by Associated Press Published: February 5,2013
Tags: acquire, acquisition, bankrupt, bankruptcy, buy, casino, Commercial Real Estate, convention, entertainment, gamble, gambling, gaming, hospitality, hotel, lodging, meeting, nightlife, purchase, restaurant, sale, sell, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
VICKSBURG — An Oklahoma Indian tribe is no longer planning to spend $125 million to buy the bankrupt DiamondJacks casinos in Bossier City, La., and Vicksburg from Legends Gaming. Global Gaming Solutions, a unit of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, wrote in court papers filed Jan. 25 that the DiamondJacks operations had run further downhill [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 23,2013
Tags: bankrupt, bankruptcy, bench, casino, city, commercial real estater, court, downtown, entertainment, gamble, gambler, gambling, gaming, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, municipal, municipality, nightlife, property
VICKSBURG — More than nine months after the Grand Station Casino closed amid bankruptcy, the property near Vicksburg’s City Front is in disrepair as several issues are settled in court. In October, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Neil P. Olack awarded the casino to M Street Inc. after it bid $400,000 for the 36,000-square-foot facility in a [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 21,2013
Tags: acquire, acquisition, bankrupt, bankruptcy, broke, court, media, medium, purchase, sale, sell, station, television, TV
JACKSON — St. Louis, Mo.-based Roberts Cos. is selling a TV station in Mississippi, one of many assets the financially troubled company has on the market. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports a bankruptcy judge approved the sale of WRBJ in Jackson to Trinity Broadcasting Network, a nonprofit religious corporation. Roberts Cos. is led by St. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 7,2013
Tags: bankrupt, bankruptcy, bench, curt, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legasl, oath, swear
ABERDEEN — A new bankruptcy judge for northern Mississippi will be sworn in Jan. 18. Jason Woodard, a 37-year-old lawyer from Birmingham, Ala., will be sworn in to replace David Houston III, the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports. Houston had been the only federal bankruptcy judge in the Northern District since the bankruptcy court was [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 27,2012
Tags: bankruptcy, bread, cafeteria, education, educator, food, foodservice, nutrition, public school, school, school district, student
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Dozens of Mississippi school districts are looking for a new supplier for bread and rolls as the shutdown of Hostess impacts lunchrooms. The Mississippi Department of Education tells The Clarion-Ledger six out of seven regions of the state are affected by the shutting down of Hostess Brands foods. Department spokeswoman Patrice Guilfoyle [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 30,2012
Tags: acquisition, approval, bankrupt, bankruptcy, cooperative, electric generation, electricty, light, lighting, merger, Power plant, powerr, purchase, sale, sell, state agency, utility
BATESVILLE and HATTIESBURG — The Mississippi Public Service Commission has approved the $286-million sale of bankrupt LSP Energy to South Mississippi Electric Power Association. Commissioners voted 3-0 yesterday to give Hattiesburg-based SMEPA the right to operate the natural gas-fired power station in Batesville. The order also gives SMEPA the right to acquire any rights of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 25,2012
Tags: acquisition, bankrupt, bankruptcy, casino, court, debt, entertainment, gamble, gambler, gambling, gaming, hospitality, hotel, lodging, merger, nightlife, purchase, restaurant, sale, sell, tourism, tourist, visitor
Vicksburg — An Oklahoma Indian tribe is moving forward with buying the DiamondJacks casinos in Bossier City, La., and Vicksburg. A bankruptcy auction did not occur after Global Gaming Solutions was the only bidder to qualify. The unit of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma plans to pay $27.5 million in cash and $97.5 million in [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 8,2012
Tags: acquisitiomn, bankrupt, bankruptcy, buy, buyer, casino, courts, gambling, gaming, judge, judicial, judiciary, sale, sell
VICKSBURG — By order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Delta Development & Investments has retained Equity Partners CRB (EP) to find a buyer for its Grand Station Casino barge on the Yazoo River in Vicksburg. According to EP, many gaming-related machines and tables would be included in the sale. The court has ordered the accelerated [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 3,2012
Tags: bankrupt, bankruptcy, bench, casino, convention, courts, entertainment, gaming, gammbling, hospitality, hotel, lodging, meeting, nightlife, restaurant, sale
VICKSBURG — The owner of casinos in Vicksburg and Bossier City, La., has filed for bankruptcy and plans to sell its casinos to an Oklahoma Indian tribe. Legends Gaming filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in Shreveport, La. The company says it will sell its DiamondJacks casinos to Global Gaming Solutions for about $27.5 million, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 23,2012
Tags: bankrupt, bankruptcy, cloth, clothes, debt, fabrics, losses, retail, sales, sewing
BALDWYN — Hancock Fabrics faces many challenges, according to analysts and the company. The Baldwyn-based company last month reported it lost nearly $11.3 million in the most recent fiscal year. The fabric and craft retailer additionally had to cope with falling sales and self-admitted merchandise problems. In the past year, it’s also hired a new [...] [...]
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