Hancock Estates News Today

* Username This is the name that will be displayed next to your photo for comments, blog posts, and more. Choose wisely! * Email Your e-mail address will be used to confirm your account. We wont share it with anyone else. * Password Create a password that only you will remember. If you forget it, youll be able to recover it using your email address. * Conf...

Thomas Wells | Buy at PHOTOS.DJOURNAL.COM  Travis Buckman, left, Bret Roberts secure roof trusses as they build a home along Ingram Drive in Tupelo. Thomas Wells | Buy at PHOTOS.DJOURNAL.COM  Travis Buckman and his company works one of two homes he is building along Ingram Drive in Tupelo. Thomas Wells | Buy at PHOTOS.DJOURNAL.COM  For for sale and under construction along Ingram Drive in Tupelo. Thomas Wells | Buy at PHOTOS.DJOURNAL.COM  Travis Buckman makes his way across the trusses as h...

TUPELO • When Timiko Hampton was notified she was finally getting a housing voucher to help her afford rent in Tupelo, she quickly began looking for potential apartments. But as she searched, she soon found that many private landlords in the All-America City would not accept her voucher. It was weeks before she found a property owner who would accept the voucher. Quote “Sometimes I think the council members who don’t experience this type of lifestyle, they dont understand the lac...

Hancock Estates and Kings Pines celebrated completion of building a community on Monday. Posted: Mar 9, 2021 12:23 AM Updated: Mar 9, 2021 9:09 AM Posted By: Bronson Woodruff TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) -- One Tupelo Housing Development stopped on Monday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of the project. Housing developments Hancock Estates and King Pines had a ribbon-cutting at the offices on (the newly renamed) Ida B. Wells Street. Mayor Jason Shelton and others cutting the c...

Successful and thriving cities are proactive and determined to push their communities forward. Both commercial and residential development is a good indicator that a city is thriving. In looking at the numbers over the last four years in Tupelo’s development, our city is experiencing a construction boom and is stronger than ever. Today I will share with you the information on new housing construction since 2017. In 2017, construction permits totaled $76.4 million, with 110 new single-famil...

Newport County residents share their biggest stories of 2020 Daily News staff Earlier this month The Daily News asked readers to share with us what they considered to be the biggest stories of the year. Being 2020 there was a twist. We werent necessarily asking for the biggest headline from the past year, but rather what you as readers experienced as the biggest story. Below are three submissions from readers offering their take on the biggest story of the year. Community meal givers make perso...