by Associated Press Published: May 12,2013
Tags: board of supervisors, circuit clerk, county, county governmentm supervisor, funds, misappropriation, money, politician, Politics, repay, repayment
VICKSBURG — An unfinished 2012 audit of Warren County says Circuit Clerk Shelly Ashley-Palmertree owes the county more than previously thought and supervisors will ask for payback this week. The Vicksburg Post reports the five-member board will meet in special session to demand the clerk repay fees beyond the state-set cap for fee-based public officials. “We’re [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 11,2013
Tags: audit, audtor, bench, case, city government, court, decision, executive, funds, judge, judicial, justice, law, legal, mayor, misappropriation, municipal, municipality, reimbursement, ruling, sex shop, state agency
SOUTHAVEN — A Hinds County judge has denied a request from Southaven Mayor Greg Davis to throw out part of the $70,000 that the state auditor alleges he owes for unsubstantiated personal expenses. WMCTV in Memphis reports Davis’ argues that his reimbursements followed state law and he had the authority to approve his city travel. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 3,2013
Tags: arena, board of supervisors, bond, bonding, county government, entertainment, funding, funds, repayment, sports, supervisor
CORINTH — Alcorn County supervisors have accepted $34,678 from the bonding company for former Crossroads Arena manager Reggie Churchwell to replace missing funds found by state auditors. The Daily Corinthian reports the money will be paid by Travelers Casualty and Surety Company. The board of supervisors signed off on the amount Monday. In October of [...] [...]
BILOXI — The interim director of the state Department of Marine Resources says he cannot account for about $4 million in state Tidelands money spent over the past decade. But Danny Guice told the Sun Herald he is not calling the money missing. He said it appears the money was spent on projects. “I’ve never [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 30,2013
Tags: agency, audit, auditing, auditor, case, city government, civil trial, elected official, executive, funds, mayor, misappropriation, money, municipal, municipality, politician, public official, SCANDAL, sex, state government, taxpayer
SOUTHAVEN — Mayor Greg Davis’ civil trial in Jackson has been continued until May, but there are discussions that the judge in the case has urged both sides to settle the matter before then. At the end of yesterday’s hearing, The Commercial Appeal reports a Hinds County chancellor called attorneys for both sides into his [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 25,2012
Tags: appeal, bench, city, court, damage, destruction, disaster, disaster recovery, emergency, executive, federal agency, federal government, flood, flooding, fraud, funding, funds, guilty, home, house, hurricane, judge, judicial, judiciary, land, mayor, municipal government, municipality, natural disaster, plea, property, rain, real estate, residence, storm, storm surge, tax, taxpayer, trial, tropical, Weather, wind
GULFPORT — A former Gulfport mayor is asking a federal judge to throw out his guilty plea almost three years ago to a felony charge of stealing FEMA funds. The plea deal Brent Warr entered into with the government allowed him and his wife to walk out of court with no prison time. The Sun [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 26,2012
Tags: Business, federal agency, flood, flood insurance, flood map, flooding, funding, funds, home, house, insurance, residence
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Federal Emergency Management Agency is providing money to help some areas of Mississippi update their flood maps and develop information on flooding risks. The Vicksburg Post reports the activities dovetail onto work completed since 2002 to update flood maps in Mississippi. In 2011, technical adjustments to Warren County’s maps took areas [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 20,2012
Tags: engineer, entertainment, funding, funds, harness racing, horse, horse racing, park, racing, recreation, repairs, sports, track
STARKVILLE — Mississippi Horse Park director Bricklee Miller says a local engineer is currently developing plans to repair the facility’s damaged harness racing track, but funding is needed to go forward on the project. Once repair plans and cost estimates are finalized, Miller said she would approach the Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors about funding [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 20,2012
Tags: appropriations, budget, elementary education, elementary school, funding, funds, high school, junior high school, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, Legislature, public school, school, school district, secondary education, stat budget, state government, tax, tax collections
JACKSON — Mississippi’s public school system will seek an additional $320 million for the 2014 budget year, according to figures released yesterday. Each year, the state Board of Education must compute the amount called for under the state’s kindergarten through grade 12 funding formula, called the Mississippi Adequate Education Program. Under the 1997 law that [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 19,2012
Tags: appropriations, budget, city, funding, funds, municipal govewrnment, municipality, tax, tax collection, taxpayer
OCEAN SPRINGS — Auditors have told Ocean Springs to avoid — if they can — dipping in cash reserves in preparing a new city budget. City leaders borrowed $1.7 million from the city’s reserves last year, leaving $822,000. Auditors told the board of aldermen that good financial practices recommend a reserves balance of $2.7 million [...] [...]
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