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With the highest bond rating in county history, Lamar County Commissionersâ Court sold $4.5 million in certificates of obligation at an interest rate of less than 1% at a Monday meeting.
Funds will be used to buy equipment and materials to improve county roads, replace jail doors at the county jail and to make repairs to the roof and air handling system at the courthouse.
FHN Financial Capital Markets of Memphis, Tennessee, turned in the low interest bid of 0.947630% among eight other financial institutions.
âYou received a AA rating from Moodyâs rating agency, which is the highest rating the county has ever had,â said Mark McLiney, senior managing director of SAMCO Capital Markets. âThe strengths they pointed out included strong financial operations, strong liquidity, meaning you have very good fund balances, and very low debt compared to other counties, and you have low operating costs. The one weakness noted is per capita valuation.â
Suspect to be charged in murder of woman, kidnapping of daughter in Oak Grove Petal Police and the Forrest County Sheriffâs Department arrested the suspect a short time after the girl escaped the suspectâs vehicle and called the authorities. (Source: Gray) By Charles Herrington | April 24, 2021 at 8:07 PM CDT - Updated April 26 at 8:15 AM
LAMAR COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - A 27-year-old man is in custody in Lamar County, awaiting formal charges in the shooting death of his girlfriend Saturday morning and the kidnapping of her teenage daughter.
Details are incomplete, but Lamar County Sheriff Danny Rigel says the suspect allegedly shot and killed his 38-year-old girlfriend at a residence in the 3000 block of Oak Grove Road around 8 a.m.
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His alleged killer was his girlfriend s son, according to Hattiesburg Police Department spokesman Ryan Moore.
Lamar County Coroner Blake Matherne identified the victim as 30-year-old Curtis McGee of Jackson. No other injuries were reported in the shooting.
The incident occurred around 7:15 p.m. in the parking lot of Walgreens at Hardy Street and Weathersby Road.
When officers arrived, McGee was found dead at the scene, Moore said in a news release.
Shortly after, Moore said, 23-year-old Jacquille Graves of Braxton was taken into custody in Petal. He was charged with first-degree murder and aggravated assault.
Graves was booked into Forrest County Jail.