Silicor future uncertain as deadline passes
COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) - Lowndes County's leading economic development official says the Silicor Materials project is dead.
Golden Triangle Development Link CEO Joe Max Higgins tells WCBI-TV in Columbus that the company missed its deadline to put up $150,000 to secure land and incentives. Higgins says the money was refundable to ensure that they
...Worker dies after electrical shock in Knoxville
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A contract worker for the Knoxville Utilities Board has died after receiving an electrical shock.
According to The Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/WkfV7t ), the man worked for W&O Construction Company of Livingston. Knoxville police said the man was standing under electrical wires at a water treatment plant near
...Midwest economic index again rises slightly
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A monthly economic index for nine Midwest and Plains states rose again last month but still suggests an economic slump will continue over the next three to six months.
The Mid-America Business Conditions index hit 49.5 in December, up from November's 48.0 and October's 46.5.
Creighton University economist Ernie Goss oversees the
...10 killed in holiday weekend accidents in Miss.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Officials say at least 10 people died and more than two dozen were injured on Mississippi roads over the extended New Year's holiday.
Among the fatalities was 29-year-old Megan L. Watkins of Raymond, whose SUV ran off Mississippi 467 in Hinds County and struck a tree before slamming into a house.
The Mississippi Highway Patrol
...Man indicted for touching child
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - A Forrest County grand jury has indicted a Hattiesburg business owner on a touching of a child for lustful purposes charge.
The Hattiesburg American reports (http://hatne.ws/XhuD54) 49-year-old Curtis James Johnson was served his indictment in December after the grand jury returned it in November.
The alleged incident took
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