Mississippi Business Journal » singer http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Owners selling Elvis’ ranch; want it to be tourist destination http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/14/owners-selling-elvis-ranch-want-it-to-be-tourist-destination/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=owners-selling-elvis-ranch-want-it-to-be-tourist-destination http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/14/owners-selling-elvis-ranch-want-it-to-be-tourist-destination/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 16:09:47 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74735 HERNANDO — A group of Elvis Presley fans wants to preserve the memory of the king’s cowboy side by finding a buyer for a DeSoto County ranch to make it a destination for visitors. Elvis bought the roughly 150-acre Circle G ranch in 1967 as a place to ride horses and get away from Graceland. [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/14/owners-selling-elvis-ranch-want-it-to-be-tourist-destination/feed/ 0 Local officials hoping for state help in funding Wynette museum http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/06/local-officials-hoping-for-state-help-in-funding-wynette-museum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=local-officials-hoping-for-state-help-in-funding-wynette-museum http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/06/local-officials-hoping-for-state-help-in-funding-wynette-museum/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 13:29:04 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74348 TREMONT — Officials in northeast Mississippi are hoping for some money from the state to help to finance construction of the Tammy Wynette Museum in Tremont. Wynette, a country music legend who died in 1998, is a native of the Tremont area in Itawamba County. She was married for six years to George Jones, who [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/06/local-officials-hoping-for-state-help-in-funding-wynette-museum/feed/ 0 Buffett attends certification meeting for Magaritaville Casino http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/17/buffett-attends-certification-meeting-for-magaritaville-casino/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=buffett-attends-certification-meeting-for-magaritaville-casino http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/17/buffett-attends-certification-meeting-for-magaritaville-casino/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 16:22:30 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=57199 JACKSON — Jimmy Buffett says creating jobs on the Gulf Coast is a rewarding part of his new Margaritaville Casino and Resort in Mississippi. Buffett was in Jackson today when the Mississippi Gaming Commission signed off the certification for the casino, set to open next Tuesday in Biloxi. The meeting was a formality. Gaming Commission [...]

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