Federal workplace safety officials have again cited a Laurel, Miss., manufacturer for unsafe practices. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Monday that it has accused Howard Industries of eight rule violations, which could carry a fine of up …
State wildlife officials say two people have died in hunting-related incidents but overall the 2011-12 season has had a safe start. Jerry Carter, with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, tells The Clarion-Ledger that one death was caused …
Hattiesburg Public School District is among a handful of school districts nationwide testing a guard designed to push any student who falls in front of the passenger-side rear wheels out of the bus’s path. District transportation director Audrae Barnes told …
A Feb. 7 trial date has been set for a man charged with submitting a fraudulent claim to the fund set of for victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Moses W. Keys is charged with one federal fraud …
Owners of eight more Hurricane Katrina-damaged properties in Biloxi have two weeks to present the city with a plan for making them habitable, or at least restoring their exteriors. The Sun Herald reports the city is exercising its power under …
A 61-year-old Long Beach man has been fined $1,000 and ordered to repay the Navy nearly $5,000 for tools stolen while he worked as a civilian subcontractor at the Seabee Base in Gulfport, Miss. The Sun Herald reports Joseph Daniel …
It has been a decade since a deadly, pre-dawn F-4 tornado ripped a path through southern Madison County, Miss., killing two, but for those involved the memories are still fresh. As one of the first officials on the scene following …
Five property owners whose homes were inundated by the spring flood could have their homes bought out by the Mississippi city of Vicksburg next year. The Vicksburg Post reports that the Board of Mayor and Aldermen has authorized Mayor Paul …
A federal grand jury has indicted a 26-year-old Pass Christian man in a fraud case alleging he received BP oil spill-recovery money by making a false claim for $5,000. The Sun Herald reports Ruben Stefon Nichols Jr. claimed the oil …
Fifteen people have been injured in a storm system that swept through parts of Jones County on Wednesday, causing damage to dozens of homes and buildings in an area north of Laurel. Only one person was taken to a hospital. …