Adams County News

Mississippi County Wants Insurer to Cover Embezzled Funds

Adams County officials are expecting an insurance policy to cover the $165,000 allegedly embezzled from its juvenile justice center. Board of Supervisors Attorney Scott Slover tells The Natchez Democrat the insurance should cover 100 percent of the loss. The case …

Mississippi County Looks to Offset 2011 Flooding Costs

Adams County officials will ask the Federal Emergency Management Agency to look again at providing money to fix a box culvert in a rural area that collapsed and made the local road impassable during the 2011 flood. Located in the …

Mississippi County’s Building Code Hearing Rescheduled

Adams County, Miss., residents with strong opinions about building codes are going to have to wait a little longer to put those opinions on the record. The Natchez Democrat reported that the Adams County Board of Supervisors had originally scheduled …

Adams County Seeking Grants to Benefit Fire Coverage

Adams County’s emergency management office will seek nearly $1 million in grants in the coming year to benefit the Mississippi county’s fire coverage. If all of the grants were awarded, the county would have to put up less than a …

Adams County Storm Shelter Construction to Begin

Adams County, Miss., expects to begin construction on its $3.25 million hurricane super shelter this fall. Adams County Emergency Management Director Stan Owens tells the Natchez Democrat that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved the plans for the shelter. …

Construction of Mississippi Shelter Could Begin Soon

The preliminary plans for what will be Adams County’s hurricane super shelter, in Mississippi, are complete. Adams County Emergency Management Director Stan Owens tells The Natchez Democrat that means construction on the FEMA 361 shelter near Natchez High School could …