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News Tipoffs - Mississippi Editors Newsletter for Wednesday February 19, 2025 ( 3 items )  

Contracts for Feb. 18, 2025
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Feb. 18, 2025 ARMY Schutt Industries of Clintonville Wi Inc., Clintonville, Wisconsin, was awarded a $230,154,899 fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract for M870A4 semitrailer, lowbed, construction equipment transporters. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of May  more

Delta Man Sentenced to Prison for His Role in Firearms Trafficking Conspiracy
OXFORD, Mississippi, Feb. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2025: * * * Delta Man Sentenced to Prison for His Role in Firearms Trafficking Conspiracy Aberdeen, MS - Jarvis Hood, 23 of Belzoni, was sentenced on Tuesday to five years in prison for conspiring to transfer firearms to Chicago, Illinois residents and making false statements to federal firearms licensees during the purchase of multiple firearm  more

Surface Transportation Board Issues Notice Involving Arkansas Louisiana & Mississippi Railroad
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. AB 1342X) entitled "Arkansas Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad Co. - Discontinuance of Service Exemption - in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana": * * * Arkansas Louisiana & Mississippi Railroad Co. (ALM) has filed a verified notice of exemption/1 under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F--Exempt Abandonments and Discontinuances of Service to discontinue service over an approxim  more