by MBJ Staff Published: May 22,2013
Tags: charity, college, damage, destruction, disaster, disaster recovery, donate, donation, donor, education, higher education, natural disaster, postsecondary education, public university, relief, tornado, university, Weather
HATTIESBURG — The University of Southern Mississippi Foundation reports its tornado relief and campus beautification campaigns were “entering a quiet phase” as the nation focuses its attention on tornado victims in Oklahoma. During this time the Foundation will refrain from publicly soliciting donors for the campaigns. The Foundation launched the tornado relief effort immediately following [...] [...]
ORLANDO, Fla. — A man was fatally shot when a team of FBI agents swarmed an apartment complex near Universal Studios in Orlando. The man, identified by an FBI spokesman as Ibragim Todashev, was being interviewed about his ties to alleged Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, according to The New York Times. The shooting happened early [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 22,2013
Tags: bench, court, foreign worker, guest worker, law, lawsuit, legal, manufacture, manufacturing, masnufacturer, ship, shipbuilder, shipbuilding, workplace safety
PASCAGOULA — Dozens of Indian guest workers are suing an Alabama-based marine and fabrication company, claiming it financially exploited them and forced them to live in squalid conditions after bringing them to work at Gulf Coast shipyards after Hurricane Katrina. Three federal lawsuits backed by the Southern Poverty Law Center were filed in Mississippi and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 22,2013
Tags: board of supervisors, Board of Trustees, county, county government, health, health care, hospital, medical, medicine, public health, sale, sell, supervisor, trustee
NATCHEZ — Natchez Regional Medical Center could soon go on the market, with the Adams County Board of Supervisors saying they want to meet with NRMC’s board of trustees to discuss selling the hospital. At least three parties have expressed interest in the county-owned property. Supervisor Mike Lazarus made the suggestion at the supervisors’ meeting, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 22,2013
Tags: cafe, city, city council, city government, councilman, diner, eatery, election, executive, hotel, inn, lodging, mayor, motel, municipal, municipality, poll, referendum, resolution, restaurant, tax, tourism, tourist, visitor, vote, voter, Voting
GAUTIER — At the end of the this week’s Gautier City Council meeting, Mayor Tommy Fortenberry made a motion to use the June 4 ballot as a “trial run” for the 2 percent tax-levy issue. Fortenberry said he was concerned at the low turnout of the primary election and wants to make sure residents are [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 22,2013
Tags: board of supervisors, bridge, county, county government, damage, insurance, insurance agency, insurer, road, settlement, street, transportation, travel
CORINTH — The insurer for a transport company has paid $247,500 for damage to Alcorn County roads in 2011. The board of supervisors accepted the settlement for damage to Holly Church Road and Henson Road. Supervisors say the roads were damaged during a transport job by Burkhalter Rigging of Columbus. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 22,2013
Tags: capital investment, employee, employer, energy, expand, expansion, job, job creation, port, ship, shipper, shipping, work, worker
NATCHEZ — Genesis Energy plans to more than double its railcar capacity at its terminal in the Natchez-Adams County Port. The Natchez Democrat reports the expansion will create approximately 20 new jobs, including 15 equipment operators and five professional staff. The announcement comes as the company finalized its first phase — which includes 40 railcar [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 21,2013
Tags: attempted murder, attorney, bench, court, crime, divorce, doctor, judge, law, lawyer, legal, mental examination, mental health, murder-for-hire, oncologist, physician
GREENWOOD — A trial in the murder-for-hire case against a Greenwood oncologist has been postponed indefinitely. Circuit Judge Breland Hilburn issued the order this past week because the court is waiting on Dr. Arnold Smith’s evaluation at a state mental facility. The case was to have gone to trial yesterday in Leflore County Circuit Court. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 21,2013
Tags: demand, energy, export, exporter, exporting, gas, import, importer, importing, liquid natural gas, natural gas, supply
PASCAGOULA — Big changes may be coming for Gulf LNG, the liquefied natural gas terminal that has two huge storage tanks on the horizon south of Pascagoula. The owners want to begin exporting natural gas. It would be quite the turnaround for the $1.1-billion terminal built more than two years ago to import the super-chilled [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 21,2013
Tags: chemical, ecosystem, environment, federal agency, hurricane, pollution, storm, tropical, Weather, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — As hurricane season approaches, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a Hazardous Weather Release Prevention and Reporting alert to remind facility operators of certain regulations that require minimization of chemical releases during process shutdown operations. This alert is designed to increase awareness among facility operators about their obligation to [...] [...]
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