Six months on: Long-term recovery efforts still underway after Feb. 23 tornado
Deundrae Cockrell stepped onto the front porch of his parents’ home on Shady Street, shaking his head sadly as he looked at what was left of the brick pathway and low brick wall that fronts the home.
Recovery-based community
Just after 10 a.m. Friday, a group of more than 75 people walked from The Pines and Cady Hill Recovery Center down Main Street, all wearing bright blue shirts and holding handmade signs that promised hope of recovery after drug addiction.
Rep. Chism recovering well from stroke
This time, it was different.
In 2009, State Rep. Gary Chism suffered a stroke.
Tornado victims recall damage, recovery
Recently, a lawnmower threw a rock into the glass front door of Sybil Prather’s home in east Lowndes County.
Last House on The Block gives hope for alcoholics, addicts
For the men at Last House on the Block in Columbus, who they were no longer defines who they are or where their lives is headed.
Nunnelee seeks 3rd term after brain surgery
Republican U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee is likely to make few campaign appearances in north Mississippi this fall as he recovers from brain surgery and a stroke.
Last Columbus recovery center closing today
The disaster recovery center at 222 Lawrence Dr. in Columbus will close permanently at 6 p.m. today.
Storm recovery continues in Lowndes
A month after a series of tornadoes cut a swath through Lowndes County, officials are encouraged by the progress made toward recovery.
Legislature OKs $17M for tornado recovery
The Mississippi Legislature met in a three-hour session Thursday and approved $17 million to help pay for recovery from disasters, including tornadoes that recently pounded the state.
MEMA opens disaster relief center in New Hope
A Disaster Recovery Center is now open at the New Hope Community Center to help those who have been affected by the April 28 tornadoes.
Tornado recovery needs housing, hospital and jobs
Rescuers were still looking for people missing after Monday’s tornado when Louisville and Winston County officials started thinking about long-term recovery.
Mississippi still to spend $872M in Katrina money
JACKSON — Eight years after Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast, Mississippi still hasn’t spent almost $1 billion in federal money dedicated to recovery from
Amazon CEO recovers Apollo engines from Atlantic
Rusted pieces of two Apollo-era rocket engines that helped boost astronauts to the moon have been fished out of the murky depths of the Atlantic, Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos and NASA said Wednesday.
Man recovers stolen 300-year-old family Bible
A central Ohio man’s heart sank when he realized that burglars had broken in and stolen a safe holding his most prized possession — a 300-year-old family Bible.