Gulfport man killed after colliding car into tree

News Briefs From Across The State

By Monica Land

Victim pronounced dead at local hospital

A 67-year-old Gulfport man is dead after officials said he collided with a tree on Highway 90 late Saturday night. Jimmie Jamison was pronounced dead at Memorial Hospital after being transported from the scene, Gulfport police said.

Officers responded about 11:19 p.m. to Highway 90 adjacent to Roberts Avenue regarding a single-vehicle accident.

Jamison was reportedly westbound on 90 when he collided with a tree in the median. Jamison was unresponsive at the scene and transported to Memorial in Gulfport.

Authorities said the investigation is ongoing.

1 dead, another injured after accident in Jackson Co.

A woman was killed and a man sustained injuries following a motorcycle accident Sunday at around 3:30 p.m., according to Gautier police.

Lt. Casey Baxter said, the man was driving the motorcycle on the I-10 exit 61 off ramp, which leads into Gautier-Vancleave Road.

According to Jackson County Coroner Vicki Broadus, the woman was pronounced dead on the scene.

Broadus said the man was transported to Singing River Hospital in Pascagoula by Acadian Ambulance Service.

No other vehicles were involved in the accident. Broadus has not released the identity of the woman yet.

Pascagoula offering city services online

People doing business with the city of Pascagoula can now perform some transactions online.

Through a link on the www.cityofpascagoula.com website called “Citizen Self Services,'' utility customers can pay their bills, businesses can renew their licenses, permit applications and payments can be made and individuals can lodge non-emergency requests or complaints.

The online service includes a $3.95 charge for each payment. It became available just before Thanksgiving.

Officials say instructions for each type of transaction are included on the main Citizen Self Services web page.

Child dies of injuries in accident in Hurley

The Mississippi Highway Patrol said a 4-year-old Louisiana boy injured in a head-on collision late last month on Mississippi 614 has died.

Highway Patrol Master Sgt. Johnny Poulos identified the child as Darren Gaspard Jr. of Starks, La. Poulos says the child died Nov. 29 at the University of South Alabama Medical Center in Mobile.

Poulos says the boy was riding in a pickup truck when it and a car collided about 9:15 p.m.

Three others in the truck were taken to Singing River Hospital in Pascagoula. The driver of the car and a passenger were taken to Ocean Springs Hospital. Poulos says all those injured were in serious condition.

The accident remains under investigation.

Solar firm that got $26M in Miss. loans is closing

Mississippi taxpayers may have only an empty Senatobia building and solar panel equipment to show for $26 million in loans to Twin Creeks Technologies.

The California-based solar technology firm is liquidating, and a company that bought its assets won't take over the agreement with Mississippi. Twin Creeks had agreed to invest at least $132 million and create at least 500 jobs in exchange for aid.

The state sued Twin Creeks in Tate County and won a restraining order against the firm Nov. 8.

The Mississippi Development Authority's Kathy Gelston says officials are asking Twin Creeks to repay aid.

Lenders sold Twin Creeks' technology for $10 million to GT Advanced Technologies of Nashua, N.H. Gelston says the sale generated about $3 million for Twin Creeks, but other creditors remain besides Mississippi.