Lamar County Fire Service Receives FEMA Grants
Hub City Spokes
Lamar County Fire Service Receives FEMA Grants
By Haskel Burns
Lamar County fire service officials recently received $396,785 of more than $1.85 million in grant money given throughout the state from the Federal Management Agency as part of the Fiscal Year 2017 Assistance to...
Kavanaugh’s qualifications to take center stage at confirmation hearing
Clarion-Ledger, Jackson
Kavanaugh’s qualifications to take center stage at confirmation hearing
Cindy Hyde-Smith, Guest columnist
Mississippians will have an opportunity soon to learn firsthand what I already know — Judge Brett Kavanaugh is an excellent choice to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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City in DeSoto County buying its own airport
Memphis Business Journal
City in DeSoto County buying its own airport
By Jason Bolton
One of the busiest metro airports will be under a local city’s ownership, thanks to an FAA grant.
Olive Branch Airport was awarded $14.9 million in a recent round of Airport Improvement Program funding by...
FEMA grant will help Harrison County schools make roofs stronger against storm winds
Sun Herald, Biloxi
FEMA grant will help Harrison County schools make roofs stronger against storm winds
By Robin Fitzgerald
Eight Harrison County schools in need of stronger roofs to withstand hurricane-force winds of up to 180 mph will benefit from a federal grant of nearly $7 million...
Parker: 'We are Scenic Rivers'
McComb Enterprise-Journal
Parker: 'We are Scenic Rivers'
By Matt Williamson
The local hospital is Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center. The local community college is Southwest Mississippi Community College. Numerous local businesses, nonprofits and government agencies have "Southwest...