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Clarion Ledger: Corps critical of LeFleur Lakes project

Northside Sun: Research center pushed by Reeves for Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium land

Northeast Ledger: Fondren Express rolls to the rescue

Spann House

Renovations are ongoing at the Spann House in Belhaven Heights.

Neighbor on St. Mary

From WLBT.com: "Warrant Issued for Belhaven Homeowner - The City of Jackson has a warrant out for the arrest of a property owner in the Belhaven section of northeast Jackson, for contempt of court. The city's Community Improvement Department, Manager, Joe Lewis, says Howard Gober has failed to respond to the latest orders about cleaning up two houses at 1426 and 1427 St. Mary Street. Lewis says the city has repeatedly opened cases on the houses. Recently someone has pulled up in the driveway of of the house at 1426 St. Mary and dumped some trash and covered it with a tarp. Lewis says he expects to take some action on the house in a matter of days. Nobody comes to the door when you knock."

Mississippi Majesty Awards

Belhaven College will host this year's Mississippi Majesty Awards that celebrate African American organizations and living legends who've made outstanding contributions to the state. It is Friday night.

BC Arts

Belhaven College Among Only 24 Schools in Nation With Comprehensive Arts Accreditation: "Belhaven College joins only 23 other colleges and universities nationwide...in having all four branches of Arts - Music, Visual Arts, Dance, and Theatre - accredited by the respective National Association of Schools accrediting board."

Shadowlands

The Belhaven College theatre department presents "Shadowlands", by William Nicholson, on February 15-17 and 21-24. The show is at 7:30 p.m. in the Flexible Theatre. The touching story inspired by acclaimed Christian writer C. S. Lewis' "A Grief Observed". C.S. Lewis falls in love with American divorcé Joy Gresham. Lewis struggles to come to terms with his love and her terminal illness. "We are like blocks of stone, out of which the sculptor carves forms of men. The blows of his chisel, which hurt us so much, are what makes us perfect." $10 admission for adults, $5 for students, children, and seniors. Doors open at 7 p.m. For more information, please call 601.974.6494.

Blazer Baseball

DDT: "Belhaven wasn't intimidated by Delta State's No. 4 national ranking. The Blazers didn't even seem impressed.The little NAIA school from Jackson pushed the Statesmen around Wednesday in a 9-5 victory that wasn't as close as the score in Delta State's home opener in front of 351.Belhaven (3-1) ripped five Delta State pitchers for 16 hits." more

CPR: "Despite scoring four runs in the bottom of the ninth, the Delta State University baseball team couldn't overcome an eight-run deficit as the Statesmen dropped their first game of the season, 9-5, to the Blazers of Belhaven College Wednesday. The fourth-ranked Statesmen fell to 3-1, while Belhaven improved to 3-1." more

Eudora and Opera

Christian Science Monitor: The view from Eudora Welty's window

The Mississippi Opera's 'Love in the Afternoon' at Belhaven College.

Dr. Parrott Discusses Belhaven College

In this week's Northside Sun, an interview with Dr. Roger Parrott, President of Belhaven College.

Blazer Baseball

The Clarion Ledger writes "Sky's limit for Royals, Belhaven" and quotes Belhaven College Blazer baseball coach Hll Denson as saying of senior Thomas Royals, "You don't find really, really good hitters like him very often. He might be the best hitter in Mississippi. He'll push.400, I bet."