Mississippi Business Journal » Okolona http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 State set to meet about Aberdeen school system http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/18/state-set-to-meet-about-aberdeen-school-system/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state-set-to-meet-about-aberdeen-school-system http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/18/state-set-to-meet-about-aberdeen-school-system/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:19:05 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=55841 JACKSON — State officials have signaled they could be seeking to take over an eighth school district even as they consider fundamental changes to the process of state control, called conservatorship. Mississippi’s Commission on School Accreditation is scheduled to meet Wednesday in Jackson and appears poised to declare a state of emergency in the 1,400-student [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/18/three-win-awards/feed/ 0 Okolona weighs options on topless club, named Chocolate City Bar and Grill http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/05/okolona-weighs-options-on-topless-club-named-chocolate-city-bar-and-grill/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=okolona-weighs-options-on-topless-club-named-chocolate-city-bar-and-grill http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/05/okolona-weighs-options-on-topless-club-named-chocolate-city-bar-and-grill/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:40:50 +0000 Ross Reily http://msbusiness.com/?p=49303 OKOLONA — The city of Okolona has placed a 60-day moratorium on nightclubs while it mulls a permit request from a Nettleton businessman to open a topless bar. Rodney Shumpert has applied for a privilege license to open the Chocolate City Bar & Grill. He plans to topless dancing, food and alcohol. “I am looking [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/05/okolona-weighs-options-on-topless-club-named-chocolate-city-bar-and-grill/feed/ 0 United Furniture adding at least 100 jobs http://msbusiness.com/blog/2009/10/19/united-furniture-adding-at-least-100-jobs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=united-furniture-adding-at-least-100-jobs http://msbusiness.com/blog/2009/10/19/united-furniture-adding-at-least-100-jobs/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:00:30 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=13788 OKOLONA — United Furniture Industries is expanding its Okolona operations in order to accommodate an increase in production. The company will be expanding into an existing, unspecified city-owned building. As a result of the expansion, United Furniture will be adding at least 100 new jobs at its Okolona manufacturing facility. “We would like to thank [...]

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