MCCOMB, Miss. (AP) - The McComb city board will borrow $2.5 million to settle a yearlong legal battle with Siemens Building Technology over a disputed contract to install digital water meters.
The Enterprise-Journal reports (http://bit.ly/VqBcfm ) the city plans to issue general obligation bonds to raise funds to pay off the company, which had a
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A scoring error on an exit test has prevented five Mississippi high school students from graduating, and another 121 students were affected. And now the testing company responsible for the error is paying up.
The Clarion-Ledger reports (http://on.thec-l.com/THEPvW ) Pearson North America, a testing company with a state
...PURVIS, Miss. (AP) - Officials have recovered the car owned by an elderly Lamar County woman who was murdered over the weekend.
Sheriff Danny Rigel tells The Hattiesburg American (http://hatne.ws/WKX0HK ) Ada Smith's white 1993 Buick was found hidden in a swampy area near Slidell, La., at around noon Wednesday.
The 95-year-old Smith was found dead
...GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies and Mississippi State University's College of Veterinary Medicine will work together to study the health of the Gulf of Mexico.
The Sun Herald reports (http://bit.ly/RkjtGF ) representatives from each group announced Wednesday a formal partnership to research protected, threatened and
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