Duvalier Malone speaks on Fox 40 Morning Show

CONCERNED CITIZENS AT THE. MISSISSIPPI LEADERSHIP AND. VISION ROUNDTABLE TO DISCUSS THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE STATE. DUVALIER MALONE IS HERE TO TELL, US MORE ABOUT "RISE TOGETHER"!, WHAT WAS THE SPARK THAT STARTED. THIS EVENT?. SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2014 AT, 6PM IN THE PURPLE AND GOLD, . , ROOM AT ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY, MORE NEWS AND WEATHER. . , AFTER THESE MESSAGES. YOU'RE. WATCHING FOX 40 MORNING NEWS!. . A FIRE STILL BURNS AT A BIO-, . . . DIESEL PLANT NEAR NEW ALBANY., THE MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY PATROL, SAYS FIREFIGHTERS ARE KEEPING, WATCH OVER THE BLAZE, THAT STARTED ABOUT 5:30, WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE FIRE IS TOO HOT FOR. FIREFIGHTERS TO APPROACH SO THEY. ARE LETTING IT BURN OUT. NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED., BUT 50 HOMES IN THE AREA HAVE, BEEN EVACUATED AND SCHOOLS ARE. ALSO CANCELED., ONCE THE FIRE BURNS ITSELF OUT,, INVESTIGATORS WILL MOVE IN. . . . MORE THAN TWO DOZEN APPLICANTS. SAY THEY'RE INTERESTED IN. SETTING UP THE FIRST CHARTER. SCHOOL IN. MISSISSIPPI.. EIGHT GROUPS SAY THEY WANT, TO OPEN A SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF JACKSON, BUT INTEREST, SPANS 15 DISTRICTS FROM MOSS, POINT TO MARSHALL. COUNTY. NOT ALL GROUPS WHO SUBMIT LETTERS. WILL NECESSARILY FOLLOW THROUGH, WITH AN APPLICATION.. APPLICATIONS ARE DUE MARCH 14TH,, WITH THE BOARD IS. SCHEDULED TO VOTE ON APPROVALS, IN JUNE.. THE BOARD CAN ONLY APPROVE 15 SCHOOLS PER YEAR. , A CONTROVERSIAL. SUBJECT IS UP FOR DISCUSSION.... GUNS IN CLASSROOMS. HOUSE BILL 64 WOULD ALLOW, WILLING TEACHERS AND EMPLOYEES, TO HAVE A. CONCEALED WEAPON, AS LONG AS THEY HAVE THE PROPER, CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT'S. SUPERINTENDENT WOULD MAKE THE. DECISION. SUPPORTERS, SAY THIS WOULD GIVE SCHOOLS AN. EXTRA LINE OF DEFENSE. BUT SOME ARE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT, MIGHT HAPPEN IF A GUN. WERE ON CAMPUS, EVEN IN THE, HANDS OF A TRUSTED PERSON, LIKE A TEACHER.. , JACKSON ACADEMY HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR THE WAY IT USES, TECHNOLOGY. THE METRO AREA. SCHOOL IS AN APPLE DISTINGUISHED, SCHOOL. EACH STUDENT, FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE, HAS AN APPLE, DEVICE, LIKE MACBOOK AIR, I-PAD OR I- POD TOUCH., THAT EMPOWERS STUDENTS AND, TEACHERS TO ENHANCE LEARNING. TEACHERS POST LESSONS,, ASSIGNMENTS AND CONTENT TO AN, ONLINE PORTAL, ALLOWING STUDENTS AND PARENTS TO. MONITOR PROGRESS. J-A HAS HELPED OTHER SCHOOLS IN MISSISSIPPI AND, OTHER STATES THAT ARE DEVELOPING SIMILAR PROGRAMS. NOW TO THIS FOLLOW UP, THE COMPANY CALLED AIRWAVE. WILL NO LONGER BE CUTTING GRASS. AROUND THE COUNTY'S SIX RADIO TOWERS. YESTERDAY THE. HINDS COUNTY BOARD OF. SUPERVISORS CANCELLED THE SITE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT... WORTH 122- THOUSAND DOLLARS A. YEAR.. ALONG WITH MOWING AROUND THE, TOWERS.. CONTRACT DUTIES. INCLUDED MAINTAINING THE. GENERATORS AND TOWER LIGHTS. BUT, BOARD PRESIDENT. DARREL