WTVA-TV Tupelo
Contract awarded to build helicopters at Columbus plant
By Melvin Carlock
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WTVA) -- The U. S. Army awarded a contract to purchase helicopters built in Columbus.
Sen. Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith announced the $122.6 million contact for Airbus Helicopter.
Th...
Jackson Clarion-Ledger
City of Clinton gets $766K federal grant for water infrastructure projects
By Justin Vicory
The city of Clinton will receive more than $766,000 in federal funding for infrastructure work, U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith announced on Monday.
The money will be used for several...
Life News
Supreme Court Will Hear Case That Could Result in Ending Obamacare, Which Funds Abortions
By Steven Ertelt
WASHINGTON, DC - The Supreme Court has decided to hear a case that could result in throwing out Obamacare, the government-run health care program that funds killing babies in...
Pine Belt News
Officials Outline Details of Upcoming Railroad Overpass
By Haskel Burns
Against the backdrop of a stationary Canadian National train, Mayor Toby Barker – along with other city, county and state officials – laid out the plan for a $5.39 grant that will help build an overpass over...
Vicksburg Post
Column: Federal officials have responded to calls for help with the Vicksburg National Military Park
By Tim Reeves
Who says a personal letter doesn’t work these days?
Monday, Mayor George Flaggs Jr. sent a letter to President Trump asking for the his intervention in getting...
Homeland Security Today
Coast Guard Trying to ‘Focus Resources’ with Limited Budget, Acting DHS Secretary Tells Congress
By Bridget Johnson
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said that “the readiness of the Coast Guard continues to be an issue, as it does with all of our service...
WLOX-TV Biloxi
Chief of Naval Operations says connection with Ingalls is solid
By Mike Lacy
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WLOX) - Adm. Michael Gilday has had a long history with Ingalls.
Thirty-seven years ago, he first came here as a midshipman in the Naval Academy, and while in the Navy, he sailed on...
KFGO-Radio Fargo, N.D.
Senator John Thune rebukes lift on Brazilian beef
By Anson Mareus
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KELO.com) -- U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a longtime member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today led a bipartisan group of senators in expressing their concern with the U.S...
WDAM-TV Hattiesburg
Hattiesburg awarded $5.39 million grant to improve downtown rail crossings
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - The Hub City has been awarded a multi-million dollar federal grant to build a new route in downtown to improve safety and cut down on traffic delays at railroad crossings.
Se...
Magee News
Hyde-Smith Sees Continued Shipbuilding Needs To Meet Growing Coast Guard Mission Responsibilities
By Patrice Boykin
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today said she wants to ensure the U.S. Department of Homeland Security allocates sufficient shipbuilding...
