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The city of Avondale Estates will be taking on more responsibility when it comes to stormwater infrastructure and is looking into a solution to address stormwater issues on Hess Drive.
The Avondale Estates City Commission, at its Jan. 26 meeting, continued discussing the stormwater extent of service proposals. The board did not vote on the proposals, but the consensus was to clearly define what infrastructure the city is responsible for, and work out an easement agreement with the property owners on Hess Drive.
Two people were killed Friday in a crash in Lamar County when two pickup trucks collided. The Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a crash at around 2:45 p.m. in the northbound lane of U.S. Highway 11, south of Hess Drive, Mississippi Highway Troop J spokesman Sgt. Travis Luck said in a media release. Luck said Charles Hemby, of Purvis, was driving south on U.S. Highway 11 when his Chevrolet pickup truck crossed into the northbound lane. Luck said the pickup then hit another pickup truck driven by Christy Wilkes, also of Purvis. Both Wilkes and Hemby were pronounced dead at the scen...