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Jackson County Supervisor Melton Harris has died
July 13, 2021
Jackson County District 2 County Supervisor Melton Harris has died this morning at the age of 75.
Harris had served on the board since 2008 and was in his fourth term representing Moss Point and parts of Pascagoula while also serving as the board’s president at the time of his death.
Originally a native of Grenada County and graduate of Tougaloo College, Harris served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War era, earning an honorable discharge and later retired from the Chevron Refinery in 1999.
He is survived by his wife Portia and three children Donise, Marcus, and Melani.
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MSU gets approval to build aquatic food research center in Jackson County
The Northern Gulf Aquatic Food Research Center is designed to help rebuild and strengthen the regionâs seafood industry and economy.
MSU get approve to build aquatic food research center in Jackson County By WLOX Staff | February 17, 2021 at 6:59 AM CST - Updated February 17 at 9:06 AM
JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - Mississippi State has received formal approval to build the Northern Gulf Aquatic Food Research Center, a multimillion dollar facility in Ocean Springs and the first of its kind on the Mississippi Coast.
The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, Jackson County Board of Supervisors and Jackson County Port Authority have formally approved siting the center on four acres in the Sunplex Light Industrial Park, located on Mississippi Highway 57, approximately one mile from Interstate 10 and U.S. Hwy 90.