by MBJ Staff Published: April 10,2013
Tags: award, coal, electricity, energy, honor, plant, recognition, rig, rigging, transport, transportation
COLUMBUS — Burkhalter received both Rigging Job of the Year and Hauling Job of the Year awards from the Specialized Carriers and Rigging Association (SCRA) at its annual awards dinner in Scottsdale, Ariz. Rigging Job of the Year was awarded for Burkhalter’s precision rigging, positioning and setting of the new Galveston Causeway Railroad Bridge and [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 26,2013
Tags: award, bank, banker, banking, business loan, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, finance, financial institution, honor, lending, loan, recognition, small business, startup
GULFPORT — Hancock Bank and Whitney Bank have received a combined eight national and regional Greenwich Excellence Awards in Small Business and Middle Market Banking for 2012. According to a news release, the two Gulf South financial institutions were among the top six percent of eligible organizations to earn the coveted Greenwich Associates recognition, which [...] [...]
JACKSON — Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP has been recognized as the Mississippi “Firm of the Year” in the inaugural U.S. Benchmark Litigation Awards. It was also named the top firm in the South for its appellate and general commercial litigation practices. Winners were honored at an awards ceremony in New York City. In addition [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 23,2013
Tags: bill, bridge, city government, dead, death, died, elected official, honor, law, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, legislator, Legislature, politician, Politics, public official, recognition, recognize, state government
HOUSTON — The city of Houston has asked the Legislature to name a local bridge for the late state Rep. Billy Bowles. Bowles served 20 years in the Mississippi House. Bowles died in 2012 at the age of 78. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports aldermen are asking that the Mississippi Highway 15 overpass over [...] [...]