by Associated Press Published: November 29,2012
Tags: architect, architecture, arena, city, community development, concert, contract, feasibility, government, municipal, municipality, sports, study
JACKSON — A Mississippi consulting firm will conduct a study to determine the feasibility for the city of Monroe, La., to construct a new arena with the possibility of a four-star hotel near it. The News-Star reports the city council approved the $95,000 contract with Jackson-based M3A Architecture to allow the consulting firm to begin [...] [...]
COLUMBUS — A broad-based committee charged with reviewing the potential for athletic programs at Mississippi University for Women has concluded its work by recommending that the university move ahead with further evaluation. The committee expressed general support for a return to athletics in some form. Committee chair Perry Sansing, assistant to the president and university [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 8,2012
Tags: athletics, basketball, coach, education, higher education, land, lease, property, public education, public school, public university, real estate, school, sports
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY — Former Mississippi State basketball coach Rick Stansbury and a business partner will lease about 312 acres of 16th Section school land in Oktibbeha County for $31,290 annually. The county school board had rejected an earlier proposal involving 400 acres from Stansbury and partner John Barnett because the rental fee was too low. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 6,2012
Tags: appeal, athlete, athletics, bench, coach, court, decision, discrimination, employer, employment, higher education, job, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, reverse, ruling, sexual harrassment, sports, trial, university
HATTIESBURG — The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled against three former University of Southern Mississippi soccer coaches who claimed sexual harassment and sexual discrimination. The Hattiesburg American reports the ruling reversed a 2008 Forrest County Circuit verdict that awarded a total of $1.2 million in damages to the coaches. The Supreme Court found insufficient evidence [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 29,2012
Tags: appropriation, athletics, budget, city, fitness, Golf, golf course, government, health, lease, money, municipal, municipality, outdoors, public sector, revenue, sports, tax, tax collection
GREENVILLE — Though there were some hiccups in revenue collections for some city departments during the 2011-12 fiscal year, Greenville ended up with about $122,000 more in collections than the previous year. Steve Osso, the city’s external financial consultant, tells The Delta Democrat Times Greenville brought in almost $15.8 million over the period compared to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 26,2012
Tags: accident, athletics, celebration, energy, explosion, fuel, gasoline, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, natural gas, Oil, oil spill, oilrig, parade, petroleum, postpone, sports, trial
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge — citing the distractions of Mardi Gras and the Super Bowl — has postponed the trial designed to identify causes of the BP well blowout that spawned the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico. The trial had been scheduled to start Jan. 14, but U.S. District Court Judge Carl [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 8,2012
Tags: athlete, athletics, budget, education, fund, funding, higher education, money, sports, university
HATTIESBURG — The University of Southern Mississippi’s athletic department owes the university more than $1.2 million for deficits it ran in three of the past four fiscal years, and the department predicts a shortfall of at least $1 million for 2012-13. But interim Southern Miss president Aubrey Lucas tells the Hattiesburg American measures taken by [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 27,2012
Tags: athletics, bowling, court, embezzle, embezzlement, embezzler, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, league, sports, steal, stealing, theft, thief, trial
HERNANDO — A trial date of Dec. 10 has been scheduled for a Tennessee man for allegedly embezzling prize money from bowling leagues. The Commercial Appeal reports 70-year-old Tommy Hart of Collierville, Tenn., was indicted by a DeSoto County grand jury on a charge that he embezzled nearly $47,000 in prize money from bowling leagues [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 27,2012
Tags: athletics, builder, building, builld, city, community development, construction, contractor, dive, diver, diving, municipal government, municipality, project, sports, swim, swimmer, swimming, water sports
TUPELO — Work crews are putting up a temporary fence this week around the construction site of Tupelo’s new aquatic center. A groundbreaking was held last Tuesday for the $11 million facility being built near the entrance to Veterans Park. Officials say construction will take about 14 months with a grand opening of the nearly [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 24,2012
Tags: athletics, bleachers, city, crime, damage, destruction, hardware, law enforcement, loss, municipal government, municipality, security, sports, steal, stealing, theft, thieves, youth psorts
MCCOMB — Officials say thieves have stolen more than $8,000 worth of equipment from the McComb Sports Complex. The Enterprise-Journal reports everything from nuts and blots to the very bleachers that fans sit in were taken from the park and from a nearby shed. The shed was also damaged. Mayor Whitney Rawlings said the city [...] [...]
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