MQUIRTER.. ALONG WITH. SUPERVISORS PEGGY HOBSON CALHOUN AND TONY, GREER.. BELIEVE THAT, WORK CAN BE TAKEN CARE OF, INTERNALLY. . #2 We can get the sheriff's. department to do that and our public works. We thought it was. prudent. That's what we decided. to do. #9 We're just looking. forward to getting the county on track and doing proper, business. THE BOARD ATTORNEY WILL ADVISE MEMBERS ON HOW SOON. THE CANCELLATION CAN TAKE. , , . EFFECT. , LATER THIS MORNING WE'LL HEAR FROM THE OWNER OF BILOXI'S NEW MINOR LEAGUE, BASEBALL TEAM KEN YOUNG WILL HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE AT 10:30, TO DISCUSS HIS PLANS FOR BASEBALL IN DOWNTOWN BILOXI.. YOUNG'S APPEARANCE COMES JUST A, DAY AFTER THE CITY COUNCIL GOT A, BRIEFING ON BALLPARK. CONSTRUCTION PLANS. AS STEVE PHILLIPS REPORTS... MONEY IS TIGHT AND TIME. IS CRITICAL WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING THE TEAM'S FUTURE. HOME.. . The 36 million dollar baseball, stadium is certainly on a fast. track. Ron Peresich,. Attorney: Because it took longer. than anyone expected to get the league's approval of. the transfer.. The design team emphasized that while time is, certainly critical... they, remain confident. Doug Dale,

Dale Partners Architects: We feel comfortable that we are, there. We need to go forward in, haste. That's your decision, we, understand that. Council, members recognize the tight timeline... but most questions, , . . were about cost. George. Lawrence, Biloxi City Council: I. know they're now doing. everything right, now with no cost, but eventually. we're going to have to pay a lot of people. So, we gotta make sure we stay within our 36, million to even have a shot of building this thing.uian Kenny s. just for baseball but for those o are looking at this project, e p in mind, the city council has. t yet voted to issuthe 21 llione. ground breaking for Thursday? ds, hedule. We were told in e xt we, WILL SPEAK AT A NEWS CONFERENCE. AT 10:30 THIS MORNING. STAY. TUNED TO MS-NEWS-NOW- DOT-COM FOR THE LATEST., , ONE OF THE MORE OUTSPOKEN OPPONENTS OF THE BASEBALL STADIUM PROJECT... HAD SOME, WORDS OF WARNING FOR CITY, . , COUNCIL MEMBERS AT YESTERDAY'S MEETING., CITY COUNCIL WATCHDOG... MARY, ROSE LEAHY. ... SAYS BILOXI CITIZENS WILL, WIND-UP FOOTING THE BILL FOR A PROJECT THAT ISN'T IN THE BEST INTEREST OF TAXPAYERS.. Mary Rose Leahy, Biloxi, . . Resident: This whole fiasco started with sleazy and shady and it continues now to be, sleazy and shady. And I. guarantee you by the end of it it will be dark time shady and, very,. very sleazy and the citizens of Biloxi, the taxpayers, they're. going to be the ones who are. going to have to pay, THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME SHE'S. , , , SPOKEN OUT AGAINST THE STADIUM PROJECT. SHE HAS ALSO SHARED HER CONCERNS AT PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND BEFORE THE. PLANNING COMMISSION.... , DEMOLITION IS NOW UNDERWAY ON A. VERY BIG EYESORE IN BILOXI.. CREWS STARTED TEARING. DOWN THE CONCRETE AND STEEL THAT. ...WAS-TO-BE... A NEW MARGARITAVILLE RESORT.... BACK IN 2007., OFFICIALS WITH THE GRAND CASINO BILOXI SAY... PLANS ARE IN THE WORKS TO TRANSFORM THAT, ..PRIME PROPERTY... ON HIGHWAY, 90 INTO AN OUTDOOR AMENITY., THE CASINO'S NAME... WILL ALSO. . . CHANGE TO HARRAH'S GULF COAST. