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This map shows the “One Lake” plan as of June 2011.

A “One Lake” forum drew mostly older attendees.

Editorial

Taxpayers Deserve to See Pearl Study

In 2003, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Rankin-Hinds Pearl River Flood and Drainage Control District agreed to begin a three-year feasibility study to update the cost …

Pearl River

Corps Finally Reveals $2.8 Million Flood Study

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Pearl River

Costs Mounting for Levees, Lake Plans

Legislators say the chances of the Mississippi Legislature approving funding to build levees in Jackson and surrounding counties are slim, especially since it has taken so long to reach consensus …

Cover

Fantasy Island

Developers are cheering and environmentalists are jeering as the Lefleur Lakes ("Two Lakes") project gains momentum, helped along by political support from men like Mayor Frank Melton and Gov. Haley …

Fly

Flower Girl Panic

When Bebo, my younger brother, proposed to his girlfriend Anna, they asked my 4-year-old and my 2-year-old to be flower girls. The girls were as thrilled as I was terrified.

The “One Lake” project may finally get a real public viewing soon.

Mirror Lake in Flowood features one of the many walking trails in the Jackson metro …

John McGowan, Pearl River Vision Foundation founder, is promoting a one-lake development.

One Lake Public Comments

Public comments submitted as part of the Aug. 2013 Pearl River flood-control scoping meeting.

Development

One Lake Instead of Two?

The Rankin-Hinds Pearl River Flood and Drainage Control District Levee Board is pressing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to take seriously a lake plan to coincide with a Corps-preferred …

Rep. Mark Baker, R-Brandon, led the way on new property taxes to help for the …

During a time when no one was in line to vote, poll workers pose for …

City & County

35 Years After Flood, River Still Menaces Jackson

Pearl River's waters flooded parts of Jackson and surrounding areas in 1979 in a deluge that paralyzed the city and led to the evacuation of 15,000 people. Now, 35 years …