Central District Commissioner De'Keither Stamps, left, and Northern District Commissioner Chris Brown address issues with the Holly Springs Utility Department during a Mississippi Public Service Commission hearing at the municipal court in New Albany, Miss., on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
NEW ALBANY — After five hours in a courtroom where attendees struggled to find standing room, the Mississippi Public Service Commission voted to petition a judge to put the Holly Springs Utility Department into a receivership.