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE MARCHED IN. DOWNTOWN HATTIESBURG WEDNESDAY. MORNING TO COMMEMORATE "FREEDOM, DAY"., , . , THE MARCH WAS THE FIRST OF, SEVERAL EVENTS TO REMEMBER AND CELEBRATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF "FREEDOM SUMMER" IN 1964. THAT'S THE YEAR, THOUSANDS OF COLLEGE. STUDENTS, YOUNG PEOPLE AND, OTHERS ORGANIZED AN, EFFORT TO HELP AFRICAN AMERICANS, IN MISSISSIPPI REGISTER TO VOTE. ALONG WITH COMMEMORATING THE, EVENTS OF 50 YEARS AGO... THE MARCHERS ALSO COLLECTIVELY, CALLED ON THE CITY OF, HATTIESBURG TO ERECT A MONUMENT, HONORING AND REMEMBERING THE SACRIFICES OF THOSE CITIZENS WHO. COURAGEOUSLY FOUGHT FOR CIVIL, RIGHTS A HALF CENTURY AGO.. . A RECENT POLL IN LOUISIANA, REVEALS THAT MORE THAN HALF OF. THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THAT STATE. WOULD SUPPORT CHANGING STATE . , LAWS TO REGULATE AND TAX, MARIJUANA. LOUISIANA LAWMAKERS ARE NOW DISCUSSING THAT POSSIBILITY., A STUDY IS UNDERWAY TO, LOOK IN TO THE PROS AND CONS OF THE CONCEPT. THE IDEA CAME. AFTER A STATE LAW PASSED YEARS, AGO ALLOWING DOCTORS TO, PRESCRIBE THE SUBSTANCE FOR MEDICAL USE. BUT, BECAUSE MARIJUANA IS ILLEGAL IN. LOUISIANA, PATIENTS AREN'T ABLE TO GET THOSE PRESCRIPTIONS., , COMING UP ... ONE YEAR AND. COUNTING! BLACK GIRLS, RUN JACKSON ARE CELEBRATING. THEY'LL JOIN US ON THE OTHER. SIDE OF THE BREAK ABOUT. SATURDAY'S CELEBRATION., PLUS! HOW SAFE IS YOUR CHILD'S CAR, SEAT, REALLY? CURRENT GUIDELINES DON'T REQUIRE THEM TO PROTECT YOUR CHILD IN A SIDE-. IMPACT CRASH -- AT LEAST, NOT YET. MORE IN A MINUTE.. , . , , A TRANSPORTATION STUDY TASK FORCE SAYS MISSISSIPPI DOES NOT GENERATE, ENOUGH MONEY, TO TAKE CARE OF, ITS HIGHWAYS. HOWEVER, THE TASK FORCE HAS NOT. OFFERED A FUNDING SOLUTION., SENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. CHAIRMAN WILLIE. SIMMONS, HOPED THE PANEL WOULD, DECIDE WHERE TO GET MORE, REVENUE FOR IMPROVEMENTS. THE FINAL REPORT FOUND THAT 25.

PERCENT OR, 20,000 MILES. OF HIGHWAYS ARE IN "VERY POOR. CONDITION," AND THAT 400-MILLION. DOLLARS IS NEEDED EVERY YEAR FOR HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS., , EXPECT TRAFFIC DELAYS AND SOME. EXITS TO BE CLOSED, AS CREWS, CONTINUE TO WORK ON I 55 HERE IN JACKSON. IN THE PAST WEEK, A THIRD LANE, HAS BEEN ADDED TO I 55 IN. MADISON COUNTY, SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 463, WHICH HAS HELPED CUT DOWN, ON RUSH. HOUR DELAYS IN THAT AREA., , , . ON I 55 SOUTH, MCDOWELL ROAD HAD TO BE CLOSED OVER THE WEEKEND, AND ELTON ROAD IS NOW. CLOSED WHILE THE EXIT IS. BEING REBUILT. ONCE THE. CONSTRUCTION ENDS, I-55 WILL HAVE SIX LANES ALL THE WAY FROM HIGHWAY 463 SOUTH PAST, THE BYRAM EXIT THROUGH JACKSON. THE PROJECT IS, SCHEDULED TO BE FINISHED IN APRIL, OF 2016 WITH A PRICE TAG OF, AROUND 94 MILLION DOLLARS. , BEING A MOTORCYCLE OFFICER IS. DANGEROUS. WORK. THAT'S WHY THE. RE-CERTIFICATION TRAINING BEING, DONE IN GULFPORT THIS WEEK IS SO, IMPORTANT., GULFPORT P-D HELD ITS ANNUAL, TRAINING FOR ITS MOTORCYCLE. OFFICERS YESTERDAY. OTHER, OFFICERS FROM AROUND THE REGION WERE ALSO. THERE. THE TRAINING INVOLVES VARIOUS MANEUVERS THAT COULD BE. NEEDED DURING PATROLS., . , . 