OSHA fines contractor $117K for alleged trenching violations
BATESVILLE — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Brocato Construction Inc. of Batesville with two willful and one serious safety violation following...
View ArticleCapital City to pay fine to Labor Department for overtime violations
JACKSON — The Department of Labor has fined the city of Jackson $31,750 for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act uncovered during a recent federal probe. The Clarion-Ledger reports the department...
View ArticleLegislator resigns, fined for steering contracts to family
BRANDON — A five-year Mississippi House member has resigned and agreed to pay a $10,000 fine to resolve an ethics case the state brought against him over public contracts that went to his family’s...
View ArticlePickering returns funds misused by supervisor to county
LEAKESVILLE — State Auditor Stacey Pickering has returned $70,280.72 to Greene County following an investigation into supervisors’ misuse of funds used as part of an illegal kickback scheme carried out...
View ArticleOSHA finds 43 violations following fatality at poultry company
MOSELLE — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Southern Hens Inc. with 43 safety and health violations following the death of a worker who slipped and...
View ArticleFeds want nearly $1M in restitution from former attorney
ABERDEEN — The U.S. government is seeking $914,162 in restitution unpaid by a former Mississippi attorney convicted in a tax and mail fraud case in 2009. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports...
View ArticleDebt collector, law firm settles FTC charges
OXFORD — A debt buyer and debt collection law firm based in Mississippi have agreed to pay nearly $800,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges they misled consumers into paying unnecessary fees...
View ArticleFormer teller with drug addiction sentenced for stealing
GULFPORT — A federal judge has sentenced Ashley Ann Keel to 18 months in prison and ordered her to make restitution of the $80,980 she stole when she was vault teller for a Hancock Bank branch in...
View ArticleSupervisors want county out of fine-collecting business
GREENWOOD — The Leflore County Board of Supervisors wants out of a two-year contract it signed with Judicial Corrections Services Inc. to collect justice court fines. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports...
View ArticleFoodservice company draws MDEQ fine for wastewater
PEARL — A foodservice company is paying an $18,000 civil fine for dumping wastewater into Jackson’s sewer system for 11 years without a permit. Valley Services agreed in March to pay the fine to the...
View ArticleIP subsidiary fined $3.3M for Pearl River fish kill
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge has ordered Temple Inland, a subsidiary of International Paper, to pay $3.3 million and serve two years of probation for polluting the Pearl River in 2011 with illegal...
View ArticleFla. telemarketing firm fined $420K for ‘No-Call’ violations
JACKSON — The Mississippi Public Service Commission has penalized Tailbone Security, LLC of Boyton Beach, Fla., $420,000 for violations of the Mississippi “No-Call” law and rules associated with...
View ArticleDenbury paying one of largest fines ever to MDEQ for blowout
YAZOO COUNTY — Denbury Resources promises to bring new life to old oil fields by pumping in carbon dioxide to force additional oil to the surface. But the company’s oil fields have seen a series of...
View ArticleMan gets probation, fine for role in frozen chicken case
OCEAN SPRINGS — A man charged with falsifying temperatures of poultry exported from Pascagoula to Russia has been sentenced to three years on probation and a $2,000 fine. Terry White of Ocean Springs...
View ArticleSchool superintendent violates ethics law, fined
TUPELO — Lee County Schools Superintendent Jimmy Weeks will repay the district more than $33,000 and pay a $10,000 fine for violating state ethics law. Weeks was cited by the Mississippi Ethics...
View ArticleSupreme Court reprimands, fines judge
SMITH COUNTY — The Mississippi Supreme Court has ordered a public reprimand and fine for a judge who was accused of failing to disclose a potential conflict in a Smith County asbestos case that...
View ArticleAircraft painting firm fined for bad records, environmental permit lapse
GREENVILLE — A Greenville aircraft painting firm is paying a $19,000 civil fine for failing to maintain records and renew its environmental permit on time Leading Edge Aviation Services agreed in...
View ArticleManufacturer fined by MDEQ for hazardous waste storage
AMORY — An steel tube maker in Amory is paying a nearly $40,000 civil fine for storing hazardous waste too long. True Temper Sports agreed in September to pay the Mississippi Department of...
View ArticleYacht-builder cited by OSHA for safety, health violations
GULFPORT — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Trinity Yachts, LLC with four repeat, 14 serious and two other-than-serious safety and health...
View ArticleOSHA enters into agreement with GEO Group
MERIDIAN — The GEO Group Inc., based in Boca Raton, Fla., has entered into a corporate-wide settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor that requires the company to implement comprehensive...
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