Ohr-O’Keefe receives $6M; Swine flu vaccine arrives

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Here’s a look at news in South Mississippi over the past week. Read the full stories at sunherald.com and see video reports on Sun Herald TV. To become a Sun Herald subscriber, call 1-800-346-2472.

n Swine flu vaccines arrived at Mississippi health departments Monday, with high-priority groups given vaccines. Pregnant women, children and those who work with children received shots, with limited waiting compared to other areas of the country where long lines prevailed.

n The Harrison County Board of Supervisors has been asked to consider spending $800,000 to finish a plan for expansion of the jail , which has been overcrowded for years.

AMANDA McCOY/SUN HERALD Registered nurse Monica LaFontaine places a band-aid after administers a H1N1 vaccine to two-year-old Peyton Morgan at the Hancock County Health Department on Monday, November 2 2009. All county health clinics received supplies of the vaccine and are urging high-risk groups, children 6 months to 4 years and pregnant women, to get the vaccine first.

n The Mississippi Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo will return to Gulfport in July 2010 on Island View Casino’s beachfront property, city officials announced Tuesday. The rodeo had been held in Gulfport for 37 years, but moved to the Harrison County Fairgrounds and Biloxi after Hurricane Katrina.

n An anonymous $6 million donation to the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art will fund construction of the largest building planned for the Biloxi property, the four-story center for ceramics.