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  • Tuesday, May 14 2013 9:35 AM EDT2013-05-14 13:35:51 GMT
    Imagine having to wear goulashes just to cut your grass or even get to your car in the driveway. That's what's happening to the resident of 48-35 South Drive in northwest Jackson. He called 3 On Your Side
    Imagine having to wear golashes just to cut your grass or even get to your car in the driveway. That's what's happening to the resident of 48-35 South Drive in northwest Jackson.

  • Thursday, April 11 2013 10:29 AM EDT2013-04-11 14:29:23 GMT
    On March 28th, I checked out a burned out unit of a south Jackson apartment complex. A viewer had sent me an email about the eyesore, the Southside Terrace building, had become. It's located on 2750 North
    The WLBT News team checked out a burned out unit of a south Jackson apartment complex at the end of March. A resident emailed 3 On Your Side about the eyesore that the Southside Terrace building had become.

  • Tuesday, March 5 2013 8:37 AM EST2013-03-05 13:37:06 GMT
    An 82-year-old viewer, who asked not to be identified, sent me an email asking for help with, not one, but several blighted properties on two avenues in her neighborhood. She invited 3 On Your Side to
    An 82-year-old woman, who asked not to be identified, asked for help with, not one, but several blighted properties on two avenues in her neighborhood.

  • Tuesday, February 26 2013 11:52 AM EST2013-02-26 16:52:08 GMT
    I received a Facebook message from a city of Jackson employee who says she's been getting cries for help from her neighbors over blighted property.There are three abandoned houses in the 17-hundred block
    There are three abandoned houses in the 17-hundred block of Wood Glen Drive. Two of them have become dumping grounds and even a haven for homeless people and criminals in the area.

  • Tuesday, January 8 2013 9:34 AM EST2013-01-08 14:34:24 GMT
    I received a message on my Facebook page from a woman reaching out for help with an eyesore in her community. It's located on 3702 Liberty Street in Jackson off of Medgar Evers Boulevard.      We checked
    Residents in one Jackson neighborhood are fed up with an eyesore on their street, and one homeowner is demanding a response from the city. A dilapidated home, located on 3702 Liberty Street in Jackson off of Medgar Evers Boulevard, has neighbors ready to take back their neighborhood. 

  • Tuesday, December 11 2012 3:23 PM EST2012-12-11 20:23:51 GMT
    This spring and summer, you asked me to check out an overgrown eyesore on 5320 Queen Eleanor Lane and a house that's not a home on 2604 Lynch Street in the Pecan Park community. I promised to keep you
    This spring and summer, you asked me to check out an overgrown eyesore on 5320 Queen Eleanor Lane and a house that's not a home on 2604 Lynch Street in the Pecan Park community.I promised to keep you posted and in this follow up, we'll see what, if anything, has been done to fix the problems.

  • Tuesday, December 4 2012 5:24 PM EST2012-12-04 22:24:12 GMT
    In this an email dated November 27th, Lorinda Swick told WLBT about the standing water along the street outside her Mitchell Avenue residence. She has rented the property since October 5th. In part,
    In this an email dated November 27th, Lorinda Swick told WLBT about the standing water along the street outside her Mitchell Avenue residence. She has rented the property since October 5th.

  • Tuesday, November 13 2012 12:14 AM EST2012-11-13 05:14:59 GMT
    A WLBT viewer sent an email, with pictures attached, of a dilapidated house in the neighborhood. It's located on 3412 Lampton Avenue between Eminence Row and Hume. The emailer called the house a disgrace,
    A WLBT viewer sent an email, with pictures attached, of a dilapidated house in the neighborhood. It's located on 3412 Lampton Avenue between Eminence Row and Hume.

  • Monday, October 29 2012 11:57 PM EDT2012-10-30 03:57:18 GMT
    Several viewers had called and emailed WLBT about a bridge in north Jackson that had been closed for repairs. It's located on Manhattan Road near Cedars of Lebanon and Cedarhurst Road. The structure
    Several viewers had called and emailed WLBT about a bridge in north Jackson that had been closed for repairs.  It's located on Manhattan Road near Cedars of Lebanon and Cedarhurst Road.

  • Monday, October 22 2012 11:58 PM EDT2012-10-23 03:58:48 GMT
    This Taking Back Our Neighborhoods report takes us back to a community that was all but dead because of blight. 3 On Your Side was contacted two years ago by residents who were determined to see something
    This Taking Back Our Neighborhoods report takes us back to a community that was all but dead because of blight.

