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Army Corps of Engineers: Backwater levees must be raised or face de-certification


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The Mississippi Delta may finally be drying out after an historic flood inundated 200 square miles of the region last spring. But the flood left behind a giant-sized worry for the region — the prospect of de-certification of the Yazoo Backwater Levee…

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Regulators OK Jimmy Buffet’s casino involvement


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JACKSON, Mississippi – Jimmy Buffett tells gambling regulators that opening his new Margaritaville Casino and Resort will be exciting, but creating jobs along his native Mississippi Gulf Coast has been a rewa…

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Gulfport casino development denied


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JACKSON — The Mississippi Gaming Commission has asked casino developer Rotate Black to try again. The commission, in a 3-0 vote Thursday, again rejected the company’s plan for the Harbor Town Casino on the waterfront in Gulfport. In April, the …

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TVA: Lack of rainfall negatively imacting hydroelectric generation


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NORTH MISSISSIPPI — The Tennessee Valley Authority says a lack of rainfall has hydroelectric generation running 12 percent below normal. Hydro is TVA’s cheapest source of electricity, but accounts for only about 8 percent of the power the feder…

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MDAC takes Korean oysters off shelves following FDA ruling


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AROUND MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) has placed off sale several packages of frozen Korean oysters, because the product was from an unapproved source and considered to be adulterated by the Federal Food a…

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Buffett attends certification meeting for Magaritaville Casino


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JACKSON — Jimmy Buffett says creating jobs on the Gulf Coast is a rewarding part of his new Margaritaville Casino and Resort in Mississippi. Buffett was in Jackson today when the Mississippi Gaming Commission signed off the certification for the casi…

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DSU introduces three new MBA offerings


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CLEVELAND — This fall, Delta State University’s College of Business will introduce three new emphases in the MBA program including human resource management, health care administration and information systems management. Each emphasis is 12 hours i…

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Cochran again expresses ‘serious misgivings’ about EPA decision


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DESOTO COUNTY — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) yesterday again expressed his serious misgivings with an Environmental Protection Agency decision to place parts of DeSoto County under new air quality rules, cautioning that the designation could cast a pa…

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Judge wants Ladners’ alleged co-conspirators identified


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HANCOCK COUNTY — A federal judge has ordered the government to identify alleged co-conspirators in a case involving a Hancock County couple accused of being involved in a kickback scheme related to storm cleanup contracts. Roger Ladner, a former Hanc…

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Court rules for community college in workplace retalition case


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RAYMOND — A federal appeals court has ruled for Hinds Community College in a workplace retaliation case. In 2010, a Mississippi federal judge ordered the school to pay a former professor $345,020 after a federal jury found she had been the victim of …

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City budgets $175K to finance proposed annexation


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PASCAGOULA — An additional $175,000 will come out of the Pascagoula general fund this fiscal year to finance annexation. The Mississippi Press reports city leaders approved the budget amendment. The city’s plan to annex about 21 square miles ea…

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Tax-forfeited properties up for bid in Port City


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GREENVILLE — Eighty tax-forfeited parcels at a value of over $265,000 in the Greenville area up for bid, and Greenville Mayor Chuck Jordan and Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann held a joint press conference yesterday to market these lands. “Tax-f…

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Gov. Bryant to sign voter ID legislation today


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JACKSON — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant plans a ceremony today to sign a voter ID bill. The measure will become law only if it is approved by the U.S. Justice Department. Because of Mississippi’s history of racial discrimination, federal approva…

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Mississippi doctor wanted photo of lawyer with ‘bullet between his eyes’ in murder-for-hire case


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A well-known Mississippi oncologist accused of orchestrating a plot to kill his ex-wife's divorce lawyer said he wanted a picture of the slain attorney with a "bullet between his eyes."

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George County’s SPIRIT students plan second event to kick off summer fun


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LUCEDALE, Mississippi — Sixth-grade SPIRIT (Special Program in Reaching the Intellectually Talented) students of George County have worked for months to get ready for the second annual School's Out … …

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Harbor Landing in Ocean Springs prepares to close as state Department of Marine Resources takes over


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The 18 months the Harris family had to operate Harbor Landing boat storage facility is about to expire, said William Walker, executive director of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources.

