Blue Springs News

Is it appropriate to talk about Gov. Phil Bryant's successful courtship of the Yokohama Tire Co.

Billy Foster 51, of Blue Springs and passenger Patsy Nichols 50, Blue Springs were westbound on Highway 178 east of Highway 9 on Monday in Union County in a 2008 Toyota Tacoma when they apparently lost control leaving the roadway colliding into a tree, according to Mississippi Highway Patrol Trooper Jason Roe.

Various sources have confirmed that the Legislature will take up incentives in Friday's special session to lure a major foreign tire manufacturing plant to Clay County.

A Blue Springs woman was killed Tuesday in a crash in Union County. According to the Mississippi Highway Patrol, Sharon Hudson, 56, was traveling westbound on Mississippi Highway 348 around 1 a.m. when she lost control of her vehicle.

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said he was bringing lawmakers back to the Capitol late this week for a special session on an economic development project.