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Mar 27, 2012 | Newms360.com

Helicopter makes emergency landing

A Mississippi helicopter pilot walked away from an emergency landing unhurt after his aircraft caught fire in midair before he set it down in an Amite County field.

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Sat Mar 24, 2012

Hattiesburg American

House should back marriage bill

During a special session of the Legislature in December 1957, a new law was passed, putting the marriage mills out of business in Mississippi.

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Tue Mar 13, 2012

WLOX-TV Biloxi

Meaux named new police chief in Gloster

Longtime Gloster police officer and Amite County sheriff's investigator Danny Meaux has been named the town's new police chief.

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Sun Mar 04, 2012

Mississippi Business Journal

'Fracking' leads county officials to call for highway widening

AMITE COUNTY - An increase in oilfield activity in Amite County is bringing a call for the state to four-lane Highway 24 in southwest Mississippi between McComb and Liberty.

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