115 You have to consider a, motorcycle officer is, when he. is riding out on the highways...it is a multi-tasking, event for him every time he, puts his body on a motorcycle. traveling up and down the, highways...you have a lot of. things that are happening...outsi de of the basic things they, teach with clutch..throttle...b. rake...head and eyes...with the operations of a motorcycle.. THE INSTRUCTORS ARE FROM MISSISSIPPI, CALIFORNIA,. NEW HAMPSHIRE AND OTHER STATES.. FROM MISSISSIPPI, CALIFORNIA, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND OTHER STATES. , , . THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS, PROPOSING NEW SAFETY, GUIDELINES FOR CAR SEATS.. THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE CHILD, RESTRAINTS PROTECT KIDS IN, SIDE-IMPACT CRASHES., ANDREW SPENCER. REPORTS., . --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS-- IT'S EASY FOR A PARENT TO, ASSUME THEIR CHILD WILL BE, SAFE WHEN THEY PUT HIM IN A CAR, , SEAT; THAT'S WHAT THE CAR SEAT, IS FOR. ...BUT DESPITE GOVERNMENT GUIDELINES AND SAFETY. STANDARDS, THAT MIGHT NOT ALWAYS, BE THE CASE. THIS PROMOTIONAL VIDEO, HIGHLIGHTS ONE OF THE MAJOR, CONCERNS -- A CRASH FROM THE FRONT ISN'T THE SAME AS A CRASH. . . , FROM THE SIDE. "When you look at, a. frontal or rear collision with a vehicle, there's a lot of. structure there in the front or the rear." "In a side impact, you're literally right at that. door." "It'll crush the door. The door, will crush, into the panel. And then, as. it's going in, it'll actually hit the child restraint.". WHILE MANY CAR SEATS HAVE, SAFETY FEATURES MEANT TO, PROTECT KIDS IN SIDE-IMPACT, CRASHES, THERE AREN'T ANY. FEDERAL GUIDELINES REQUIRING. THEM. THE NATIONAL, HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY, ADMINISTRATION SAID WEDNESDAY THAT PRODUCTS LIKE THESE CAN BE. EFFECTIVE, BUT OFFICIALS WANT TO. ESTABLISH PROTOCOLS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE. "The proposed upgrades. would include the first-ever, side-impact test for car seats, sold in the. United States that are designed for children weighing up to 40 pounds." WHILE, CAR SEAT COMPANIES SUCH, AS SAFETY FIRST TOUT THEIR OWN. TESTING, THE GOVERNMENT AGENCY THAT OVERSEES THEM WANTS, , . . FORMAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND. WANTS TO IMPLEMENT A SLED-TEST INVOLVING AN ACTUAL VEHICLE THAT T-BONES ANOTHER. THE OBAMA. ADMINISTRATION, BELIEVES THESE STANDARDS WOULD HELP SAVE THE LIVES OF FIVE CHILDREN, EVERY YEAR, AND KEEP, DOZENS MORE FROM BEING INJURED. I'M ANDREW SPENCER, FOX, 40 NEWS. . ANOTHER MEDIA FRENZY HAS, ERUPTED AROUND TORONTO'S MAYOR ROB FORD. AFTER A NEW. VIDEO OF FORD SLURRING HIS WORDS, WAS POSTED ON THE. INTERNET MONDAY, FORD ADMITTED THAT HE HAD BEEN DRINKING AGAIN, WITH FRIENDS. LAST YEAR AFTER HE SAID HE HAD SMOKED CRACK IN A. DRUNKEN STUPOR, HE SAID HE WOULD. STOP DRINKING., IN THE LATEST VIDEO FORD IS SEEN. SWEARING IN A JAMAICAN ACCENT AT A RESTAURANT HE VISITS FREQUENTLY.