A South Mississippi man is scheduled for trial Feb. 18 on federal charges that he faked documents about his employment to receive $36,000 in oil-spill recovery money. The Sun Herald reports a federal grand jury in Gulfport indicted Elvis O’Neal …
State officials are submitting four projects and one program to the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council and hope at least a few will rise to the top to receive funding from a part of the BP oil spill penalty money. …
A change of plea hearing is scheduled for Jan. 29 for a Hancock County, Miss., man in a fraud case involving an $18,000 check he received in oil spill recovery money. Luom Van Ngo will appeal before U.S. District Judge …