffins, pumpkin layer cake, pumpkin loaf and even pumpkin cupcakes. "Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread makes a great Christmas gift," she said.

A group of Jackson Public Schools District bus drivers are protesting instead of driving their routes today.

JACKSON - The owner of a Jackson eye clinic is facing charges of Medicaid fraud, according to Attorney General Jim Hood.

Barbara Faye Jones, 30, of Jackson turned herself into authorities with the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit following recent indictment by a Hinds County grand jury.

In this June 29, 2004 photograph, former Gov. Bill Allain, right, confers with then Rep. Robert Vince, D-Sandy Hook, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss.

THANKS. YOU CAN ADD A "GUSHING GEYESER" TO THE LIST OF WATER PROBLEMS IN JACKSON.

Many Clinton residents would agree the city's 50-member police force is highly visible in neighborhoods and on main arteries.

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The three-time NFL Most Valuable Player is the offensive coordinator for Oak Grove High School near his home in Hattiesburg.

Recent water main repairs, prompts City of Jackson to issue a precautionary boil water advisory until further notice for the following areas: * Overstreet Avenue * Marks Avenue * Kennington Avenue * Hickory Cove This advisory affects about 35 connections on the City of Jackson Surface Water System.

Alex Malouf, CEO and Chairman of the Board of John-Richard, has received the 2013 Tozzoli International Business Award for excellence in the development of international business leadership.

A U.S. marshal was shot Tuesday in Jackson while he and a special task force were serving a warrant at a house on Archer Avenue.

During the ongoing debate over adequate funding for road and bridge maintenance here in Mississippi, the state's road builders have pointed to other states and their success in addressing funding shortfalls.

A MAN SHOT IN THE STOMACH. IT HAPPENED IN THE DRIVEWAY OF A HOME ON NORTH PRENTISS STREET...RIGHT BETWEEN FORTIFICATION AND CAPITOL.

THE CITY OF JACKSON WANTS A SALES TAX HIKE TO FUND ROADS AND WATER PIPE REPAIRS.

JACKSON, Miss. -- The Mississippi Highway Patrol worked two fatal accidents over the Thanksgiving holidays and investigated a total of 167 collisions that injured 36 people.

A water main broke on Lakeland Drive in Jackson today. The break is located just before the intersection with I-55 north.

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The city of Jackson is proposing an increase in sales tax to bring in additional revenue for its crumbling infrastructure.