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Advisory lifted on stretch of Hancock County beach

MBJ Staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 11:54:24 +0000

BAY ST. LOUIS — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, has lifted a water contact advisory for a stretch of beach in Hancock County. MDEQ has cleared Station 4 — Bay St. Louis, which extends from the box culvert to Ballantine Street. Water samples at this station show the [...]

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Contractor named one of safest in U.S. by ABC

MBJ Staff — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:31:05 +0000

PHILADELPHIA — The national Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) has honored Yates Construction for maintaining a safety record that has earned the company recognition in the NAICS 236 – General Contractor category of ABC’s National Safety Excellence Awards. Michael D. Bellaman, ABC president and CEO, said, “Yates Construction has truly shown a dedication to becoming [...]

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Bill passes allowing armed teachers, staff in public schools

Associated Press — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:02:10 +0000

JACKSON — House members want to steer the school safety debate back toward letting school districts arm teachers and employees. The House voted 70-46 to amend Senate Bill 2659 to allow school districts to decide to allow guns in schools. The Senate bill had included a proposal by Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves to help schools [...]

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Trial delayed in poultry exporting fraud case

Associated Press — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:39:44 +0000

GULFPORT — Trial has been delayed for three men accused of falsifying temperatures of poultry exported to Russia from Pascagoula. The Sun Herald reports 38-year-old Terry White, of Ocean Springs, 39-year-old Gerald Miller, of Gautier, and 55-year-old Patrick McClain, of Pascagoula, were set for trial this week in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. They are [...]

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County building gets scanners in the wake of shootings

Associated Press — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:23:24 +0000

HERNANDO — Door-size walk-through scanners soon will stand guard just inside the two rotunda entrances to the DeSoto County Administration Building to bolster security at the busy facility in downtown Hernando. County administrator Vanessa Lynchard tells The Commercial Appeal no particular local incident led to the move, but the backdrop of the Aurora, Colo., movie [...]

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Thompson pushing Congress for levee-repair program

Associated Press — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:36:11 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The top Democrat on the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee says Congress must establish a program to help state and local governments repair levees across the nation. Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi says he issued his statement in response to a report by The Associated Press that showed 326 levees covering more [...]

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After two years, highway improvement project complete

Associated Press — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:27:20 +0000

PETAL — Officials, businesses and residents in the city of Petal are welcoming the end of a $13 million two-year highway improvement project. The Hattiesburg American reports the project widened Mississippi Highway 42 from two lanes to four and installed turn lanes. Petal Mayor Hal Marx says residents are pleased with the decrease in traffic [...]

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Medical sharps program surpasses one-million milestone

MBJ Staff — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 04:01:12 +0000

JACKSON — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) reports the Household Medical Sharps Collection Program has collected more than one million household medical sharps since the beginning of the program in 2010. The program was developed by MDEQ to reduce the number of household medical sharps being disposed of in household garbage and toilets. [...]

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MDEQ lifts beach closure following sewage spill

MBJ Staff — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:19:29 +0000

BILOXI — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, has lifted a beach closure issued Oct. 13 in Biloxi. The closure extended for a section of beach from Mockingbird Lane on the west to Edgewater Drive on the east and included Beach Station 11A-Edgewater Beach. Last Saturday, the City of [...]

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Woman accused of posing as OSHA trainer; bilked fisherman for $200K+

Associated Press — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:29:46 +0000

WIGGINS — A Mississippi woman is accused of posing as a federal worker to make nearly $216,000 giving fraudulent training classes to fishermen who hoped to get jobs cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010. A 22-count federal indictment unsealed yesterday alleges that Connie M. Knight, 46, used phony credentials, diplomas and [...]

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