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🌱 How could Byram’s new water board seat change your tap?

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In today's newsletter:

  • How could Byram’s new water board seat change your tap?
  • Who will speak for Byram on the powerful new water board?

Also on today's calendar: Santé South — Ardenland and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Very warm with periods of sun, with a high of 87 and low of 60 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, temps: high: 82, low: 49.
  • Sunday: Not as warm, with a high of 72 and low of 44 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Byram hopes for water service improvements with new board representation (wlbt.com) — Byram is getting its own representative on the new Metro Jackson Water Authority board, and city leaders hope that will finally bring faster fixes for chronic low pressure and outages. Mayor Richard White says he fields water complaints daily and wants long-overdue line upgrades, more transparency from JXN Water, and eventually a separate Byram-run system to better protect residents and businesses.
   

• First appointee to Metro Jackson Water Authority board could be introduced next week (wlbt.com) — Byram will have its own seat on the new nine-member Metro Jackson Water Authority board, and Mayor Richard White already has a candidate in mind, though he hasn’t shared the name. The board, which must be appointed by May 1, will eventually oversee Jackson’s water and sewer systems, giving Byram a direct voice in decisions that affect local water reliability.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Friday April 17
  • 2026 Crawfish Music Festival (Friday Pass) with Bush
    Mississippi Coliseum , Livestock Barn (Dairy) , 1207 Mississippi St , Jackson
    5:00 pm
  • Baseball (High School)
    Ridgeland
    5:00 pm
    • Saturday April 18
  • Murrah High School Junior/Senior Prom
    Murrah High School Jackson, MS 39225
    7:00 pm
    • Monday April 20
  • You Got Jokes Comedy Hour
    Briarwood Arts Center , 614 Briarwood Dr , Jackson
    7:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Raymond

  • Dr. Clyde Muse remembered as ‘godfather' of Mississippi community colleges (wlbt.com)
  • No. 1 Pearl River responds in nightcap to salvage split at Hinds (hubcityspokes.com)

Jackson

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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