$13.4M in federal grants awarded to 8 Mississippi airports

Associated Press

$13.4M in federal grants awarded to 8 Mississippi airports

The Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — More federal grants have been announced for Mississippi airports.

U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith say the Federal Aviation Administration is awarding $13.4 million...

Brookhaven airport plan is ‘coming together’

Brookhaven Daily Leader

Brookhaven airport plan is ‘coming together’

By Donna Campbell

The city is taking bids through July for a taxiway extension project at the Brookhaven-Lincoln County Airport, which will be funded from a $190,000 Federal Aviation Grant.

The taxiway is part of a 20-year, $12...

Federal flood solutions face slow progress

Vicksburg Post

Federal flood solutions face slow progress

By Tim Reeves

By air it looks bad. In person, on the ground, or in a boat, it’s far worse.

For U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, the devastation of the ongoing flood in the Yazoo Backwater Area, in the Delta and along the Mississippi River has...