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Georges-damaged museum to reopen after 15 years

Associated Press — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:29:06 +0000

PASCAGOULA — The Scranton Museum will reopen the weekend of June 21, after being closed for 15 years. The museum, set up on a shrimp boat, has been closed since Hurricane Georges hit in 1998, causing substantial damage to the vessel. Ann Burgo, Pascagoula event specialist and Scranton Museum director who began running the museum [...]

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Nonprofit health center in Delta to close when funds are exhausted

Associated Press — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:17:07 +0000

GREENVILLE — The Good Samaritan Health Center will be closing its doors by the end of the year or as soon as federal funds run out. The Greenville nonprofit opened in 2006 as a part-time clinic and became a full-time primary-care facility through grants as well as funds from various organizations. Andy Sanders, chairman of [...]

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Repairs to closed bridge due to lack of MDOT funding

Associated Press — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:50:58 +0000

OXFORD — Repairs to the Taylor Creek Bridge on Mississippi Highway 328 in Lafayette County may not begin until October 2014 because of funding reductions to the Mississippi Department of Transportation. The Oxford Eagle reports the timber deck and stringers on the bridge near the Taylor community had been damaged in the past two years. [...]

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Whitney closing eight branches in three La. cities

Associated Press — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:10:27 +0000

GULFPORT — Eight Whitney Bank branches in Louisiana are set to close at the end of August. Hancock Holding Co., the Gulfport-based parent company of Whitney Bank, announced it would close the Baton Rouge branches at 9800 Airline Highway, 2600 Citiplace Drive and 11659 Plank Road, along with a branch in Algiers, and one in [...]

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Blazon Tube shuttering plant in April

Associated Press — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:53:55 +0000

WEST POINT — Twenty-five people will lose their jobs when a welded steel tubing production company shuts down April 1 in West Point. The Daily Times Leader reports Blazon Tube Co. had 75 employees at one time. It had announced in August of 2011 that it might close and since then 50 employees have left. [...]

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MDMR closes waters to oystermen due to water quality

MBJ Staff — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:32:39 +0000

GULF OF MEXICO — The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources has closed three areas to oyster harvesting because of water quality issues. The affected harvesting areas are Area II “A,” which includes northern portions of the Pass Christian, Henderson Point Reef and northern portions of Hornet’s Reef; Area II “E,” which covers Square Handkerchief reef [...]

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Capital City losing Sam’s Club to Madison

Associated Press — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:04:34 +0000

JACKSON — Sam’s Club in Jackson will close in late 2014, according to Wal-Mart company officials. The Clarion-Ledger reports the move will leave the capital city without a wholesale retailer of any kind. Wal-Mart spokesman Daniel Morales says the store will move to Madison once a new store can be built. Wal-Mart operates a Sam’s [...]

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River remains closed as oil spill cleanup continues

Associated Press — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:43:58 +0000

VICKSBURG — Barges transporting commerce idled among the nearly four-dozen vessels stacked up today along a normally bustling stretch of the Mississippi River, denied transit as crews feverishly sought to clean up leaking oil spilled in a weekend barge accident. Workers have been skimming oily water around the clock near Vicksburg ever since a barge [...]

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USPS closing processing center, relocating to Memphis

Associated Press — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:41:01 +0000

TUPELO — The mail processing center is closing this week in Tupelo, and the workload is being transferred to Memphis. The move is a part of the U.S. Postal Service’s effort to right its business model by consolidating processing centers. USPS spokeswoman Enola Rice tells the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal no one should notice a [...]

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Freeman, Luckett to auction off contents of closed restaurant

Associated Press — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:55:03 +0000

CLARKSDALE — Actor Morgan Freeman and his business partner are auctioning the contents of their upscale restaurant in the heart of the Mississippi Delta. The Madidi Restaurant in Clarksdale closed in February. At 9 a.m. Tuesday, auctioneer Nick Clark will open bidding on a laundry list of restaurant items, from the glasses to the tables [...]

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