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Police want tighter controls on vehicle-for-hire companies

Associated Press — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:56:50 +0000

VICKSBURG — The Public Transportation Board is reviewing a proposal from the Vicksburg police department for penalizing companies offering vehicles for hire for violations of the local cab ordinance. The Vicksburg Post reports the transportation board got a first look at the proposal this week and will review it again June 11. “This came about [...]

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Officials say port trucks tearing up local roads

Associated Press — Mon, 13 May 2013 11:39:11 +0000

WIGGINS — Stone County officials said trucks hauling material to the Port of Gulfport are causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in road damage. County officials went before port commissioners this week, asking them to pay part of the repair bill because they don’t have enough money to fix the roads. County officials said the [...]

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County, city to partner on cost of replacing old bridge

Associated Press — Thu, 09 May 2013 12:55:25 +0000

OLIVE BRANCH — DeSoto County plans to team with Olive Branch on a $600,000 project to replace an old timber-supported bridge on State Line Road over Johns Creek. The Commercial Appeal reports that a consulting engineer working on the project says the bridge is one of DeSoto County’s last remaining timber bridges. The county Board [...]

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Massive LNG storage tank makes journey to Coast

MBJ Staff — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:35:02 +0000

SOUTH MISSISSIPPI — Motorists in South Mississippi had a “little” something to watch out for yesterday. Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) officials and local law enforcement officers assisted MEF Transportation, LLC in moving an empty liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tank from the Louisiana state line at Natchez to Seaway Road in Gulfport. This 190 [...]

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Airline cutting Capitol City flights to Houston, Baltimore

Associated Press — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:22:50 +0000

JACKSON — Southwest Airlines is dropping one of its three daily Jackson-to-Houston flights as well as its direct Jackson-to-Baltimore flight. The Clarion-Ledger reports the airline, effective June 1, will no longer offer a 2:10 p.m. departure from Jackson to Houston’s Hobby Airport. It will still have morning and evening departures. And, effective Aug. 1, the [...]

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Mississippian arrested in Turkey for collecting beach rocks

Associated Press — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:01:34 +0000

PURVIS — An American tourist who collected stones during a six-day beach holiday with his wife was briefly detained in Turkey and faces trial for attempting to smuggle historical artifacts. Jason Dement was taken into custody by security officials at Antalya airport, near Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, on Sunday because two of the pieces inside a [...]

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Airline trimming Jackson-to-Houston flight

Associated Press — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:59:43 +0000

JACKSON — Southwest Airlines is dropping one of two flights between Jackson and Houston, Texas, on June 1. Dirk Vanderleest, chief executive officer of the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority, tells The Clarion-Ledger that the discount airline will drop its 2:10 p.m. flight, leaving it with just two — a 6:45 a.m. flight and another at [...]

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Airport, ex-director settle lawsuit just before trial

Associated Press — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:28:50 +0000

TUPELO — A lawsuit against the Tupelo Regional Airport Authority has been settled just days ahead of the scheduled trial. Chief U.S. District Judge Michael P. Mills dismissed a suit by Reid Dawe, a former director of operations at Tupelo Regional Airport. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports Dawe claimed his rights were violated when he [...]

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Right-of-way acquisition to begin for new connector road

Associated Press — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:26:33 +0000

JACKSON COUNTY — Jackson County and the state will begin buying right of way before the end of the year for a new road that will parallel Interstate 10 and connect a popular shopping area in Harrison County with West Jackson County. The Sun Herald reports the Jackson County Board of Supervisors voted for Neel-Schaffer [...]

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Officials unveil multi-million-dollar plan to enhance highway

Associated Press — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:28:04 +0000

EAST MISSISSIPPI — State transportation officials expect to spend about $2 million on improvements to Mississippi Highway 182. The Commercial Dispatch reports Starkville city engineer Edward Kemp told local officials work would include overlaying the road’s surface within city limits, developing landscape islands, improving sidewalk access and re-pouring driveways. Kemp said bid advertisements are expected [...]

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