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Family of guard killed in prison riot sues
Natchez :: MS :: USA | 13 days ago
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Miss. The family of a guard killed during a prison riot in Mississippi has filed a federal lawsuit that says inadequate staffing and poor treatment created a dangerous environment. Correction officer Catlin Carithers was beaten to death during the
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Justice In The Segregated South: A New Look At An Old Killing
Natchez :: MS :: USA | 17 days ago
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Gabbert remembers the coroner's jury met at the ice house and that the sheriff presented one piece of physical evidence: Queen's old revolver. "I remember vividly the gun, what it looked like to this day," he says. "It was silver-plated...Outside the
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Natchez schools' accreditation set for this week
Natchez :: MS :: USA | 22 days ago
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Miss. (AP) Members of an accreditation and school improvement organization will visit schools in the Natchez-Adams School District this week to determine if they qualify for another five-year accreditation. AdvancED is a nonprofit, non-governmental
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Natchez-Adams board approves magnet school
Natchez :: MS :: USA | 2 months ago
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Miss. (AP) The Natchez-Adams School District will operate a magnet school beginning in the fall with a focus on science, technology, engineering and math. The Natchez Democrat reports ( http://bit.ly/ZbFc7y) that the school board voted this past week
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Adams Co. gets funds for work at KiOR site
Natchez :: MS :: USA | 2 months ago
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Miss. (AP) Adams County has received $3.9 million in grants from the state for work on a levee and new water system on the former Belwood County Club property, the future site of KiOR's Natchez alternative fuel production facility. The Natchez
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Bars let patrons drink in smoke-free atmosphere
Natchez :: MS :: USA | 3 months ago
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Miss. (AP) The air in a few Natchez watering holes is getting a bit fresher as several bars and restaurants are going smoke-free. Bowie's Tavern is the latest to prohibit smoking inside their establishment, following the Castle Restaurant & Pub at
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Lawmaker: Miss. gas tax increase needed in future
Natchez :: MS :: USA | 3 months ago
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Miss. (AP) A top lawmaker says Mississippi needs to increase its gasoline tax to pay for highway and bridge maintenance, but he concedes that's not likely to happen this year. House Transportation Chairman Robert Johnson says 40 percent of
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Rentech to shutter research plant in Commerce City, cutting 65 jobs
Natchez :: MS :: USA | 3 months ago
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Font Resize Rentech Inc. will mothball a research and development facility in Commerce City and eliminate 65 positions after struggling to bring its alternative fuels into commercial production, the Los Angeles company said Thursday. "We believe the
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Rentech to shut Colorado biofuel R&D unit, eliminate jobs
Natchez :: MS :: USA | 3 months ago
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Font Resize Bloomberg News Rentech Inc. will close an alternative energy research and development unit in Colorado and eliminate 65 jobs as the company focuses on investments with near-term profitability. Rentech will take a $16 million non-cash
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Teachers to rewrite curriculum for all grades
Natchez :: MS :: USA | 3 months ago
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Miss. (AP) Teachers, curriculum specialists and other Natchez-Adams School District staff won't get much of a summer break this year as 130 of them will begin working to rewrite the district's curriculum for all grades. The Natchez Democrat reports (
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