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FACT FOCUS: Biden administration isn't banning gas stoves - McComb Enterprise Journal

The Biden administration has come under fire this week due to overcooked fears that it is planning a nationwide ban on gas stoves. The claim was sparked by comments from a Consumer Product Safety Commission official published Monday that “any option is on the table” when it comes to regulating gas stoves, amid growing health concerns over the appliances. In the days after, discussion online evoked images of the government dragging four-burner cooktops from homes, as social media users shared memes of gas stoves with text like, “Don’t Tread On Me.” ...
enterprise-journal.com     Jan 14, 2023

Lisa Marie Presley dies at 54 after hospitalization - McComb Enterprise Journal

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lisa Marie Presley — the only child of Elvis Presley — died Thursday after being hospitalized earlier that day, her mother said in a statement. The singer was 54. “It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us," Priscilla Presley said in a statement Thursday evening. "She was the most passionate, strong and loving woman I have ever known." The announcement came just hours after Priscilla Presley had confirmed that ...
enterprise-journal.com     Jan 14, 2023

Miller to lead Summit police - McComb Enterprise Journal

A Summit resident with experience in patrol and investigations with the sheriff’s department will become the town’s new police chief. Summit councilmen unanimously hired Alex Miller for the job Tuesday and said they plan to hold a swearing-in ceremony for him at Southwest Mississippi Community College on Feb. 2, his first official day of work. “We have one of the most important jo
enterprise-journal.com     Jan 13, 2023

Walthall road work set to begin next week - McComb Enterprise Journal

TYLERTOWN — Two crews from T.L. Wallace Construction are expected to begin paving in Walthall County next week. Engineer Parker Dungan told county supervisors last week that Wallace intended to begin work on a countywide paving project on Monday. Bids for the bridge replacement projects on Breland-Brown, Old Sandy Hook and Sims Thornhill roads are due to be opened next month. Those
enterprise-journal.com     Jan 13, 2023

Walthall officials switch cell carriers - McComb Enterprise Journal

TYLERTOWN — Walthall County supervisors agreed this month to move cellular telephone service for county first responders from C Spire to AT&T. Various members of the county board and the law enforcement community complained for at least the past year about the signal coverage offered by C Spire in the county. “The service cannot get any worse,” Supervisor Doug Popwell said last
enterprise-journal.com     Jan 13, 2023

Summit gets grant for water system upgrades - McComb Enterprise Journal

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Summit officials learned Tuesday that the town has received a $450,000 grant to repair crucial water infrastructure, and they plan to reapply for matching funds from the state for other infrastructure projects after previously being rejected. Ryan Holmes of Dungan Engineering said the Mississippi Development Authority has approved the town’s Community Development Block Grant applica
enterprise-journal.com     Jan 13, 2023

Shloop to build a footwear manufacturing facility in Meridian - McComb Enterprise Journal

• Company to create 56 jobs • Project represents corporate investment of approximately $9 million Shloop, a startup footwear manufacturer, is opening a sustainable manufacturing facility in Meridian. The project is a $9 million investment and will create 56 jobs. The footwear factory will be housed in a circa 1930’s bakery building comprising 30,000 square feet of space in downtown Meridian and will manufacture footwear in a more sustainable manner using renewable energy, recycled ...
enterprise-journal.com     Jan 12, 2023

Transmission high, masks back on at hospital - McComb Enterprise Journal

Transmission high, masks back on at hospitalMcComb Enterprise Journal
enterprise-journal.com     Jan 12, 2023

More file to run for office - McComb Enterprise Journal

politics

Three more people have filed to run for office in Pike County, including a top law enforcement official who is making a bid for sheriff, the newly appointed county prosecutor who is looking to make his job permanent and a circuit clerk hopeful making his third bid for the office. Brad Bellipanni, the current chief deputy of the sheriff’s department, is looking to succeed his boss, Sheriff James Brumfield, who is not running for a second term. Brumfield endorsed Bellipanni for the position when he announced last year that he would not be running for re-election.
enterprise-journal.com     Jan 12, 2023

Dems finalize hospital crisis plan - McComb Enterprise Journal

Democratic legislative leaders will propose a plan this week to address a problem they say most of their Republican counterparts won’t even fully acknowledge: the Mississippi hospital crisis. State health officials have warned lawmakers that 38 rural hospitals across the state are in danger of imminent closure because of budget problems. Some of those hospitals are larger regional ca
enterprise-journal.com     Jan 12, 2023

Posts alarm officials - McComb Enterprise Journal

A Summit volunteer firefighter has come under fire for posting allegedly racist social media posts, with one town official vowing action hours before Tuesday’s town council meeting. Screen shots of three since-deleted Facebook posts from Rob Ratcliffe includes two racially offensive memes and a first-hand account of his visit to a local restaurant in October in which he calls a youn
enterprise-journal.com     Jan 12, 2023

Prince Harry accuses royals of complicity in Meghan's pain - McComb Enterprise Journal

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry has accused the royal family of being complicit in his wife Meghan’s anguish, claiming his stepmother Camilla, the queen consort, had leaked private conversations to the media in order to burnish her own reputation. In interviews broadcast Sunday, Harry accused members of the royal family of getting “into bed with the devil” to gain favorable tabloid coverage, singling out Camilla’s efforts to rehabilitate her image with the British people after her longtime affair with his father, now King Charles III. “That made ...
enterprise-journal.com     Jan 10, 2023