Cmdr. Doug Story, left, commanding officer of Training Air Wing One's Reserve Component, congratulates Cmdr. Daniel Robertson, incoming commanding officer of Training Squadron Nine's Squadron Augment Unit, as Cmdr. Neyland Springer, outgoing squadron commander looks on. Robertson took charge of the reserve unit during a brief change of command ceremony, Monday, on board Naval Air Station Meridian. Springer left active duty in June 1998 to pursue a career as a civilian commercial pilot. Since that time he has continuously served in the Navy Reserves with Reserve Detachment 182 and VT-9 Augment Unit. Springer has accumulated more than 3,200 flight hours and 250 carrier arrested landings in Navy aircraft. Robertson left active duty in February 2004 to pursue a career as a civilian commercial pilot. He has continued to serve with the Reserve Component of TW-1 since leaving active duty. Robertson has flown more than 3,500 hours in Navy aircraft and logged more than 320 carrier arrested landings. Training Air Wing One Reserve Component is comprised of two squadron augment units. The reserve component began as Detachment 182. It was established in 1979 and was composed of eight officers. Its primary mission was to augment Training Air Wing One in the training of Naval Aviators to meet CNATRA training goals. Detachment 182 was officially commissioned as a reserve unit with a Commanding Officer in 1986. The detachment was re-designated Training Air Wing One Reserve Component on Oct. 1, 2002. Also on this date Squadron Augment Unit (SAU) Seven and Squadron Augment Unit (SAU) Nine were commissioned. Both of TW-1's reserve augment units employ about 60 Navy and Marine Corps reserve pilots who work an average of six days a month training student aviators at TW-1.
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City cuts payment to Watkins
The Meridian City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to cut their monthly payment to David Watkins, project developer of Meridian's new police station, by $9,999 until work resumes on the project.
The order, made during the Meridian City Council meeting Tuesday morning, included a mutual agreement between the councilmen and Watkins to reduce the project developer's monthly consultant fee of $10,000 to $1, effective Tuesday. -
Crews work on gasoline pipeline
If you hear a loud, booming sound early today, between 4 a.m.-10 a.m., there is no cause for alarm.
Workers with Plantation Pipeline will be performing maintenance work on their 30-foot gasoline pipeline in the Meridian area to accommodate the widening of Highway 493. The location of the work activity will be at Highway 493 North and Oak Hill Baptist Church, just inside the city limits. -
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The flowers and balloons Crestwood Elementary School Principal Kimberly Kendrick received at school Monday were not an early Valentines' Day gift.
Kendrick has been named Meridian Public School District's 2012 Administrator of the Year – an announcement that both surprised and wowed the 17-year veteran educator when made by MPSD Superintendent Dr. Alvin Taylor. -
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Digital system promises better communication
Hopefully in the near future you won't hear someone in the emergency services ask over the radio, "Can you hear me now?"
A digital communications system, one which is being pushed by the Federal Communication Commission (FCC), is a few months away and, in some cases, is already in the testing phase in Lauderdale County. -
Inmate escapes custody
Mississippi Department of Corrections officials said Monday afternoon an inmate escaped from custody Friday and is still being sought.
Officials said Johnny Hall Jr. escaped from two Wilkinson County Correctional Facility officers’ custody while being escorted from his father’s wake at the Picayune Funeral Home in Picayune. Preliminary information indicates Hall left the officers and jumped into a waiting black vehicle with a white female driver. -
Citizen’s Police Academy begins today
The work law enforcement conducts on a daily basis is often misunderstood by the general public.
Officials at the Meridian Police Department developed a program to inform and educate citizens on what police do in serving and protecting the population. The program, The Citizen's Police Academy, has been gaining speed for a couple of years since it was first offered. Officials said it shows residents are interested in police work and how it is conducted. - Woman: decongestant brought meth charge in Alabama
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