Dec 30, 2011 | Hattiesburg American
McCoy ready to enjoy retirement
State Rep. Steve Holland, D-Plantersvlle, says once Billy McCoy, his legislative deskmate for the past 28 years, went weeks without speaking to him because, "I made a bad vote.
House Speaker Billy McCoy served Mississippi well
It was indeed an honor for me last week to be among those paying tribute to retiring House Speaker Billy McCoy, the battling Democrat from the hills of Northeast Mississippi whose 32-year career significantly shaped the state's most memorable legislative achievements in the 20th century.
NTSB issues report on 2010 Mississippi plane crash
A plane crash in Mississippi that killed a Georgia businessman and his wife in 2010 was probably caused by the man flying into known bad weather and the air traffic controller's failure to provide required precipitation information, federal authorities said.
NTSB releases report on 2010 plane crash in Rienzi
Alcorn County investigators use GPS to pinpoint the location of a passenger seat from a single-engine six passenger plane in Alcorn County Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said two people were killed in the single-engine Beachcraft Bonanza that was traveling from Olive Branch, Miss., to DeKalb-Peachtree Airport in Georgia ... (more)