Mississippi's revised port expansion project has been accepted by the federal government, clearing the way for the state to begin work on the plan, using $570 million in block grant money initially earmarked for housing on the Gulf Coast.

21 Nov 2008

The union representing the transit workers wants to force the Port Authority to continue negotiations, instead of forcing a new contract.

21 Nov 2008

WALLKILL – Police Friday released the identity of a man whose body was discovered in a wooded area off Tower Drive in the Town of Wallkill Thursday. Deputy Wallkill Chief John Quinn said the man was Brian Hoover, 39, whose last known address was 64 West Main Street in Port Jervis.

21 Nov 2008

Hong Kong-based multinational port operator Hutchison Port Holdings and United Arab Emirates-based port operator Dubai Ports World have expressed interest in concession initiatives in central Chile's San Antonio port terminals, an official from state-owned San Antonio port administrator Empresa Portuaria San Antonio ( Epsa ) told BNamericas.

21 Nov 2008

JACKSON, Mississippi - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has accepted the State of Mississippi's revised plan to restore the Port of Gulfport, which was heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

21 Nov 2008

Moments before 18-year-old Dustin Williams of Port St. Lucie was ordered to serve 18 years behind bars for the 2006 shooting death of his best friend, Robert "Scotty" Thomas, Circuit Judge Larry Schack said he'd "agonized" over the case that began with the theft of a Martin County Sheriff's deputy's gun out of a patrol car.

21 Nov 2008