Hurricane Katrina wreaked death and destruction from Texas to Florida nine years ago, but government investigators are still checking up on how federal recovery and reconstruction funds were spent.

In the case of $87.7 million in grants given by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to Hancock County, Miss., most of the FEMA funds were spent properly, according to a government watchdog report.

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