Road Warrior: Rebuilt Cherry/Summit intersection takes shape with paving
Exactly when Summit Street will reopen between Cherry and Jackson streets isn’t yet certain, but a lot of that zone was paved last week. That closing and the single-lane zone on Cherry between Superior Street and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Bridge — including a separate project on the bridge itself — has been arguably the Toledo area’s most chronic traffic headache for more than a month now. Once Summit is finished between Jackson and Cherry, the other half of the Summit/Cherry intersection will be rebuilt. That will cut off Summit on the north side of Cherry, but access between the King bridge and downtown should improve considerably. That latter construction stage also will be helped by the city’s conversion last week of Huron Street to two-way traffic north of Cherry, which will be followed in early November by the similar conversion of Erie Street north of Cherry to two-way traffic.
Jackson man charged in fatal shooting on N. Flag Chapel Road
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Jackson police arrested a man in connection to a homicide that occurred in April 2024. Detective Tommie Brown said Xavier Lampkin, of Jackson, was charged murder in connection to the death of Shavarion Ross. He was arrested on October 22. Lampkin received a $1.5 million bond and is being held in […]