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MARION COUNTY, MS (WDAM) - A weekend-long drug raid left 22 individuals behind bars, and more arrests to come. According to Marion County Sheriff Berkley Hall, the drug raid is the result of severalMore >>
A weekend-long drug raid left 22 individuals behind bars, and more arrests to come.More >>
It's been less than 10 months since the world record for a lottery prize. On Saturday night, it could conceivably fall once again.More >>
It's all about the odds, and one single ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials disclosed Sunday.More >>
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Coastal residents added their voices to those calling for the end of energy policies that hurt the environment. The Hands Across the Sand demonstrations took place on beaches around the world on Saturday.More >>
Coastal residents added their voices to those calling for the end of energy policies that hurt the environment. The Hands Across the Sand demonstrations took place on beaches around the world on Saturday. In South Mississippi, the concern centered around the state government's plan to allow offshore drilling off coastal waters.More >>
Iran's state radio says authorities have executed two men convicted of spying for Israel's Mossad and the American CIA spy agency.More >>
Iran's state radio says authorities have executed two men convicted of spying for Israel's Mossad and the American CIA spy agency.More >>
HATTIESBURG, MS (WDAM) -
After more than a year of
dredging the South Sewage lagoon, the sludge removal is still ongoing, but Hattiesburg
city officials believe soon the rotten odor smell in East Hattiesburg will improve.
In January, the city hired a
second dredging company, Merrell Brothers, to assist L and A Contracting and
speed up the process.
The $6,000,000 project is
taking longer than estimated since the amount of sludge is more than what the
city expected.
"We're hoping the first couple of weeks into April we'll be done,"
said City of Hattiesburg Director of Engineering, Bert Kuyrkendall. "We will have
removed about 11,000 dry tons of sludge."
The sludge is said to have been caused by USA Yeast,
who is currently constructing a new system in their plant to treat its wastewater before
putting it into the sewer system.
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