  • Tuesday, October 16 2012 12:18 AM EDT2012-10-16 04:18:21 GMT
    A Jackson resident is singing the blues over blighted property beside and near his house. George Harris lives on 217 Taft Street and he said he's not getting the help from city officials he needs to
    A Jackson resident is singing the blues over blighted property beside and near his house. George Harris lives on 217 Taft Street and he said he's not getting the help from city officials he needs to clean up the eyesores, so he called Three On Your Side to help take back his neighborhood.

  • Monday, October 1 2012 11:58 PM EDT2012-10-02 03:58:55 GMT
    Tonight's Taking back our neighborhoods report takes us to Jackson's Fondren district. Folks who live on and around 355 Decelle Street said their peaceful community has been shattered by a skateboard
    Tonight's Taking back our neighborhoods report takes us to Jackson's Fondren district.

    Folks who live on and around 355 Decelle Street said their peaceful community has been shattered by a skateboard park built in the backyard of this address.

  • Monday, September 3 2012 10:14 PM EDT2012-09-04 02:14:10 GMT
    Last month, I checked out a viewer complaint about how poorly the state has maintained grass around some Jackson highways. One area of particular concern to Ronnie Crudup, Jr. was the Ellis Avenue exit off Interstate 20.
    Last month, I checked out a viewer complaint about how poorly the state has maintained grass around some Jackson highways. One area of particular concern to Ronnie Crudup, Jr. was the Ellis Avenue exit off Interstate 20.

  • Tuesday, August 28 2012 12:00 AM EDT2012-08-28 04:00:10 GMT
    A 3 On Your Side viewer called for help with blighted property in her elderly relative's neighborhood. She said two houses, side by side, located on 749 and 741 Broadmoor Drive, are bringing down the neighborhood
    A 3 On Your Side viewer called for help with blighted property in her elderly relative's neighborhood. She said two houses, side by side, located on 749 and 741 Broadmoor Drive, are bringing down the neighborhood in more ways than one and she says she isn't getting anywhere with calls to Jackson officials, so she called me and I checked it out.

  • Monday, August 20 2012 11:48 PM EDT2012-08-21 03:48:30 GMT
    A viewer emailed 3 On Your Side about some grass that's so overgrown, it's beginning to obstruct highway signs. It's around the Ellis Avenue exit off Interstate 20 and Ronnie Crudup, Jr. says
    A viewer emailed 3 On Your Side about some grass that's so overgrown, it's beginning to obstruct highway signs. It's around the Ellis Avenue exit off Interstate 20 and Ronnie Crudup, Jr. says the eyesore is undermining the efforts of his church to take back the south Jackson neighborhood.

  • Monday, July 23 2012 11:56 PM EDT2012-07-24 03:56:11 GMT
    We're back in the Alta Woods neighborhood for this Taking Back Our Neighborhoods report. A resident of East Street called 3 On Your Side two weeks ago, about the condition of the house across the street
    We're back in the Alta Woods neighborhood for this Taking Back Our Neighborhoods report. A resident of East Street called 3 On Your Side two weeks ago, about the condition of the house across the street from hers and others along East Drive.

  • Monday, July 16 2012 11:51 PM EDT2012-07-17 03:51:43 GMT
    I received an email from a Clinton man who works in Jackson. His commute includes Cynthia Road along the Natchez Trace and he said it looks like a dumpsite most of the time. The road, he said, is in constant
    I received an email from a Clinton man who works in Jackson. His commute includes Cynthia Road along the Natchez Trace and he said it looks like a dumpsite most of the time. The road, he said, is in constant disrepair.

  • Tuesday, July 10 2012 12:10 AM EDT2012-07-10 04:10:10 GMT
    This taking back our neighborhood report takes us to a south Jackson subdivision called Alta Woods, specifically 2015 East Street. A homeowner who lives across the street called 3 On Your Side for help
    This taking back our neighborhood report takes us to a south Jackson subdivision called Alta Woods, specifically 2015 East Street. A homeowner who lives across the street called 3 On Your Side for help getting someone to do something about the eyesore.

  • Monday, April 16 2012 11:48 PM EDT2012-04-17 03:48:52 GMT

    No one wants to live near a dilapidated house with overgrown weeds and garbage dumped in the yard. But that's what residents of Denson Avenue in west Jackson have been dealing with for several years now; and after repeated calls to the city produced no results, they called 3 On Your Side for help taking back their neighborhoods.

  • Monday, April 9 2012 11:57 PM EDT2012-04-10 03:57:42 GMT
    Practice what you preach. It's a message one family takes to heart in this Taking Back Our Neighborhoods report.

    The "before" still pictures show what David and Amy Lancaster had to work with when they moved from their spacious home in Brandon to downtown Jackson 7 years ago.