by Associated Press Published: February 22,2012
Tags: convenience stores, elections, environment, fine, gasoline, Politics, pollution, retail, retailer, state government
EUPORA — Republican congressional candidate Henry Ross is paying a $1,000 fine for failing to test fuel tanks at his north Mississippi convenience store.
Ross told The Associated Press he mailed the check yesterday to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, which found that he failed to test one or more of the gas tanks at [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 22,2012
Tags: biking, community development, economic development, economic impact, fitness, hiking, outdoors, rails to trails, retail, retailers, tourism, tourists, trail, visitors
NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI — New Albany businessman Travis Wiseman says he’s ready to see rails converted to trails.
Wiseman’s Union Appliance and Furniture in downtown New Albany sits next to what will be the start of the Rails to Trails project.
Wiseman expects a boost in traffic and business from the trail, which is expected to attract hundreds [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 22,2012
Tags: angl;er, angling, community development, construction, fisherman, fishing, hurricanes, outdoors, pier, severe weather, storms, tourism, tourists, tropical weather, visitors, Weather
OCEAN SPRINGS — Jackson County supervisors plan to open the Ocean Springs Fishing Pier this week, as soon as the final inspection is complete.
The popular pier, destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, was originally a piece of the old U.S. 90 bridge over Back Bay.
Rebuilt with $2 million from FEMA, it has four covered pavilions, cement pilings [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 22,2012
Tags: banking, Banks, construction, county government, courts, finance, financial institutions, funding, infrastructure, judges, judicial, judiciary, loan, projects
JACKSON COUNTY — Jackson County supervisors have voted to borrow $2.5 million in a five-year note to complete multiple projects.
The Mississippi Press reports about $1.2 million will go toward site work on the new Adult Detention Facility and $430,000 will fund a Highway Patrol building on Mississippi 57.
Another $430,000 will go to improvements at the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 22,2012
Tags: attorney general, counseling, entertainment, investigation, law enforcement, mayor, misappropriations, municipal government, pay, salaries, SCANDAL, sex, sex shop, state government, stipends
SOUTHAVEN — The Southaven Board of Alderman has asked the attorney general’s office whether two stipends received by Mayor Greg Davis are legal.
The Commercial Appeal reports a $5,000 educational stipend and a $2,700 longevity stipend are added to the mayor’s $145,000 annual salary.
A seven-month investigation by the state auditor’s office revealed that Davis misspent $153,000 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 22,2012
Tags: appropriations, executive branch, governor, governor's mansion, inmates, lawmakers, legislative branch, legislators, Legislature, pardons, Staff, state government, trusties
JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant is requesting an additional $355,531 to cover expenses for his staff through the end of the fiscal year after his predecessor, Haley Barbour, spent more than half of the yearly budget for the governor’s staff before departing.
Bryant is also seeking $119,000 to pay for workers at the Governor’s Mansion for [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 22,2012
Tags: courts, disaster, energy, environment, explosion, gas, habitat, hospitality, lawsuit, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, pollution, restaurants, seafood, settlement, state government, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — Mississippi’s share of a settlement from a minority partner in BP’s blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico will go into the state’s Pollution Emergency Fund.
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality supervises the fund.
Attorney General Jim Hood said in a news release yesterday that MOEX Offshore will spend another $5 million [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 22,2012
Tags: arrest, automobiles, car dealer, car dealership, Cars, courts, illegal drugs, investigation, law, law enforcement, marijuana, trafficing, used cars
JACKSON — The owner of a used car dealership in Jackson and two other men have been charged with possession with intent to distribute 416 pounds of marijuana after a tip led authorities to the car lot, federal court records said.
Jeremy Lee Stambaugh, owner of Paradise Auto Sales in south Jackson, was arrested at the [...] [...]
WASHINGTON — A former aide to Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) convicted in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal must spend 15 weekends in jail after getting kicked out of her halfway house for bringing in a steak knife.
Ann Copland’s attorney told the judge who sentenced her yesterday that she mistakenly left the knife and a fork [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 21,2012
Tags: bill, Charter schools, education, elementary education, Internet, law, lawmakers, legislature. legislative branch, online, schools, secondary education
JACKSON — Online charter schools would not be allowed under a bill that Mississippi senators are pushing forward.
A committee agreed today to an amendment banning such virtual schools, which have been a subject of intense argument among education advocates.
The bill would also let charter schools sponsor prekindergarten programs, although no state money is provided for [...] [...]
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