Photo/Steve Sanders
Traffic was backed up on I-59 southbound lane at the Ellisville exit Saturday morning after this 18-wheeler flipped on the edge of the roadway. Contents of the trailer were off-loaded onto another trailer. Three large wreckers were on hand to upright the rig. No other details were available.
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November 23, 2008
Tractor-trailer rig flips on Interstate
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Arrest made in bomb threat
A 19-year-old Jones County Junior College student was arrested Tuesday in connection with a bomb threat to a building on the school’s campus earlier in the day.
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City council votes 5-1 to restrict transient vendors
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Aspiring to greatness
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JCJC’s student health fair focusing on prevention
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Arbor Day set for Feb. 10
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Zoo owners ask judge to return animals
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Several injured in separate 84 East wrecks
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Animal cruelty case under investigation
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Piazza becomes city’s Public Defender
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