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Real Estate
A Block of Empty Apartments on Capitol Street: Owner Pitches JSU Housing After Power Shutoff
July 29, 2026 · 2 min read
The Grand Chateau Apartments on Capitol Street are empty. Entergy cut the power last week during a heat emergency after discovering meter tampering and electricity theft. All tenants have been relocated with help from…
Development
JRA’s Farish Street Phase II Deadline Is Oct. 30. The 200 and 300 Blocks Are on the Table, and the Asking Prices Are Public.
October 5, 2026 · 4 min read
…fourth Wednesday of the month at 10 a.m. at Union Station, 300 West Capitol Street, which puts the next regular meeting on Oct. 28, two days before the deadline. Watch whether the board takes up the Phase II responses at…
Development
The Museum Trail Is About to Reach Downtown. Here Is What Six Miles of Path Could Mean for Jackson Property, and Why It Is Not Atlanta’s BeltLine.
October 6, 2026 · 9 min read
…columns rising between the GM&O Depot and Hal & Mal’s on East Pearl Street are expected to finish construction this month as the downtown front door of the Museum Trail. The Capitol Green Connector extends the downtown…
Development
UMMC’s $250 Million Cancer Center Is Expected to Break Ground This Month. Nothing on the Record Says the Stadium Has to Go First.
October 4, 2026 · 8 min read
…the price tag. UMMC has not released a site plan, a parcel, or a street address for the new building in anything the Wire could find. The most specific description comes from Mississippi Today, which reported in January…
General News
Morning Brief: Sep 12 · Arrest Made in Tasia Fortune Killing as Budget Lands
September 12, 2026 · 3 min read
…Ratliff was taken into custody without incident while walking on Capitol Street, Brackney said. She described an “association” between Ratliff and Fortune but declined to detail it. The chief said the case remains active…
General News
Morning Brief: Jul 14 · Council Votes on Data Center Moratorium; JTRAN Strike Enters Day 2
July 14, 2026 · 3 min read
Capitol Police shooting downtown: MBI is investigating an officer-involved shooting that happened early Tuesday near Pearl Street and President Street in downtown Jackson. DPS spokeswoman Bailey Martin said a Capitol…
General News
Morning Brief: Jul 17 · Youth Court Overhaul Heads to Reeves; JTRAN Strike Enters Day 5
July 17, 2026 · 3 min read
…Day on Friday, with volunteers cleaning up campuses along the Capitol Street Corridor ahead of the first day of school on July 29. The district is partnering with the Jackson Association of Neighborhoods for the cleanup,…
Development
Flats at Fondren: A $55 Million Bet That Jackson Rents Can Reach $2,100
August 3, 2026 · 3 min read
…The Wire reported last month on a block of empty apartments on Capitol Street, where a power shutoff left units vacant and the owner pitching JSU housing. One project struggles to fill existing units while another bets…
General News
Morning Brief: Jul 29 · Hinds County Weighs Millage Hike; Council OKs $24M in Road Work
July 29, 2026 · 3 min read
…worth $3.9 million, according to the council agenda. The work covers streets including Northside Drive, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Bailey Avenue, and portions of West Capitol Street, plus clearing on Woodhaven Creek,…
Business
Trustmark Sold 34 Branches for $91.7 Million and Leased Them Back. The Rent Is $6.4 Million a Year.
September 22, 2026 · 4 min read
…Corporation, the Nasdaq-listed parent, is headquartered at 248 East Capitol Street in Jackson.
General News
Morning Brief: Sep 13 · Water Bills Headed Up Again as JXN Water Eyes 10% Hike
September 13, 2026 · 3 min read
…was taken into custody when officers encountered him walking on a street. Brackney said additional arrests are pending. The City Council’s Sept. 8 agenda listed a discussion item on the case.
General News
Morning Brief: Sep 11 · Council Votes on Budget Today as Reserves Eyed
September 11, 2026 · 3 min read
…Drive; Onorio Diaz-Hernandez, 30, shot in his front yard on Langley Street while his wife and children barricaded inside; and Adrian Nunnery, 42, killed at an Inland gas station on Terry Road. Police charged Adam…
General News
Morning Brief: Sep 10 · Budget Clock Hits Five Days as Millage Stays Flat
September 10, 2026 · 3 min read
…prosecutors filed responses Tuesday urging a judge to reject former Capitol Police officer Jeffery Walker’s bid to withdraw his December 2025 guilty plea and to deny his attorney’s request to step down, WLBT reported.…
General News
Morning Brief: Aug 6 · Homicides Projected Near 92; JTRAN Talks Stall
August 6, 2026 · 3 min read
…that killed 19-year-old Andreanna Cooper inside her South Prentiss Street home and a shooting that killed 61-year-old Emanuel Lee as he tried to break up a domestic dispute. JPD investigated 50 of the cases and Capitol…