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May 21, 2008

JPD likely will forgo $12.5M in officer-salary grants

The Clarion-Ledger, 5/20/8 The Jackson Police Department apparently will miss out on about $12.5 million in federal grant money meant to pay the salaries of new police officers. Valerie Nevels, assistant chief administrative officer for the city, said Monday that the city has spent about $1.5 million of a $14.8 million COPS Universal Hire grant…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
May 21, 2008

Area officials cite glitch, hope for storm funds

The Clarion-Ledger, 5/20/8 A communication issue in the days after the April 4 tornados may have hurt Hinds County’s initial appeal for federal disaster assistance, but state and local officials say they are encouraged the money might still come. “If we had all worked more closely the first time around, we wouldn’t have had to…