Mississippi Business Journal » strom http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 21 May 2013 19:01:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Man gets 12 years in prison for Katrina-related construction fraud http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/28/man-gets-12-years-in-prison-for-katrina-related-construction-fraud/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=man-gets-12-years-in-prison-for-katrina-related-construction-fraud http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/28/man-gets-12-years-in-prison-for-katrina-related-construction-fraud/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:22:38 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=68752 WIGGINS — A former Wiggins businessman has been sentenced to serve 12 years in prison for defrauding south Mississippi homeowners who had hired him to fix their properties after Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. Harrison County Circuit Judge John Gargiulo sentenced 53-year-old Charles Lynn Reeder earlier this week to a total of 15 years in [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/28/man-gets-12-years-in-prison-for-katrina-related-construction-fraud/feed/ 0 Authorities continue effort to save two Isaac-damaged dams http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/06/authorities-continue-effort-to-save-two-isaac-damaged-dams/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=authorities-continue-effort-to-save-two-isaac-damaged-dams http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/06/authorities-continue-effort-to-save-two-isaac-damaged-dams/#comments Thu, 06 Sep 2012 17:46:36 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=62270 LAMAR COUNTY and PIKE COUNTY — Mississippi Emergency Management Agency says the release of water from two damaged dams in Lamar and Pike counties continues. MEMA director Robert Latham says while it uncertain how any additional rainfall may impact these dams, work will continue until the risk to the public is eliminated. Neither dam has [...]

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