PICAYUNE — TROPICAL WEATHER — Tropical Storm Igor formed Wednesday southeast of the Cape Verde Islands and was at 13.7N, 23.7W Wednesday afternoon with winds of 40 mph, moving west at 6 mph and should continue west with some increase in speed and some strengthening. Tropical Depression Hermine was drenching Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma with rains of four to six inches at 32.9N, 99.1W with winds of 25 mph and weakening moving north-northeast at 10 mph. The remnants of Gaston were south of the Dominican Republic and has a near zero chance of become a tropical cyclone as it moves west at 10 to 15 mph. Disorganized thunderstorms associated with a low pressure area near the Windwards has a 10 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours as it moves west-northwest at 5-10 mph. A low pressure system east of the Cape Verde Islands is expected to move westward and be absorbed by Igor in the next day or two. (Map courtesy of NOAA)
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TROPICAL WEATHER — Tropical Storm Igor formed Wednesday southeast of the Cape Verde Islands and was at 13.7N, 23.7W Wednesday afternoon with winds of 40 mph, moving west at 6 mph and should continue west with some increase in speed and some strengthening. Tropical Depression Hermine was drenching Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma with rains of four to six inches at 32.9N, 99.1W with winds of 25 mph and weakening moving north-northeast at 10 mph. The remnants of Gaston were south of the Dominican Republic and has a near zero chance of become a tropical cyclone as it moves west at 10 to 15 mph. Disorganized thunderstorms associated with a low pressure area near the Windwards has a 10 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours as it moves west-northwest at 5-10 mph. A low pressure system east of the Cape Verde Islands is expected to move westward and be absorbed by Igor in the next day or two. NOAA
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Contract workers are at the Superfund site in Picayune cleaning up creosote contaminated soil.
Contract workers are at the Superfund site in Picayune cleaning up creosote contaminated soil. The work will take about a year to complete and will include treatment of the ground water.
- Work continuing at Superfund site The final phase of removing creosote left behind by Picayune Wood Treating off of Rosa Street has begun. Workers under contract with the Corps of Engineers have been working at the 40 acre site for about a month to collect and contain soil contaminated with creosote and other chemicals previously used to treat lumber.
- Local man’s death may have been a hit and run According to a press release from Louisiana State Police Troop L, the accident that took the life of 32-year-old Richard Miller of Carriere on Dec. 28, of last year was possibly the result of a hit and run.
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Southern Crabapple proves to be favorite with local gardeners
Now’s the time to plant a tree in Mississippi.
Although national Arbor Day is held on the last Friday of April, states celebrate the day on different dates, based on the best tree planting date for that individual state.
Friday was Arbor Day in Mississippi, and in conjunction with that, the Crosby Arboretum on Saturday held its annual Arbor Day Sale, offering all types of varieties of trees, shrubs and some perennials, said Terry Johnson, superintendent of buildings and grounds at the Arboretum. All the plants on sale were native and natural to Mississippi.
- Dungan outlines planned bridge projects Last week, county engineer Les Dungan told supervisors that he was recommending that the board accept as complete a bridge replacement project on Holden Road and release the contractor. The board on Monday voted to accept the bridge as complete.
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SIDEWALK WORK CONTINUES
SIDEWALK WORK CONTINUES — Jeffrey Hartfield, left, and Eddie Fry finish up sidewalk work in front of Snyder Park on Beech Street on Thursday. They work for RJM, which subcontracted the work from HSI. Almost the full length of Beech is getting a workover in a $400,000 project.
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CROSSES ERECTED
St. Charles Catholic Church on Goodyear Boulevard has erected crosses it says represents the number of abortion daily in the U.S.
- Shooting suspects bound to grand jury Two of the three suspects involved in December’s deadly shoot-out have been bound over to the grand jury. Those defendants are 27-year-old Quincy Jones and 31-year-old Decori King.
- Saturday noon is last chance to register to vote in March 13 primaries The heated race to see who will get the Republican nomination for President continues and is coming to Pearl River County, as voters trek to the polls to vote in the Republican and Democratic presidential primaries on March 13, and in the primaries for the U.S. Senate and congressional races.
- Friends of Boley discuss next cleanup Members of the Friends of Boley met Thursday morning to plan for their next big cleanup. With the next cleanup scheduled for April 21, Christy Goss, a city employee, suggested combining that effort with the Great American Cleanup the city participates in each year.
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