State grant to help with tire removal
GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) - The state will provide $50,000 to Leflore County to remove discarded tires from the school district bus shop.
The Greenwood Commonwealth reports (http://bit.ly/TkdZtu) that the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality recently gave the school system 30 days to remove about 2,000 tires after it declared the bus shop a
...Port exceeding requires in West Pier work
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - The state port is exceeding federal requirements on the number of low-income residents or businesses working to restore and expand the West Pier.
The port must meet employment requirements under the Community Development Block Grant program in exchange for $570 million the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
...Guilty plea entered in Miss. pain pill case
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A Hudson, Fla., woman has pleaded guilty in a federal drug-trafficking investigation that identified her as the source of oxycodone pills brought to Harrison County, Miss., during visits to Coast hotels.
The Sun Herald reports (http://bitly.com/YhMLJ7 ) 60-year-old Gail Ann Owens accepted a plea agreement Monday to a charge
...Port commission takes no action on elevation
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - The state port's five-member board has set a third special meeting because members were unable to decide in two previous sessions whether the port should continue elevation of the West Pier from 10 feet to 25 feet above sea level.
Commissioner Jim Simpson told The Sun Herald (http://bitly.com/S8c1OI ) port consultants
...Inmate accused in prison riot pleads not guilty
NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) - An inmate charged in the May 20 prison riot at Adams County Correctional Facility has pleaded not guilty.
The Natchez Democrat reports (http://bit.ly/TRqP2I ) Yoany Oriel Serrano-Bejarano entered the plea before federal Magistrate Judge F. Keith Ball in Jackson on Friday.
The judge appointed a public defender for
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