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Woman charged with murder in second buttocks-enhancement case

Associated Press — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:49:26 +0000

JACKSON — A Mississippi woman has been charged in a second case of causing a death by giving buttocks-enhancing silicone injections without being trained or licensed to do the procedure, authorities said Monday. Tracey Lynn Garner, 53, of Jackson, formerly known as Morris Garner, was arrested Thursday and charged with one count of depraved heart [...]

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Appeals panel rules against town in race discrimination case

Associated Press — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:57:27 +0000

COMO — A federal appeals panel has upheld the award of $50,000 to former Como police chief Cleve Gale for “emotional distress” after his 2008 firing from the chief’s job. A federal jury ruled for Gale in 2012. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the verdict June 13, denying [...]

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County mulling disaster response team concept

Associated Press — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:53:04 +0000

GREENVILLE — Washington County wants to organize local disaster-response teams that will be trained to respond either in their neighborhood or workplace if a disaster strikes. Emergency management director David Burford tells the Delta Democrat Times the department is applying for grants to set up the Community Emergency Response Team units throughout the county. The [...]

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South’s oldest casino to reopen as Golden Nugget

Associated Press — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:13:14 +0000

BILOXI — Although its hotel is still in the middle of a $100 million makeover, the oldest casino in the South will reopen at 1 p.m. Friday with a new look as the Golden Nugget Casino Biloxi. Changes range from new windows and fewer walls to new carpet and new nametags, The Sun Herald reported. [...]

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Losing mayoral candidate still looking at ballots; DuPree to follow

Associated Press — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:10:09 +0000

HATTIESBURG — Campaign workers for the candidate who came out 37 votes short of being elected mayor of Hattiesburg are going into their second week of inspecting ballots. Once Dave Ware’s campaign is done, it will be time for Mayor Johnny DuPree’s campaign workers to do the same thing. Some allegations of impropriety have come [...]

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Entrepreneurs want ordinance change to add micro-brewery

Associated Press — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:01:30 +0000

NATCHEZ — Businessman Doug Charboneau and his son want to open a rum micro-distillery in the building that formerly housed King’s Tavern bar in Natchez. First, Charboneau must get the city to amend its ordinances to allow for micro-distilleries. Charboneau tells the Natchez Democrat if the change can be made, he’d like to open the micro-distillery [...]

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MDA says it will meet HUD’s requirement for jobs at port

Associated Press — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:57:42 +0000

GULFPORT — The Mississippi Development Authority intends for 51 percent of new jobs at the state port to be filled by low- to moderate-income residents. But the agency never said current jobs would meet that goal. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has raised concerns over job numbers. The Sun Herald reports MDA [...]

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Man resigns from job, takes pay cut to be alderman

Associated Press — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:54:04 +0000

BROOKHAVEN — Brookhaven alderman-elect Randy Belcher has decided to resign as a deputy sheriff and stay with his elected position. Belcher was elected alderman in May. He is to take office July 1. According to state law, Belcher could not simultaneously serve in two branches of government. The alderman’s post is considered legislative and the [...]

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Late soybean planting leaves crop vulnerable to storms

Associated Press — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:50:55 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Heavy rains in early April delayed soybean planting in Mississippi and Louisiana. Farmers said the optimal time to plant soybeans is early to mid-April, but excess rain caused area farmers to plant in late April and May. “We had to wait for our fields to dry up,” local farmer Noble Guedon told [...]

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County surveyor accused of doing unlicensed work, fraud

Associated Press — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:02:43 +0000

NEW AUGUSTA — The attorney general’s office says Billy Eugene Brewer, the surveyor in Greene County, has been charged with performing four surveys on properties in Perry County while being unlicensed and illegally using another surveyor’s name and license. Attorney General Jim Hood says in a news release that the 69-year-old Brewer was arrested at [...]

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