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Spotted sea trout season set to close Saturday


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The state Department of Marine Resources says the commercial fishing season for spotted sea trout will close at 6 a.m. Saturday.

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Caterpillar to Expand in Corinth, Miss., with Construction of New Logistics Service Center


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Tammy Craft, MDA Public Relations 601.359.6556tcraft@mississippi.org
Corinth, Miss. (May 17, 2012) – Governor Phil Bryant announced today Caterpillar is locating warehousing and logistics operations in a new 540,000-s…

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Court shoots down $1.4M tort judgment against Navy


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NEW ORLEANS — Federal prosecutors say the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a $1.4 million judgment against the Navy for allegedly disclosing trade secrets on the design of a military craft to a …

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Show’s boats are wooden treasures


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BILOXI — The Billy Creel Memorial Gulf Coast Wooden Boat Show offers a piece of South Mississippi for all ages.

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Herman Johnson bail reduced to $250K


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BAY ST. LOUIS, Mississippi — A Hancock County man has been released on $250,000 bond on charges in the death of 50-year-old Louis Matranga in April.

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Katrina cleanup investigation: Ladners to stand trial in July


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GULFPORT, Mississippi — A federal judge has ordered the government to identify alleged coconspirators in a case involving a Hancock County couple accused of being involved in a kickback scheme related to sto…

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Dolphins photographed in damage assessment process (gallery)


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PASCAGOULA, Mississippi — Dolphins in the Mississippi Sound from western Horn Island to eastern Petit Bois Island have been photographed since the summer of 2010 as part of the assessment of damages from the…

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Mary Kennedy, estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., found dead in her home


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Mary Richardson Kennedy, who had fought drug and alcohol problems, was found dead in her home Wednesday.

In this Feb. 3, 2009 file photo, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., right, and wife M…

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Florida thieves lift hospital equipment used to test patient with mad-cow-like disease


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Medical equipment stolen from an Orlando, Fla., hospital earlier this month was used in an April brain biopsy that discovered prion disease, a neurological disorder that in a form can be caused by mad cow dis…

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Moss Point working through gas line woes


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Moss Point aldermen awarded a $75,000 emergency repair contract this month to a Brookhaven company to help the city catch up on repairing leaky gas lines.

MOSS POINT, Mississipp…

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‘So sorry, Mississippi’ says N.C. newspaper columnist


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"We know better than to make fun of others when they don't deserve it."

Charlotte Observer columnist Mark Washburn (charlotteobserver.com)
Mississippi: We owe you…

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‘A true lady’ remembered: For Earline Johnson, community, Johnson Bros. Jewelry were like family


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PASCAGOULA — Local business pioneer Mrs. Earline Johnson remembered as true lady.

View full sizeMrs. Earline Johnson and her husband, Mr. Hardy Johnson, help a customer at John…

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Two Pascagoula men arrested on sex charges in unrelated incidents


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PASCAGOULA, Mississippi — Two Pascagoula men were arrested recently on sex charges in unrelated incidents, Pascagoula Police report.

View full sizeElmer Smith Jr.

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Grand Bay National Estaurine Research Reserve in Moss Point observes wetlands month


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MOSS POINT, Mississippi – The Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve will offer "Walk through a Wetland" Saturday, May 19, in celebration of American Wetlands Month.

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Jackson County Crime, May 16, 2012


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Jackson County's Sheriff Department reported the following incidents from May 16.

Jackson County’s Sheriff Department reported the following incidents from
May 16
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Investigators chase tips in Mississippi highway shootings, urge drivers to be alert


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As they search for suspects in two highway killings, authorities in northwest Mississippi are urging drivers to use caution when approached by any vehicle with flashing blue lights.

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Detective testifies about video showing Greenwood murder-for-hire discussion


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A Mississippi police detective has testified that a video shows an oncologist and an alleged hit man discussing a plot to kill the divorce lawyer who represented the doctor's ex-wife.

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Deadline nearing for SBA drought-related disaster loans


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ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes that June 14 is the filing dead…

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TEC lowers long distance rates for residences, businesses


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BAY SPRINGS — TEC has decreased its residential and business non-day long distance rates by 17 percent. The rate decrease is retroactive to May 1. “As part of our vision, TEC’s focus is to make a positive impact on our customers, our employees an…

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