Madison News

For the last 17 years, the Mississippi Food Network has collected canned goods for the Food for Families program, but Madison Central High School made history by raising 134,497 cans -- the most ever raised by one school.

A Madison title insurance company is accusing two brothers of committing mortgage fraud and coercing the title company into issuing fraudulent title insurance policies in Madison County and elsewhere in the state.

The 29th annual Mistletoe Marketplace kicks off the holiday shopping season Thursday-Saturday in the Jackson area.

This week's Viking Classic is the second large metro-area event this month to become a victim of too much rain.

A Madison County woman was fighting for her life Saturday after being struck by possibly more than one vehicle.

5-7. Held at the Mississippi Trade Mart, the regional shopping extravaganza themed "Peace on Earth" features more than 160 merchants and craftsmen selling unique holiday gifts and decorations, clothing, crafts and more.

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The first round of the Viking Classic was postponed due to heavy rains that left the Annandale Country Club in Madison, Mississippi unplayable.A With no PGA TOUR event scheduled next week and rains expected overnight and Friday, there is no guarantee that the event will be finished by Monday, if not shortened.

Sister Mary Dorothea Sondgeroth, president and CEO of St. Dominic Health Services, is being rewarded for outstanding community leadership by the Andrew Jackson Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

Work is expected to get under way soon on a second fire station to serve the residents of the Gluckstadt area.

Madison Central High School graduate Liz Davis won the final round Sunday of P. Diddy's StarMaker on MTV.

Madison County has some spook-tacular events this Halloween. Catch a fright in Ridgeland with Trunk-or-Treat and the Renaissance at Colony Park Fall Festival.

The Ridgeland cell-phone tower that is a miniature knockoff of the Washington Monument will be relocated in another week or two, an official with H.C. Bailey Companies said.

CANTON -Recent health issues and a desire to spend more time with family led Administrator Donnie Caughman to plan to resign Dec.

A Hinds County chancery judge said he would decide later today whether to extend a temporary restraining order keeping bus drivers for the Hinds County School District from striking.

Representatives from Madison County Health Department, Madison County School District and Berea Independent School district have finalized plans for conducting school base H1N1 vaccinations in clinics in November.

A hearing is scheduled for Monday in Madison County in an effort to avert a strike by school bus drivers, Madison County Schools Superintendent Mike Kent said.

Top line: Classic is the operative word for the Scarecrow Cruise & Car Show, where great rides rule the roads in Madison.

Representatives with the union that represents bus drivers in Madison County will head to court Monday.

Supervisors hear jail presentations The Webster Progress-Times WALTHALL - Supervisors heard from more firms last week offering their services for design and construction of a new jail.