by Associated Press Published: January 10,2013
Tags: budget, casino, certificate of deposit, city, convention, entertainment, gamble, gambling, gaming, government, hotel, investment, lodging, meeting, nightlife, restaurant, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
NATCHEZ — The Natchez Board of Aldermen is considering in motion to put the $350,000 the city recently received from Magnolia Bluffs Casino in a certificate of deposit. The Natchez Democrat reports Alderman Dan Dillard made a motion to put money into a short-term CD until the board could finalize a plan for the money. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 9,2013
Tags: acquisition, buy, casino, city, entertainment, federal agency, federal government, fort, gaming, government, hotel, lease, lodging, municipal, municipality, nightlife, park, purchase, restaurant, sale, sell, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
NATCHEZ — A lease between the city of Natchez and the Isle of Capri on some property at Fort Rosalie has expired and the National Park Service wants to acquire the land. Natchez National Historical Park Superintendent Kathleen Jenkins tells the Natchez Democrat there was an understanding was that the NPS would obtain the Little [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 9,2013
Tags: alcohol, beer, brewer, brewry, city, city council, code, councilman, downtown, government, land, law, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, microbrewry, municipal, municipality, real estate
HATTIESBURG — The Hattiesburg City Council has approved a change to the city’s land use code to allow microbreweries to open in the city’s downtown area. The Hattiesburg American reports two breweries are currently equipping to begin brewing by spring. Southern Prohibition brewery, owned by John Neal and Quinby Chunn, is remodeling a former furniture [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 8,2013
Tags: appropriation, city, county, education, funding, government, learning, municipal, municipality, student, supervisor, train, training, workforce
OLIVE BRANCH — The DeSoto County school system’s new Career Technology Center in Olive Branch will be maintained with a big helping hand from the city of Olive Branch and DeSoto County. The Commercial Appeal reports the board unanimously approved an interlocal agreement with Olive Branch and the county to pay maintenance costs for the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 8,2013
Tags: burial, bury, cemetery, court, government, judge, justice, law, misappropriation, pre-need, prison, sentence, state, stealing, steral, trust
BOONEVILLE — Cemetery owner Wayne Hight of Booneville has been sentenced to serve four years in prison for failing to properly fund pre-need burial trusts. Assistant District Attorney Richard Bowen tells The Daily Corinthian reports Hight also was ordered to pay restitution of more than $500,000. Bowen said Hight, 74, pleaded guilty Friday in Alcorn [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 8,2013
Tags: culture, federal agency, government, Heritage, historic, history, home, house, neighborhood, preservation, preserve, property, real estate, register, residence, resident, residential
JACKSON — The Belhaven neighborhood in Jackson has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Department of the Interior has approved the addition of the Belhaven Historic District on the recommendation a Mississippi preservation board. The Belhaven neighborhood dates back to the early 1900s when it was a small residential development when [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 7,2013
Tags: bill, commodity, crop, duck, farm, farmer, farming, federal, goose, government, hunt, hunter, hunting, law, lawmaker, legal, legislative, outdoors, rice, waterfowl
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Congressional delegations from Mississippi and Arkansas have backed legislation to clarify that hunting over a rolled rice field is not illegal field baiting. The legislation promoted by U.S. Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker, both R-Miss., died in the past Congress. U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., whose district is the largest rice [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: January 7,2013
Tags: agency, damage, disaster, disaster recovery, emergency, entrepreneur, federal, flood, flooding, government, loan, loss, natural disaster, rain, small business, storm, sweather, tornado, wind
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI — Residents and businesses in Mississippi affected by severe storms and tornadoes on Dec. 25 can apply for low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration. The declaration covers Pearl River County and the adjacent counties of Forrest, Hancock, Harrison, Lamar, Marion and Stone. The SBA is opening an outreach center in [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 7,2013
Tags: appropriation, budget, casino, convention, county, entertainment, fund, gamble, gambler, gambling, gaming, government, hospitality, hotel, lodging, meeting, money, nightlife, restaurant, revenue, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
NATCHEZ — Adams County officials are being careful not to count too heavily on gambling revenue in 2013, despite the opening of a new casino. The Natchez Democrat reports the county has only budgeted for an additional $95,000 in gambling revenue for fiscal year 2013. For the fiscal year that ended in September 2012, a [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 7,2013
Tags: bill, Charter school, education, government, law, lawmaker, learn, legislation, legislator, Legislature, legisllative, public education, public school, state, teach
JACKSON — A year ago, even some opponents of charter schools expected a bill to pass. But some majority Republicans balked, killing the bill in the House. So proponents redoubled their efforts, trying to build support for widening the rules that allow alternative public schools run by outside groups. Now they will try again. “I [...] [...]
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