News Briefs From Across The State
Hair salons and barbershops asked to help
WABG reported that a call for hair has gone out throughout the Mississippi Delta. Beauty shops, hair salons and barbershops across the Delta have been asked to save all the hair they cut and trim so it can be used to soak up the BP oil leak on the Gulf Coast.
The collected hair will be used to make mats that will absorb the oil floating in the Gulf’s water.
Stylists and barbers said all types of hair will be recycled, and it will be collected on Friday and taken to Jackson and then to Louisiana for processing.
WABG also reported that a sales rep from State Beauty Supply suggested the project, and collected hair was then placed in a nylon stocking and thrown into the water to soak up the oil.
Deputy clerk charged with embezzlement
Metcalfe authorities arrested their deputy clerk after she was charged with embezzling funds from the city. Kassandra Richmond was arrested on May 12 by Metcalfe Police.
Corey Holmes, the mayor of Metcalfe and Police Chief Emmitt Jenkins held a news conference following Richmond’s arrest stating that she allegedly stole several thousand dollars from the city since she started working there in March 2010.
Richmond appeared in justice court this week and she was released on her own recognizance.
Mayor Holmes said a replacement for Richmond has not been named.
Greenwood closing power plant
WABG reported that Greenwood Utilities will be closing one of its power plants, leaving many unemployed. A company official, Bobby Bennett, said all plant employees received a letter that the Wright Generation Station would be closing as of July 1.
It was unclear how many people would be affected by the closure.
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