Fire trucks and other firefighting equipment cost a lot of money, and prices are rising, so Warren, Miss., volunteer districts are looking to possibly seek an increase in property taxes. “We’re getting squeezed and squeezed by costs,” said Chuck Tate, …
The family of a student killed or injured while boarding or exiting a school bus can now qualify to receive money from the state Crime Victim Compensation Fund. House Bill 710 expands the eligibility for the fund. It has been …
The Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers Training Academy in Pearl isn’t the most aesthetically appealing place to train officers these days, its director, Pat Cronin, concedes. The March 18 hailstorms that struck metro Jackson destroyed 87 law enforcement and civilian vehicles …
Nearly three months after a Feb. 10 tornado hit the Hattiesburg and Lamar County, Miss., the debris cleanup operations are winding down. Lamar County Road Manager Jake Sones tells The Hattiesburg American debris cleanup operations will end this week. Since …
Attorneys for a Mississippi man who was briefly charged with sending ricin-laced letters to the president and others are encouraged after speaking with the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s office about repairing or replacing the man’s house after an intensive …
In keeping with the traditional Mississippi never-say-die attitude, many Hattiesburg-area business owners affected by the Feb. 10 tornado are getting back on their feet – and back in business. Employees at Carlstedt’s Florist had to work out of refrigerated trucks …
The mother of a 24-year-old Mississippi man who died last year during a machinery incident at Omega Protein has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company. The suit, filed by Cynthia Hebert, the mother of Christopher Allen Hebert, seeks …
Hattiesburg and Lamar County officials are nearing the end of the debris cleanup from the Feb. 10 tornado that struck northeastern Lamar County, Hattiesburg and Petal. The Hattiesburg American reports Petal wrapped up its debris cleanup efforts March 22. Mayor …
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant intends to sign a bill aimed at strengthening laws against drunken driving, his spokesman said Monday. The response from the Republican governor came the same day the American Beverage Institute, based in Washington, D.C., urged Bryant …
Mississippi’s Pascagoula City Council has authorized a request for the city to pay its nearly $50,000 share for the Safe Routes to School grant application, which was at first thought to be 100 percent federally funded. The Sun Herald reports …