Ridgeland News

RIDGELAND - Telepak Networks Inc., a broadband networking company, plans to sell fiber-based digital broadband services under the C Spire Fiber brand.

RIDGELAND - The Memphis Grizzlies and C Spire Wireless have entered into a multi-year extension of an agreement involving the NBA Western Conference team and FedExForum.

Details, 664-0930. * A Summer Solstice Pajama Party for Mississippi Children's Museum members only is set for June 21, starting at 5:30 p.m. Membership details, mississippichildrensmuseum.com.

The road also will be straightened with curbs, gutters and new traffic signals added to enhance safety.

Volatile weather isn't holding up infrastructure projects in Ridgeland. The Lake Harbour widening project is ahead of schedule and plans are coming together for the Colony Park Boulevard-I-55 connector road.

Golden Triangle developer Mark Castleberry took over the old CottonMill Marketplace development last fall, and has since changed its name and gotten preliminary design approval for the Cooley Center, an old textile mill that sits on the National Register of Historic Places and will serve as the development's centerpiece.

Madison County taxpayers could be buying car tags and filing for homestead exemptions in a more spacious southern annex in Madison sometime in July.

After six months of discussions, The Clarion-Ledger reports the supervisors this week voted to buy a former bank building that is almost double the size of the current county annex building in Ridgeland that holds the tax assessor's and tax collector's offices.

Details, centerplayers.net. * "Noises Off" will be presented by Black Rose Theatre June 13-21.

Five people have been sentenced to prison in the robbery and abduction of an employee at Sand Dollar Lifestyle store in Ridgeland.

Academic improvement: Pre-K: Reginald Chambers; Kindergarten: Austin Yu, Dameria Brown, Adrianna Reed; First grade: Kyra George, Caleb Lyons; Second grade: David Mena, Tasha Meeks, Diana Jones; Third grade: Marisela Rodriguez, Jaylen Taylor, Tyler Fields; Fourth grade: Kierra Griffin, Honor Hamblin, Aaliyah Madrid; and Fifth grade: Alyssa Nelson, ... (more)

Mississippi Farmers Market, 929 High St., Jackson, adjacent to Mississippi Fairgrounds, holds its 2013 Summer Kick-off Event, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, with special activities planned, including complimentary ice cream and popcorn.

Flora voters head to the poll for the first time this municipal election season while Madison voters will not be required to visit their precincts in Tuesday's general election.

Voters picked an eclectic bunch of mayors to lead the metro area for the next four years, and while most of their time will be spent looking inward, the broader success of the greater Jackson area may depend on their ability to work together.

Six Oxford Chargers earned spots on the 2013 Mississippi Association of Coaches All-State tennis team released Thursday.

The Madison County Board of Supervisors on Monday fired County Administrator David Overby.

DeSoto Supervisors on Monday greenlighted startup of a major facilities overhaul with the expected arrival of greenbacks - $10.5 million in bond-sale revenue.