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 Russ Houston/For the SDN Starkville Mayor Parker Wiseman, left, talks during a meeting Monday involving officials with the City of Starkville, Oktibbeha County and Mississippi State University. Listening to Wiseman speak is MSU President Mark Keenum. Officials with the three entities hope to craft a list of short-term projects in the coming weeks then work on long-range planning within about 60 days. By PAUL SIMS
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With an eye toward working in unity, local officials met Monday with Mississippi State University representatives, intending to craft short-term priorities and longer-term vision in coming weeks.
Officials gathered Monday morning and had a “very, very productive meeting,” Starkville Mayor Parker Wiseman said at a luncheon involving city, Oktibbeha County and MSU officials at the Starkville Sportsplex.
For the short term, officials involved will work to compile a list of projects, Wiseman said, adding the “immediate concern” is getting the material together by March.
Marvell Howard, Oktibbeha County’s District 3 supervisor and Board of Supervisors’ president, also described the meeting as productive.
“Together we’re stronger than three separate entities,” Howard said. “What we’re doing here will make the whole county healthy.”
Jon Maynard, president and CEO of the Greater Starkville Development Partnership, said he was told after he accepted his job he was going to a community which “doesn’t necessarily play well” together.
“This will dispel all the myths,” he said.
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Weekend blaze at Academy Crossing sees none injured |
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 |
SDN Staff Reports
Starkville firefighters revisited the scene of the December fire that claimed nine lives when they responded to another predawn blaze at the same apartment complex over the weekend.
Luckily, the early Saturday morning fire in Building B at the Academy Crossing saw no one injured or any lives lost, Fire Department officials said Monday. The fire was confined to Apartment B-2, officials said.
The blaze was reported about 4 a.m. Saturday by a Starkville Police Department officer who was on patrol through the area, said Fire Marshal Stein McMullen.
The officer radioed E-911 operators, and firefighters were one the scene within minutes and had the blaze extinguished about 5 minutes late, McMullen said.
Flames primarily damaged the apartment’s living room, destroying much of the furniture and causing smoke and heat damage in the other rooms, McMullen said.
The family that lived in the apartment — reportedly two adults and two children — was not at home at the time, McMullen said.
The Oktibbeha County chapter of the American Red Cross provided some assistance to the family.
Monday evening, Fire Chief Rodger Mann said the cause into Saturday’s fire remains under investigation, as does the probe into the Dec. 28 fatal fire. “We’ve still got some things to wrap up on the fatal fire,” Mann said.
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Boy, 5, killed in Monday morning accident |
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 |
SDN Staff Reports
WEBSTER COUNTY — A five-year-old boy died Monday morning following a one-vehicle accident that occurred a mile and a half south of Mathiston.
Mississippi Highway Patrol troopers said the boy, whose name they did not release, was a back seat passenger in a 1992 white Mazda Protege headed south on State Highway 403 when the car veered off the roadway, hit a culvert and overturned at 8:55 a.m. Monday. The crash occurred just south of Shine Jewel Road, troopers said.
The boy — who troopers did say was from the Clarkson community in Webster County — was not restrained and was thrown from the car, troopers said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, troopers said.
The driver of the car, Keely Elizabeth Avent, 22, also of the Clarkson community, was wearing her seat belt and was transported to North Mississippi Medical Center in Eupora following the crash, treated and released.
The crash remains under investigation by the Highway Patrol.
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Camgian to move into new Research Park office |
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 |
By PAUL SIMS
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As a Starkville microelectronics company looks to move into a new nearby space, local officials will enter into a deal to allow time to secure a new tenant for the firm’s current office.
Three-year-old Camgian Microsystems will occupy approximately 12,000 square feet the new multi-tenant building under construction in the Thad Cochran Research, Technology and Economic Development Park, said Jack Wallace, president of the Oktibbeha County Economic Development Authority.
“Due to the growth and success of Camgian, they’ll be moving into the new building for more space,” Wallace said.
The company presently occupies about 7,000 square feet as both a headquarters and semiconductor design and engineering operation.
At its Monday meeting, the OCEDA Board authorized Wallace to sign an agreement with Mississippi State University to hold the office Camgian currently occupies in the current Multi-Tenant Building for 15 days after Camgian moves into its new space.
Officials have a potential occupant for Camgian’s present facility, which is located in the northeast corner of the existing Multi-Tenant Building. The 15-day period allows OCEDA and MSU “time to lock in the potential client,” Wallace said after the meeting.
The new building – which Wallace expects will be complete around July or August – will have 26,000 square feet of leasable space, he said.
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