by Associated Press Published: June 18,2013
Tags: closure, community, convict, conviction, corrections, employee, jail, open, prison, state agency, work center, worker
AROUND MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Christopher B. Epps says four community work centers slated to close in about a month will remain open. Epps says continuing to operate Bolivar County Community Work Center in Rosedale, Yazoo County Community Work Center in Yazoo City, Jefferson County Community Work Center in Fayette and George [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 18,2013
Tags: bridge, cloure, flood, flooding, floodwater, highway, infrasturucture, open, rain, reopen, storm, transportation, travel, Weather
CLARKE COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Transportation says Mississippi Highway 512 is back open near Quitman. Department spokeswoman Carrie Adams says a 1 ½-mile stretch in Clarke County closed last Wednesday because of flooding. She says it reopened yesterday after the water went back down. She says it was the only highway in the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 17,2012
Tags: economic development, employment, goods, grand opening, job, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, open, operation, port, state government, steel, steelmaker, steelmaking, work, worker
IUKA — Dennen Steel Corp. has opened its new manufacturing facility in the northeastern corner of Mississippi. Gov. Phil Bryant was among those attending a ceremony yesterday at the 50,000-square-foot plant at Yellow Creek Port in Iuka. Workers will turn slit steel coils into precision stampings, fabricated metal parts and assemblies. The Grand Rapids, Mich.-based [...] [...]
PICAYUNE — After years of planning and construction, the new Highland Community Hospital is complete. The new three-story facility holds 60 inpatient beds and an expanded Emergency Room that is nearly double the size of the original Highland facility’s ER. The new emergency care department’s layout is designed to minimize the patient’s time from door [...] [...]