by Associated Press Published: April 19,2013
Tags: anniversary, bed and breakfast, celebration, city, city government, consultant, history, hospitality, hotel, inn, motel, municipal, municipality, restaurant, rtetail, shop, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
NATCHEZ — Tourism consultants will evaluate Natchez in coming months as the city gears up for 300th anniversary celebrations in 2016. Leaders hope the anniversary will boost the city’s tourism industry over a yearlong period, in part by creating new festivals or extending existing ones, reports The Natchez Democrat. Consultant Berkeley Young will examine the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 12,2013
Tags: celebration, ceremony, entertainment, parade, rain, tourism, tourist, tradition, visitor, Weather
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — Fat Tuesday parades on the Mississippi Gulf Coast will roll as scheduled today despite the chance of rain, organizers say. Most areas carry at least an 80 percent chance of rain Tuesday. “We’re going to roll rain or shine,” Nancy Rogers, of the Gulf Coast Carnival Association, tells The Mississippi Press. [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 31,2012
Tags: automaker, automobile, car, celebration, facility, manufacture, manufacturing, manufactyurer, milestone, plant, SUV, truck, van, vehicle
BLUE SPRINGS — Toyota celebrated the 25 millionth vehicle manufactured in North America today at a ceremony at its Georgetown, Ky. plant coinciding with the start of production for the all-new 2013 Avalon. Of those 25 million vehicles, 111,000 were built in Mississippi at the Blue Springs plant, according to Toyota. The milestone vehicle — [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 26,2012
Tags: accident, athletics, celebration, energy, explosion, fuel, gasoline, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, natural gas, Oil, oil spill, oilrig, parade, petroleum, postpone, sports, trial
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge — citing the distractions of Mardi Gras and the Super Bowl — has postponed the trial designed to identify causes of the BP well blowout that spawned the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico. The trial had been scheduled to start Jan. 14, but U.S. District Court Judge Carl [...] [...]
RIDGELAND — HORNE LLP will close the firm’s 12 office locations Oct. 1 and celebrate the firm’s 50th anniversary with a firm-wide day of service. More than 400 team members across the Southeast will serve in their communities to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the firm on Oct. 1. The announcement comes [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 3,2012
Tags: burn, burn ban, burning, celebration, county government, drought, dry, fireworks, holiday, state agency, state government, Weather
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Adams County is banning the shooting off of fireworks in the unincorporated parts but the prohibition will not affect the annual community fireworks display on the Mississippi River. The fireworks ban comes as Mississippi city and counties are dealing with the ongoing drought and high temperature. Twenty-three counties have some kind of [...] [...]
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