by Clay Chandler Published: June 3,2012
Tags: Annandale, athletics, Bruno Event Team, golfing, John Marovich, PGA Tour, Randy Watkins, sports, Tiger Woods, True South Classic, Viking Classic
Six weeks before the True South Classic tees off, the tournament’s big marketing push is about to start. Tournament officials hope the campaign will drive ticket sales, something that’s already “tracking well,” according to the executive director. “Traditionally we’ll spike once all the (advertising and marketing) efforts get completely going here shortly,” said John Marovich, [...] [...]
by John Woods Published: February 3,2012
Tags: Bryan Foods, Hinds Community College, Houston, John Woods, las vegas, Mossy Oak Camouflage, Orlando, Preston Pittman, Primos Calls, the SHOT Show, Tiger Woods, Toxey haas, Will Primos
Without naming names this is still a story to tell. It’s not about failure or bad business decisions or even poor management. It is more about market forces, constrains on running a small business, underfunded operating capitol, a prevailing “mom and pop” operating philosophy, knock off brands, and watching competitors outright stealing your product ideas [...] [...]
CORINTH — Crews have started work on expansions on both sides of the Corinth High School football field. “We need to do this because we’re having an increased number coming out for high school football and are seeing growth in our middle school program — which should translate into greater numbers at high school,” Dr. [...] [...]
BAY ST. LOUIS — Work has begun on a wave pool and water park at Buccaneer State Park in Hancock County. “We are very excited about beginning the final phase of our recovery projects. This will make us whole again,” Park Manager Stu Rayburn told the Sea Coast Echo. Rayburn said that construction began in [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 3,2012
Tags: Billy Orr, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Danny Torgerson, Dixie National Livestock Show and Rodeo, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Coliseum, Mississippi Development Authority, Mississippi Trade Mart, Monster Truck Entertainment, Phoenix, State Fair Commission, Tiger Woods
JACKSON — It’s the place where many baby boomers attended their first concert as teenagers or young adults. Not much has changed over the 48-year history of the state-owned Mississippi Coliseum at the fairgrounds. Today, people are still attending events at the aging coliseum, but the venue no longer is a stop on most major [...] [...]
SOUTHAVEN — Embattled Southaven Mayor Greg Davis is to preside over his first city council meeting Tuesday since returning from treatment at an unnamed medical facility. Police Chief Tom Long says that interest in the meeting is running high among local residents. In November, state Auditor Stacey Pickering told Davis to repay the city about [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 3,2012
Tags: Alabama, energy, Georgia, John Thomas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, North Carolina, Securities and Exchange Commission, Tennessee, Tiger Woods, TVA, Virginia
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Valley Authority said a mild winter so far has reduced electricity sales by 5 percent in the first quarter of the fiscal year and will cause the utility to reconsider expenditures for the rest of the year. The utility said in a news release on Friday that its first quarterly [...] [...]
by Lynn Lofton Published: February 3,2012
Tags: Columbia South Carolina, Delaware, Dr. Patrick Carnes, Facing the Shadows, Florida, Forrest General Hospital, Gentle Path, Georgia, Gloria Jean Thompson, HATTIESBURG, Jamaica Queens New York, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Next Step, Out of the Shadows, Pine Grove Behavioral Health & Addiction Services, Queen’s College, sex, Sex Addiction, South Carolina, Thomas Pough, Tiger Woods, William Carey University
As a college student, Thomas Pough made the discovery that counseling was for him. A series of positions and moves led him to Pine Grove Behavioral Health & Addiction Services in Hattiesburg in 1996. An outgrowth of Forrest General Hospital, it’s one of the nation’s most comprehensive treatment centers and Mississippi’s largest. “I’ve always been [...] [...]
In this week’s MBJ — GET ‘EM WHILE THE LAST: One Mississippi business can make your life at home better in the next two weeks. By Amy McCullough Also in this week’s paper: >> Change on tap?: Modernizing small business laws gets a boost. Read the real story — by Clay Chandler >> Taking stock: [...] [...]
PHILADELPHIA, Miss. — Neshoba County General Hospital has signed an affiliation agreement with Anderson Regional Medical Center of Meridian. Officials with both hospitals say the deal is not a purchase or lease agreement but a working agreement. Neshoba General CEO Lonnie Graber says the Philadelphia hospital will have access to Anderson’s business expertise and expand [...] [...]
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