Packaging maker DRC Industries will expand into an existing Columbus facility with a $4 million investment creating 50 jobs, citing its Golden Triangle customers — Steel Dynamics, Aluminum Dynamics and New Process Steel — as the draw.
A city parks official told the Biloxi City Council this week that a lifeguard shortage stretching back roughly 12 years could keep the Donald Snyder Center pool, used mainly by seniors for water therapy, closed.
Attorney General Lynn Fitch joined a 43-state coalition announcing a $400 million settlement in principle with Sandoz Inc. to resolve allegations the generic drugmaker conspired to inflate prices and restrain competition on numerous generic prescription drugs.
The Mississippi Department of Education has designated 15 elementary schools as Emerging Science of Reading schools for 2026–27, recognizing campuses that build a school culture around strong K-3 readers. State literacy leaders will visit each school beginning August 17.
Warns of 'Increasing the Size of Government'
Mayor Ken Adams told the Board of Aldermen Aug. 4 that a tightly restrictive data-center ordinance is expected before the board Aug. 18, that losing the city's local debris-disposal site would cost roughly $1.2 million in the first year, and that the city has not permitted a new warehouse in over three and a half years.
A two-week operation led by Attorney General Lynn Fitch with federal and local law enforcement produced 69 arrests across Mississippi, officials announced Monday, including 13 on child exploitation charges and 48 sex offender registry absconders.
