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Campaign workers continue to sift through ballots in Hub City

Associated Press — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:54:10 +0000

HATTIESBURG — Campaign workers for Dave Ware who came out 37 votes short of being elected mayor of Hattiesburg have wrapped up their inspection of the ballots. Mayor Johnny DuPree’s campaign workers are doing the same thing today. The Hattiesburg American reports Dupree must be finished by midnight today because state law allows a 12-day [...]

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South Miss. companies working tornado cleanup in Oklahoma

MBJ Staff — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:58:09 +0000

PICAYUNE — Executive Recovery Group (ERG) was recently selected by the City of Moore, Okla., to monitor the town’s recovery efforts after the recent tornadoes that devastated the area. Terms were not disclosed. ERG’s role will be to monitor the removal of storm debris from public areas and right’s of way. “This clean-up effort involves [...]

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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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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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Ex-mayor remembered for easing racial tension dies at 96

Associated Press — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:45:03 +0000

MCCOMB — Former McComb Mayor Newton H. James, a white businessman who was among community leaders who worked to end tensions during the civil rights movement in 1960s, has died at the age of 96. Officials with Hartman-Sharkey Funeral Home say James died Thursday at Beacham Memorial Hospital in Magnolia. Services will be at 10 [...]

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Port City will spend millions on sewer upgrade

Associated Press — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:56:16 +0000

GREENVILLE — Greenville Mayor John Cox says the city will undertake a multi-million dollar, five-year program to upgrade the aging sewer system. Cox tells the Delta Democrat Times the city is working with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality to develop a plan to fix the system. Cox says officials [...]

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Delta mayor sets new record with 10th term in office

Associated Press — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:52:59 +0000

ANGUILLA — When Anguilla Mayor Merlin Richardson takes his oath of office July 1, it will be the 10th time and he will be expanding a record no other mayor in Mississippi can touch. Richardson, 81, is the longest continuously serving mayor in the state with 36 years in office, according to the Mississippi Municipal [...]

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City stuck with six old, costly buses

Associated Press — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:05:58 +0000

VICKSBURG — The city of Vicksburg hasn’t decided what to do with six former transit system buses that are too expensive to run or repair. Barry Warnock, director of the city’s Vehicle Maintenance Department, tells the Vicksburg Post that only two of the diesel-powered buses will run. “The other four have major problems with the engines [...]

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New regulation in place, city’s taxis must be inspected

Associated Press — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:37:51 +0000

VICKSBURG — Vicksburg’s three cab companies must have their vehicles inspected this month as part of new city regulations. The Vicksburg Post reports the city’s Public Transportation Board approved the new rules about two months ago. The grace period ended Tuesday. The cabs must be inspected at city’s Vehicle Maintenance Department. The board approved 20 [...]

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Diamondhead exploring zoning change to allow for casino

Associated Press — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:45:00 +0000

DIAMONDHEAD — The Diamondhead Planning Commission will hold a meeting later this month to consider a zoning change to allow a casino at the site of the old Harbor House property. City manager Richard Rose tells The Sun Herald the meeting will be on June 26 at City Hall. The planning commission will hear from [...]

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