Good morning, Jackson.

Brian and Tammy Dye have turned their Brandon home (corner of Highway 18 and Kathryn Drive) into a nightly Halloween lights-and-music show that runs at 7 p.m. through Saturday, Oct.

31. They plan to bring the display back in a different form for the Christmas season.

The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile returns to the Jackson area, appearing today at Lagers and Joggers 5K at Fertile Ground Beer Co. (800 Manship St.) from 5:30–9:30 p.m., then at Askew's Landing in Edwards Friday and at Boo at the Zoo on Saturday, Oct.

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West Jackson Community Development Corporation launched Restart Reentry (Restart Reentry) after receiving a $3 million U.S. Department of Labor grant to help young adults ages 18 to 24 with prior legal troubles pursue GEDs, job training, and business licenses; the program will expand into Hinds, Harrison, and Washington counties.

About 100 Rankin County deputies will patrol neighborhoods, subdivisions, and county roads starting at 5:30 p.m. Saturday to keep trick-or-treaters safe and to deter vandalism such as egging, toilet-papering, and pumpkin smashing.

Organizers released maps to help visitors navigate downtown during the 83rd National Folk Festival, set for Nov.

13-15, showing walking paths, stages, food courts, family areas, and planned road closures. Free parking will be at the southwest corner of the Mississippi State Fairgrounds with a shuttle (5:30 p.m.–10 p.m. Friday, 11:30 a.m.–10 p.m. Saturday, 11:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m. Sunday).

A Jackson museum is asking the public to help identify people in civil rights photographs so the images can be labeled for a planned exhibit; anyone with information should contact the museum.

Parents in Guntown say an 11 year old and several other students were told to leave a school bus and walk about three miles home, and the Lee County School District suspended the driver for five days while the district reviews the personnel matter.

On Monday, Nov. 2, landmarks across Mississippi will light up teal for Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, including the Governor’s Mansion and the Pascagoula Street Tunnel in Jackson, Biloxi Lighthouse, and Grammy Museum Mississippi, as the AFA campaign spotlights roughly 63,000 Mississippians living with Alzheimer’s.

Shoppers are snapping up Halloween costumes ahead of Halloween at St. Andrew's thrift in Ridgeland, leaving racks nearly empty as families mix thrift and DIY finds.

A Goodwill survey found 85% plan thrift or DIY costumes, and many outfits can be assembled for under $10 to $30.

The $100 million MegaDome sports complex announced in Jan.

2024 is unlikely to be built, Mayor Morrison said, after out-of-state developers and the local landowner failed to agree and the parcel was never sold (the site was planned at Weisenberger Road and Highway 51). Separately, TD Select Baseball is expected to open in the coming weeks off Stout Road.