PEARL- Local and state officials joined new employees for a ribbon cutting at the recently opened ScottsMiracle-Gro facility off Highway 80 in Pearl. [...]

Mission for facility is ‘providing medical care to qualified working, uninsured individuals and families’ Mississippi’s working uninsured will be getting a break on healthcare, thanks to a new non-profit medical clinic to open in Pearl by this summer. The clinic is in need of more volunteer physicians before opening. Lantern’s mission, according to its web site, [...] [...]
PEARL — The Rankin County Chamber of Commerce and the Pearl Chamber of Commerce recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for Mac and Bones Golf and Grill. Mac and Bones is expected to open in Oct. 2009, and will be located in Pearl across from Ryan’s Family Steak House. The partners in the business include former [...] [...]
PEARL — A $1.55-million federal grant has been approved to reimburse the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) for emergency service costs incurred after Hurricane Katrina. The decision was announced in a joint release from Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.). Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in consultation with congressional appropriations committees, has [...] [...]
PEARL — On July 28, Rankin County and Hinds Community College (HCC) leaders broke ground on the new Multi-Purpose Center located on the campus in Pearl. The new 75,000-square-foot building is slated to open in fall 2010. It will house a 3,000-seat auditorium with a fixed stage and balcony but moveable seating that doubles as [...] [...]