by Ross Reily Published: November 5,2011
Tags: andy rooney, Ben Wasson, Bern Keating, Betsy Bradley, Charles Bell, David Cohn, Delta Democrat Times, Ellen Douglas, Franke Keating, Greenville, Hodding Carter III, Hodding Carter Jr., Mary Dayle McCormick, McCormick Book Inn, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, photographer, Shelby Foote, Southern Literary trail, Walker Percy, William Alexander Percy, writer
Greenville’s Franke Keating, known world-wide as one of the most celebrated photographers for National Geographic, died Friday in Atlanta at 95. Keating had lived in Atlanta recently with her son, Dr. John Keating, since her health had begun to fail. “She was a special lady,” Greenville realtor Betsy Alexander said. “It is a sad day [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 15,2011
Tags: Atlanta Braves, Barry Lyons, Big South League, Bilox, BILOXI, Field of Dream, Greenville, Greenville Bluesmen, HATTIESBURG, Hurricane Katrina, JACKSON, Jackson Met, Major League Baseball, Meridian, Mississippi, Mississippi Braves, National Basketball Association, National Football League, National Hockey League, New York Mets, Southaven, Southern League, Tupelo, Tupelo Tornado
There was a time that minor league sports, baseball in particular, was at the heart of the American dream. Watch “Field of Dreams” and you will know everything you need to know. However, these days, non-affiliated minor league sports do not work. They don’t work in Mississippi, ever. To think there is a group of [...] [...]
by Ross Reily Published: September 13,2011
Tags: agriculture, banking and finance, Baxter Laboratories, Bolivar County, Calisolar, CLEVELAND, Coahoma County, construction, Delta Revitalization Task Force, DeSoto County, education, employment, environment, federal government, Greenville, Greenville Bridge, HCL Cleantech, healthcare, higher education, House Bill 1034, Issaquena County, jobs, KIOR, Leflore County, manufacturing, Memphis, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Delta, municipal government, oil spill, publicly traded company, real estate, retail, Riverbend Crossing, Sharkey County, Soladigm, state agency, Stion, Sunflower County, Tallahatchie County, tourism, Twin Creeks, unemployment, utilities, VICKSBURG, Washington County, Weather
The Mississippi Delta continues to flounder as unemployment figures average around 18 percent for the 12 counties between Vicksburg and Memphis. Yet, there have been many jobs announcements in the years of the Barbour administration, but very few have had anything to do with the Mississippi Delta. In this latest barrage of economic development announcements, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 11,2011
Tags: Bolivar, capitalism, courts, economic development, Greenville, homes, houses, housing, Humphreys, investigation, Issaquena, Joshua Howat Berger, Leland, misappropriations, Mississippi Delta, politics Tags: AJ Jefferson, Racism, real estate, Sharkey, Social Issues, South Delta Regional Housing Authority, Stupidity, Sunflower, witness tampering
GREENVILLE — A Sept. 26 trial date has been set for the director of the South Delta Regional Housing Authority and a contractor in a federal criminal case, according to The Delta Democrat-Times. ••• SEE ANALYSIS AT EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK ••• SEE MORE COVERAGE Ann Jefferson, who is on administrative leave as the authority’s executive director, [...] [...]
Fine china, home appliances, clothing, books and games are among the items meticulously displayed at the Washington Square Thrift Store in downtown Greenville. “The community has been really good to us,” said Ann Macvaugh, founder and executive director of Washington Square. “We get items from estates – fine china, televisions. This is upscale resale. It’s [...] [...]
How bad the Mississippi River flooding is in Greenville is all about perspective. More specifically, it depends at which side of the levee one looks. On the western, river-side of the levee, the situation is sobering. At press time, the river was reaching near the top of the levee at downtown Greenville. The levee was [...] [...]
Working for a better Delta Hudson takes on Thompson for congressional seat Greenville Mayor Heather McTeer Hudson is running for Congress in Mississippi’s 2nd District, a seat that has been held since 1993 by Bennie Thompson. A Greenville native, Hudson attended Spelman College in Atlanta and Tulane University Law School before returning to her home [...] [...]
Situated not a cotton spindle’s throw from historic Highway 1 near the unincorporated community of Scott sits the “think tank” for the Mississippi Delta farmer. There aren’t any ivy walls or backpack-toting coeds on this campus but rest assured, knowledge is at the core of the Scott Learning Center, where cotton, soybeans and corn are [...] [...]
You can take Bill Brown out of the Delta, but you can’t take the Delta out of Bill Brown. That’s because a conversation with Brown is sprinkled with references to the flatland region that is often romanticized by the folks that are born and reared there. “There’s no place like the Mississippi Delta,” said the [...] [...]
Dr. Maroun E. Hayek, oncologist at the Delta Cancer Institute in Greenville, has been named Delta Regional Medical Center’s chief of staff. Hayek will serve as the chief medical officer and principal official of the staff. Hayek, who joined the medical staff of Delta Regional Medical Center in 2000, received his M.D. from St. Joseph’s [...] [...]
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