Archives: 2018

MDEQ Buying Buses For Area Schools

MDEQ RELEASE (Jackson, Miss.) — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has awarded $295,920 to 17 school districts to apply to the purchase of new school buses for the upcoming school year. The rebates were provided to the school districts toward the purchase of new diesel powered buses with more stringent pollution controls to replace older buses thus reducing emissions…

ICE Puts Tupelo Woman in Amory Cooler

AMORY (WCBI) – An Amory officers hunch turns into a meth seizure in the city.  Patrol officers spotted a suspicious car on 3rd Street and decided to check on it. ANDERSON   That’s when they found 32 year old Brittany Anderson of Tupelo carrying the potent form of meth known as ICE.   Anderson faces a possession charge and is free…

The Inn at Little Washington's recipe for success

In a world where diners are always searching for the next big thing, it’s hard to imagine someone maintaining a standard of excellence for 40 years – let alone celebrating that milestone with 200-year-old recipes at the home of one of our founding fathers, Mount Vernon. But chef Patrick O’Connell has never cared about what’s popular. And that helped him…