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    Jackson County Utility Authority Construction crews have been working on fixing the pump station at the corner of Bechtel Boulevard and Government Street for five weeks. Officials say the stench will subside when work is complete. What’s the stench on Bechtel? - By LEIGH COLEMAN
Cindy Litner opens her front door to allow a fresh breeze run through her home on Government Street. The smell of sewage makes her close it again. “It is breath taking,” said Litner. “You just stop...
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Moran: OS moving forward - By FRANK STUMBO
Tears welled in the eyes of Mayor Connie Moran as she received a heart-felt standing ovation from the several hundred Ocean Springs residents in attendance at her 2010 State of the City Address he...
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Pawn shop owner arrested Says arrest was about power
A local pawnshop owner is waiting for his day in court after deputies arrested him for not turning over records to law enforcement officers. Jerry Wayne Frayser, owner of Jerry ’s Shooting Ir...
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Tagged as one of the most dangerous intersections on the Coast, the Ocean Springs Road/U.S. Hwy. 90 realignment project is aimed at constructing a safer roadway for the more than 11,000 motorists who travel the road daily. Improvements to busy OS intersection in final phase - By LEIGH COLEMAN
It is one of the busiest, most congested intersections in Ocean Springs. The Ocean Springs Road and Highway 90 intersection sees more than 10,000 motorists travel through it on a daily basis. But ...
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Officer Stephen Bond Remembered
Remains confirmed off LA coastline Eight months have passed and again a somber mood has returned to the Ocean Springs Police Department after last week’s announcement the results were confirmed th...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to responders sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center....
Thu Mar 11 19:55:06 -0600 2010
BUENA, N.J. (AP) -- He was raised in New Jersey, where he was on the high school wrestling team and earned a black belt in karate. Nearly a decade later, Sharif Mobley is a former nuclear plant worker under arrest in Yemen, suspected of being an al-Qaida member and accused of killing a guard in an attempt to break out of a hospital....
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- An engineering firm hired to oversee the reconstruction of city buildings and infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Katrina has been overcharging the city, including billing for theater tickets and a flight to Las Vegas, an internal investigation found....
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Thu Mar 11 19:58:17 -0600 2010
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Constance McMillen didn't believe her Mississippi school district would really call off her senior prom rather than allow her to show up with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo. On Thursday, a day after the Itawamba County school board did just that, the 18-year-old lesbian high school senior reluctantly returned to campus to some unfriendly looks, she said....
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