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Ellisville man jailed for breaking into church in Richton
PERRY COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - An Ellisville man is behind bars in Perry County following multiple burglaries last month at a church in Richton. Davion Lang, 21, is being charged with two counts of burglary of as church. Justice Court Judge Tim Odom set Lang’s bond at $100,000 earlier this...
Perry County man charged with burglarizing church ... twice
PERRY COUNTY (WDAM) - As it turned out, once simply was not enough for Davion Marquez Lang. Bond was set at $100,000 after Lang was arrested and charged with burglary of a church. And not only did Lang break into a church, Perry County said he did so twice. Same...
Jackson-based business has eye on Perry County, salt domes
PERRY COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Jackson-based Hy-Stor Energy has plans to boost business in Perry County. A company official said Richton and Beaumont were to be added to the Mississippi Clean Hydrogen Hub, which is comprised of a group of facilities that produce “green hydrogen.”. “We have about 60,000...
Mississippi wins world’s first clean steel facility
PERRY COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) – The Department of Energy announced a green hydrogen direct reduced iron plan will be located in Perry County, Mississippi. According to officials, the plant is being developed by a Swedish green steel leader, SSAB. This will be the first commercial-scale facility using HYBRIT technology, with green hydrogen from Hy Stor Energy. The […]
America’s 1st ‘green steel’ plant coming to Perry County in $1B federal investment
PERRY COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) — A new “green steel” plant will soon put Perry County on the map for clean energy manufacturing and create hundreds of new jobs. The Department of Energy’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations announced the $1 billion investment for two hydrogen-ready iron-making facilities in Perry County, MS, and Middletown, OH. They will be the first plants of their kind in the U.S.
WDAM 7 Morning Commute for Monday, March 25
PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) — The severe weather should hold off until Monday evening, but morning commuters will still need to contend with road work and closures. The Mississippi Department of Transportation reported that I-59 traffic along both southbound and northbound lanes is already congested near Exit 78 at Sanford Road.
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