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First responders from Simpson County Sheriff’s Office, the state and county emergency management offices, and “other state assets” were on the scene of the bridge collapse, Tate said.
A portion of a Mississippi bridge in the process of being demolished collapsed prematurely, killing three workers, officials said. The bridge, which spanned the Strong River in Simpson County on ...
The bridge, located about 40 miles south of Jackson on State Route 149 over the Strong River in Simpson County, had been closed for nearly a month so crews could demolish it, the Mississippi ...
Magee is approximately 42 miles south of Jackson, 45 miles north of Hattiesburg, [5] and 12 miles south of Mendenhall, the county seat of Simpson County. [6] Magee's first mayor was R.P. Vinson, who served from 1900 to 1907. [5] In 2013, First Baptist Church in downtown Magee was seriously damaged by a fire but has been restored. [7]
This made the State of Mississippi the first state in America to use ALERT FM. Since that time, ALERT FM has been expanded across the State of Mississippi and the United States. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency was able to expand the Mississippi state-wide system to include a total of 85 radio stations in Mississippi.
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Mississippi.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 342 law enforcement agencies employing 7,707 sworn police officers, about 262 for each 100,000 residents. [1]
At least 25 people were killed by violent tornadoes that touched down in Mississippi on Friday night, according to the state's emergency management agency. The twisters left behind total ...
On August 26, the Mississippi National Guard was activated, raising the level of concern, and on August 27, the state government activated its Emergency Operations Center, and local governments began issuing evacuation orders: the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) [19] advised not opening shelters in coastal counties. However, on ...