by MBJ Staff Published: November 30,2012
Jesse Houston has been appointed as chef de cuisine of City Grocery in Oxford. Houston, a graduate with honors of Texas Culinary Academy (Le Cordon Bleu), is an alumnus of some of the country’s top kitchens, including those of chefs Wolfgang Puck, Stephen Pyles and Tim Byres. He assumed the executive chef position at Parlor [...] [...]
by Clay Chandler Published: November 30,2012
Tags: community development, Ellis Johnson, HATTIESBURG, sales taxes, small towns, University of Southern Mississippi
The University of Southern Mississippi’s football program just finished an 0-12 season. It cost first-year coach Ellis Johnson his job. That won’t be the only fallout, though. Businesses that depend on traffic generated by football games in Hattiesburg have had a rough fall, too. John Neal, Keg and Barrel, usually stays busy with the catering [...] [...]
by Ted Carter Published: November 30,2012
Tags: Mississippi River, Missouri River, Port of Greenville, Tommy Hart, transporation
In more normal years, Port of Greenville director Tommy Hart would have paid little attention to the Army Corps of Engineer’s slowdown of water from the Missouri River at its junction with the Mississippi River just north of St. Louis. But like the year before, 2012 has not been a normal one on the Mississippi. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 30,2012
Tags: agency, bee, government, hive, honeybee, insect, invasive species, investigate, investigation, state
PASS CHRISTIAN — The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) located and destroyed a colony of Africanized bees at a residence in Pass Christian on Oct. 29 after receiving a complaint from a homeowner. During the investigation of the complaint, a colony of bees was discovered in the subfloor of the structure. According to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 30,2012
Tags: blueprint, corridor, infrastructure, interstate, study, tavel, tourism, tourist, trade, traffic, transportation, vacation, visitor
DESOTO COUNTY — The public gets to ride the preparation trail for six additional months for DeSoto County’s long-awaited Interstate 69/269 International Trade Corridor study, launched in 2010 and now slated for completion by June 30, 2013. The pivotal blueprint — intended to guide development for decades along the route through DeSoto County — originally [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 30,2012
Tags: agency, build, builder, building, certifiacte of need, construction, government, health, health care, hospital, medical, medicine, relocate, relocation, state
OXFORD and WEST POINT — The Mississippi State Department of Health has issued certificates of need (CONs) to two entities for proposed projects. Baptist Memorial Hospital – North Mississippi Inc., d/b/a Baptist Memorial Hospital – North Mississippi in Oxford received a CON to replace its 217-bed licensed hospital facility with a new facility one mile [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 30,2012
Tags: agency, approval, casino, commission, entertainment, gamble, gambler, gambling, gaming, government, hospitality, hotel, license, lodging, nightlife, restaurant, state, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
NATCHEZ — The Mississippi Gaming Commission has granted a gaming license to Magnolia Bluffs Casino. The Natchez Democrat reports the commission granted the approval yesterday during its meeting at the Natchez Grand Hotel. The casino, which is scheduled to open Dec. 21, has been nearly six years in the making. The casino first received site [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 30,2012
Tags: city, engineer, engineering, expansion, garbage, government, landfill, municipal, municipality, trash, water
COLUMBUS — Engineers have told the city of Columbus that its landfill will run out of space in three years. The Columbus Dispatch reports engineers say the city had three options: expand the landfill, close it and open a new one or get out of the trash dumping business. Neel-Schaffer Engineering project manager Steve Cockerham [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 30,2012
Tags: bypass, downtown, historic, history, infrastructure, interstate, ribbon cutting, road, roadbuilder, roadbuilding, street, traffic, transportation, travel
CANTON — State transportation officials hope to have a ribbon-cutting before Christmas on a $19.3-million bypass to ease traffic rolling through the heart of historic Canton. The 3.5-mile, four-lane road will connect to the Nissan Parkway at U.S. Highway 51 north of the Nissan plant and run northeast to Mississippi Highway 43. Construction on the [...] [...]
by Stephen McDill Published: November 30,2012
Tags: Corinth, Luke Doehner, Pauline Sorrell, Phil Little
The Board of Aldermen has filled six seats on various local commissions. The Daily Corinthian reports two residents were named to the Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau — Pauline Sorrell and Phil Little. The aldermen also reappointed Luke Doehner to the board. The appointments of Doehner and Sorrell require approval of the Alcorn County [...] [...]
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