Thursday - November 21, 2024
Federal Tipoffs Involving Mississippi Newsletter for Friday November 08, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Combined USACE, Army Engineer Research & Development Center Teams Seek to Wipe Out Aquatic Nuisance
VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: By Crystal Maynard, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lists hydrilla - or water thyme - as the "world's worst invasive aquatic plant," and one specific strain of hydrilla is drawing the attention of federal agencies, including the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC). Connecticut River hydrilla has pr  more

Miss. U.S. Attorney: Mississippi District Attorney, Mayor of Jackson, and Jackson City Council Member Charged With Bribery and Other Offenses
JACKSON, Mississippi, Nov. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2024: An indictment was unsealed today in the Southern District of Mississippi charging Hinds County District Attorney, Jody E. Owens II, 43; Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, Chokwe Antar Lumumba, 41; and former President and current member of the Jackson City Council, Aaron Banks, 47, all of Jackson, with participating in a bribery scheme to enrich  more