McComb schools superintendent Therese Palmertree has announced she will retire July 1. The school board named Palmertree interim superintendent in 2007 and she moved into the job full-time in early 2008. She succeeded Pat Cooper, who had been superintendent of the McComb School District for 10 years and who resigned to go to work in [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 5,2012
Tags: 60 minutes, Billy Walters, Biloxi Belle, Casino Magic, Duane Lewis, Falcon Gaming, gambling, gaming, Gold Shore, Hancock County, Jackson County, Lady Luck, McComb, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Oyster Bay Casino, President Casino Broadwater Resort, Silver Slipper Casino, Tunica
D’IBERVILLE — Developers of the proposed Oyster Bay Casino have signed a management agreement and hope to start construction of the $170 million resort by the end of the year. Tom Moore says that he and business partner Duane Lewis, a developer from Birmingham, Ala., hired Falcon Gaming of Gulfport to manage the daily operations [...] [...]

by Lynn Lofton Published: February 19,2012
Tags: Bruno Mars, Hibernia Bank, kudzu, Louisiana, McComb, Mississippi, Mississippi Association of Realtors, Mississippi Business Journal, New Orleans, Noggin, Realtor Institute, Southern Methodist University, Southwest Mississippi, Vanderbilt University, Watkins Wild, Wild Realty
>> Realtor has name to fit these heady times Right off the bat, Realtor Watkins Wild of McComb says it’s okay to call him by his nickname, “Noggin,” because that’s what everyone has called him all his life. As a successful Realtor and president of the Mississippi Association of Realtors (MAR), he’s called Noggin and [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 18,2011
Tags: agriculture, Bryant-College Station, chickens, commodities, Coyt West, farming, Hazlehurst, Laurel, McComb, Mississippi Poultry Association, Mississippi State University, MSU, poultry, Sanderson Farms, soybeans, STARKVILLE, Texas
Fifty-one years after graduating from Mississippi State University, Coyt “Bud” West returned to his alma mater to be honored by the industry he served. On Nov. 17, West’s colleagues, friends, family, and MSU faculty and administration gathered at the university’s poultry science building to honor West as he was inducted into the Mississippi Poultry Association’s [...] [...]