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City of Greenville hires Korey Adams

MBJ Staff — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:03:22 +0000

Greenville City Council recently voted to hire Korey Bennett Adams for the manager position in the Water Department. Born and raised in Greenville, Adams attended Jackson State University and majored in psychology. In 1998, Adams graduated at the top of his class with magna cum laude honors. After college, Adams took a position as career [...]

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Renee Flynt made Craftsmen’s Guild president

MBJ Staff — Fri, 03 May 2013 19:57:50 +0000

Renee Nick Flynt was recently elected president of the board of directors of the Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi. A native of Greenville and graduate of the Mississippi University for Women, Flynt’s professional career included a decade of service on the staff of U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran. She has an extensive background in public service and [...]

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Lee receives award

MBJ Staff — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 03:30:56 +0000

Sandra Lee, crew trainer of the McDonald’s restaurant on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Greenville, was recently named 2013 Great Southern Region Crew Person of the Year. An employee at the restaurant for only 17 months, Lee quickly rose from an hourly employee to crew trainer. As part of her duties, she trains new [...]

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Officials hope designation kicks off redevelopment wave

Clay Chandler — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:26:35 +0000

Greenville’s downtown was placed on the National Register of Historic Places last month, and officials there are hoping it spurs a wave of redevelopment for the area. The entire process took more than two years, and involved surveys, hiring consultants to help the Commission navigate the process, procuring grant money to pay those consultants and [...]

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Read December 7 issue of MBJ

MBJ Staff — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:30:21 +0000

>> BANKING New BancorpSouth CEO has big plans for Tupelo-based bank— by Ted Carter Also in this week’s paper: >> DINING Landmark Iron Horse Grill returns to Jackson by Ted Carter >>ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Downtown Greenville lands on National Register of Historic Places— by Clay Chandler >> ENERGY What did Twin Creeks vetting process miss? — [...]

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Yeager tenders resignation

MBJ Staff — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:02:35 +0000

The city of Greenville is looking for a new parks director. Officials told the Delta Democrat Times Yvette Yeager resigned after 10 years on the job. James Harris, president of the Greenville Park Commission, says Yeager left for personal reasons.

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UPDATED: Greenville Mayor Chuck Jordan dies after bout with pancreatic cancer

Ross Reily — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:43:44 +0000

Greenville mayor Chuck Jordan died Tuesday at his home after battling pancreatic cancer. Jordan was 66. Survivors include his wife, Jane; a daughter and four grandchildren. Graveside services will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 15 at Glenwood Cemetery in Yazoo City. There will be no active pallbearers but Jordan requested that all the citizens of [...]

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Mississippi River Marathon hopes to raise money and awareness

Clay Chandler — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 06:01:00 +0000

The inaugural Mississippi River Marathon started with a conversation between two Teach for America corps members. Those putting on the race, set for February in Greenville and Lake Village, Ark., say it could end up paying nice dividends for the Delta and for the teacher-placement organization. Chris Marsh and a Teach for America colleague came [...]

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A look back at Greenville squatting attempts

Ted Carter — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 06:01:03 +0000

Greenville real estate broker Dottie Collins is still astonished at the boldness of a band of would-be squatters who last fall tacked a proclamation of ownership to the door of a Tampa Road house she was selling. It was not as though being in the home-selling business in the Delta didn’t already have sufficient challenges. [...]

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Trotter gives presentation

MBJ Staff — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 06:01:07 +0000

Greenville financial advisor Ike S. Trotter, CLU, ChFC, was a featured speaker recently at the 2012 Career Conference and Annual Meeting of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors held in Las Vegas, Nev. It drew more than 2,500 agents from across the U.S. Trotter’s presentation was titled “Nuts and Bolts Estate Planning — [...]

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