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Pentimento is a must-visit for Mississippi readers

Stephen McDill — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:01:05 +0000

CLINTON- When Debbie Amacker Tillman was growing up in small town Mississippi, one of her favorite things to do was read. “We had a bookmobile which was the thrill of the week in Pelahatchie,” Tillman says. After her family moved to Natchez, not a week went by when she couldn’t be found reading at the [...]

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Keeping Our Eye On Robby Followell

Stephen McDill — Fri, 03 May 2013 21:15:07 +0000

Name: Robby Followell Age: 28 Owner Followell Fotography After earning a graphic design degree from Mississippi College and working there as an admissions counselor, Robby Followell opened Followell Fotography in 2007 with a desire to combine art, technique, design and business. “I really love art. I’m enamored by the thought that images can cause us [...]

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Clinton’s Monument Coffee is a “glorified walk-in closet”

Stephen McDill — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 05:01:29 +0000

Typically when Monument Coffee Company owner Jerry Watson interviews job applicants he wants to know if they have any babysitting experience. While the Memphis native does consider the Clinton drive-thru coffee shop his baby, there is a deeper meaning to the question as he hunts for traits of stewardship and accountability in each potential employee. [...]

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April 6, 2013- Ricky Nobile

Ricky Nobile — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:19:40 +0000

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Landmark offer $10 million higher than South Pointe’s

Ted Carter — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:30:18 +0000

With a 20-year-lease offer of $48.5 million on the table, downtown Jackson’s Landmark Center held a clear lead in the competition to become the new headquarters of the Mississippi Department of Revenue. Rivals South Pointe Business Park in Clinton and Diversified Technologies complex in Ridgeland presented offers of $51.4 million and $53.4 million, respectively. But [...]

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Department of Revenue workers thrilled with new home

Ted Carter — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:28:18 +0000

Here’s proof that things can seem horribly bad one week and just peachy the next. On March 18, employees of the Mississippi Department of Revenue endured the ear-splitting sound of a hail onslaught banging on a tin roof and aluminum walls. Seven days later, they heard the wonderful words they’ve awaited for nearly two decades: [...]

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Clinton’s South Pointe wins Department of Revenue headquarters bid

Ted Carter — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 02:54:39 +0000

Aggressive last-minute price cutting did the trick for Clinton’s South Pointe Business Park in the competition to become the new home of the Mississippi Department of Revenue, the state says. The selection came down to price, with representatives of the former WorldCom headquarters presenting a lease offer too attractive to pass up, said Kevin Upchurch, [...]

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High Heeled Hippie gets back to the roots of organic, eco-friendly farming

Stephen McDill — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:21:58 +0000

Peyton Collins was horrified when a little girl told her she thought spaghetti grew on trees. The Clinton wife, mother and compulsive gardener says its a sad irony that despite Mississippi’s agrarian roots, it is losing its grip on good food and farming at the consumer level. “I think its just stunning that we have [...]

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Knight returns to firm

MBJ Staff — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 04:01:26 +0000

Janice Knight has returned to People Lease. Knight brings with her over 20 years of experience in administrative support and customer service. She lives in Clinton with her husband, Robert, son, Christopher, and three dogs. She enjoys vacations with her grandchildren, who live in Vicksburg and Greenville S.C.

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Clinton mayor wants competition – not politics – to decide DOR issue

Ted Carter — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:48:17 +0000

Clinton Mayor Rosemary Aultman very much wants the Mississippi Department of Revenue to move its headquarters to the former WorldCom headquarters, now South Pointe Business Park. What Aultman says she doesn’t want, however, is for legislative politics to decide the outcome. If the DOR moves to Clinton’s South Pointe, she wants her town to win [...]

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