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 [...] [...]
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 MBJ Staff Published: May 17,2013
Tags: bank, banker, banking, damage, destruction, disaster, disaster recovery, emergency, emergency loan, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, federal agency, finance, financial institution, loan, natural disaster, small business, tornado, Weather, wind
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Small Business Administration reminds homeowners, renters, businesses and non-profit organizations of the deadline to submit disaster loan applications for damages due to the severe storms and tornadoes April 11-12. The deadline to apply for physical damage is June 17. Low-interest disaster loans are available in the following counties: Noxubee County [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 15,2013
Tags: community development, damage, destruction, disaster, disaster recovery, flood, flooding, home, house, hurricane, natural disaster, neighborhood, rain, residence, state agency, storm, storm surge, tropical, wind
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — The Mississippi Development Authority has added $40 million to the post-Katrina Neighborhood Home Program to reach eligible residents initially left off the list. Under the program, contractors are repairing Katrina-damaged homes not covered by previous disaster assistance. Jon Mabry, chief operations officer of MDA’s recovery division, told The Sun Herald 1,200 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 13,2013
Tags: colege, damage, destruction, disaster recovery, donate, donation, donor, education, higher education, natural disaster, postsecondary education, public university, tornado, university, Weather, wind
HATTIESBURG — The University of Southern Mississippi has received a $1 million gift to help restore the Hattiesburg campus damaged by a Feb. 10 tornado. USM President Rodney Bennett says in a news release Monday that the check was received this past week. He said the donor did not want his name released. The tornado [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 12,2013
Tags: athletics, damage, destruction, public education, public school, school education, sports, tornad, Weather, wind
OAK GROVE — Lamar County School District officials said a Feb. 10 tornado caused $7 million in damage to Oak Grove High and its baseball and football facilities. The Hattiesburg-American reports the district has a $50,000 insurance deductible it hopes to have covered by the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. District Construction Manager Johnny Downs said they’ve [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 10,2013
Tags: charitable giving, college, damage, donate, donatioon, donor, foundation, fundraising, landscape, nonprofit, postsecondaryu education, public university, social media, tornado, tree, university, Weather, wind
HATTIESBURG — In just 24 hours, the University of Southern Mississippi Foundation successfully raised $130,234.46 to support the restoration of the front lawn of the University’s Hattiesburg campus that was heavily damaged by the tornado on February 10. During the Southern Miss Campus Beautification Day of Giving on May 8, the USM Foundation utilized the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 9,2013
Tags: building, damage, destruction, disaster, disaster recovery, hail, hailstorm, natural disaster, roof, severe thunderstorm, state government, thunderstorm, Weather, window
METRO JACKSON — 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 parked at the academy when the storms hit, punched holes in roofing [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 8,2013
Tags: damage, destruction, disaster recovery, education, higher education, landscape, natural disaster, postsecondary education, public university, tornado, tree, university, Weather
HATTIESBURG — Three months after an F-4 tornado tore through the front part of campus, the University of Southern Mississippi has taken a huge step in restoring the damaged landscape. Yesterday, five mature oak trees were planted to kickoff the first phase of a Campus Beautification Plan. The live oaks, measuring 40-feet high by 40-feet [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 3,2013
Tags: city, city government, cleanup, county, county government, damage, debris, destruction, disaster, disaster recovery, municipal, municipality, natural disaster, severe weather, tornado, Weather, wind
HATTIESBURG — Nearly three months after a Feb. 10 tornado hit the Hattiesburg and Lamar County, 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 the tornado, Lamar County crews have collected 25,293 cubic yards of vegetative debris, along [...] [...]
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