by Associated Press Published: March 4,2013
Tags: alcohol, city council, city government, dringking, entertainment, fight, gun, law enforcement, nightclub, nightlife, ordinance, public safety, shooting, violence
TUPELO — The Tupelo City Council is set to consider tighter controls on nightclubs in hopes of reducing repeated disturbances that have kept police busy. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports the ordinance will be considered tomorrow. It would apply to all nightclubs — broadly defined as any establishment that serves alcoholic beverages and provides [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 1,2013
Tags: bill, concealed weapon, executive, governor, gun, handgun, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, Legislature, media, permit, public record, public safety, shooting, state government
JACKSON — The Mississippi House yesterday sent the governor a bill to block public access to information about state-issued permits for people to carry concealed weapons. The move comes even as the Department of Public Safety has delayed responding to Freedom of Information requests for the records. Republican Gov. Phil Bryant is expected to sign [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 25,2013
Tags: city government, crime, door to door salesman, law enforcement, municipal, municipality, ordinance, permit, public safety, sales, sell
STARKVILLE — The Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Department wants to require door-to-door salesmen to have permits that confirm the legitimacy of their business. The Starkville Daily News reports Chief Deputy Chadd Garnett has told supervisors that some county residents had complained week about magazine salesmen who were asking people to buy subscriptions they claimed would be [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 18,2013
Tags: alcohol, drinking, entertainment, license, liquor, nightclubs, nightlife, public safety, regulation, secutty, shooting
TUPELO — Officials say eliminating “bring your own bottle” nightclubs could help control littering, public intoxication, disorderly conduct and assaults in Tupelo. The proposal would require a city beer permit or a state alcohol permit for establishments that serve alcohol and provide entertainment, The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reported. “For me, it’s safety,” said Tupelo [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 14,2012
Tags: beach, county, government, highway, public safety, road, sand, tourism, tourist, transportation, travel, vacation, visitor
HARRISON COUNTY — Officials are looking for ways to keep sand along the Mississippi Gulf Coast on the beach where it belongs — instead of blowing onto U.S. Highway 90. Sand on the highway is a driving hazard, and cleaning it up is costly. WLOX television reports Harrison County has been working with the U.S. [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 5,2012
Tags: accident, autotmobile, car, highway, motorist, public safety, road, transportation, travel, truck, vehicle, white tail deer, wildlife
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) is reminding motorists it is that time of year again — time to watch out for white deer. “Deer movement increases during the fall, making it all the more important for motorists to drive defensively and stay alert, especially at dawn and dusk, to reduce the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 6,2012
Tags: brownfield, cleanup, ecosystem, environment, federal agency, federal government, lumber, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, pollution, public safety, timber, wildlife, wood, workplace safety
PURVIS — The cleanup at the former Davis Timber Co. site should be completed within weeks, the Environmental Protection Agency says. Just last week, workers were putting the final loads of clay over a 3.1-acre where contaminated dirt and water-bottom muck were moved, said Scott Martin, remedial project manager with the agency’s Region Four office [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 24,2012
Tags: congestion, construction, highway, infrastructure, interstate, public safety, road, roadbuilder, roadbuilding, safety, traffic, transportation, travel
DESOTO COUNTY — Mississippi transportation officials are touting the benefits of the Interstate 269 project. After all the segments are complete, I-269 will form a 30-mile bypass around Memphis through Tennessee and Mississippi and will connect to the existing I-69/I-55 corridor hub. The projected corridor eventually will stretch from Canada to Mexico. Mike Tagert, Mississippi’s [...] [...]
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI — Explosions from oil and natural gas tanks tucked away in isolated areas killed 44 people in the last three decades, federal regulators said yesterday as they called on companies and officials to make the storage sites safer. Thousands of tanks are in places where young people hang out. Those killed were all [...] [...]
CHICKASAW COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) is seeking assistance from the public with any information concerning the removal of steel support “H” pilings from state and local bridges in Chickasaw County. The pilings provide support for the bridges. The removal of any piling puts the motoring public at risk. It is vital [...] [...]
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