Marijuana plant seized from Starkville man’s porch
A Starkville man faces a drug charge after police seized a marijuana plant growing on his residence’s porch.
Questions linger on aluminum plant project
The strange recruitment of a potential $1.2 billion aluminum mill rolls on.
More parties join Mississippi Silicon lawsuit
The legal fight over a silicon metal plant being built in northeast Mississippi is expanding.
Judge to hear case to block silicon metal plant
A federal judge has given opponents of a silicon metal plant in Mississippi’s northeast corner a chance to make their case in court.
CalStar anticipating growth as it gets started
CalStar threw the switch on its brick and paver manufacturing plant in June to test equipment. In July, employees began making product.
Site work continues on old Sara Lee plant
Earlier this week, trucks began arriving at the old Sara Lee plant to haul rubble away.
Severstal plant sold to Indiana company
Severstal Columbus will be formally sold by the end of the year.
Steel Dynamics Inc., an Indiana-based steel producer and metal recycler, announced this morning that it has agreed to purchase the Lowndes County steel plant from Severstal.
Meeting to discuss silicon plant project
A North Carolina group plans a meeting Saturday in Iuka to call on local residents to press state regulators to hold a hearing on what it believes is health risks connected to a silicon metal plant under construction in Tishomingo County.
Reports: Severstal for sale
The Russia-based company has reportedly put its two U.S. operations on the auction block, according to The Wall Street Journal. The steelmaker’s other North American plant is in Michigan.
Time is running short to save Rosie’s plant
Loraine Osborne is a Rosie.
She isn’t THE Rosie, but she worked as a riveter at the Willow Run bomber plant in Michigan alongside Rose Will Monroe, the inspiration for a character that came to symbolize female empowerment and the we’re-all-in-this-together spirit of the American homefront during World War II.
Department of Energy pulls BlueFire funding
The U.S. Department of Energy has withdrawn its support for a biofuels company’s $300 million cellulose plant in Fulton.
Columbus Light & Water to KiOR: No more water
KiOR has been told not to release anymore wastewater from its facility into the Columbus water system because of potential harmful materials that could be present in the Texas-based alternative fuel company’s discharge water.
Competitor fights Miss. Silicon permit
A competitor’s effort to question an air pollution permit for a planned Tishomingo County silicon metal refinery has spilled into court.
Frozen for 1,600 years, Antarctic moss revived
Scientists have revived a moss plant that was frozen beneath the Antarctic ice and seemingly lifeless since the days of Attila the Hun.
Pontotoc ethanol plant no closer to being built
Five years have passed and a planned $100 million ethanol plant is no closer to being built.
Little has changed from a year ago, when company officials said they were committed to the project and were working to “move the project forward.”
Adams County supervisors extends option to KiOR
The Adams County Board of Supervisors has voted to extend an option contract on the former Belwood Country Club property to alternative fuel manufacturer KiOR.
Explosion caused fire at biodiesel plant
A voluntary evacuation of about 50 homes near a burning biodiesel facility in north Mississippi was ordered late Wednesday, officials said.
OSHA to investigate cause of deadly Omaha plant explosion
After a blast caused much of an Omaha manufacturing plant to collapse, some workers found themselves buried in debris and others scrambled for their lives.
Local entities to be reimbursed $238K for Silicor investment
A year after the Mississippi Silicon project fell through in Lowndes County, entities are getting reimbursed nearly a quarter of a million dollars.
Burnsville says ‘yes’ to Correnti’s Miss. Silicon
For the second time in three years, a company is promising to build a silicon metal production facility and add hundreds of jobs in Mississippi.
Only this time, officials say it will be in Burnsville.