by MBJ Staff Published: July 22,2012
Tags: Donald Brown, Mississippi State Personnel Board, VICKSBURG
Donald G. Brown of Vicksburg has been re-elected to serve as chair of the Mississippi State Personnel Board for fiscal year 2013. Alwyn Luckey of Ocean Springs has been elected to serve as vice chair of MSPB. Serving with Brown and Luckey are Col. Nick Ardillo of Columbus, L.H. Gibson of Summit and newly appointed [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: July 22,2012
Tags: Central Mississippi Medical Center, Jon-Paul Croom, VICKSBURG
Central Mississippi Medical Center (CMMC) has added Jon-Paul Croom as COO. The Vicksburg native comes to CMMC with over eight years of executive experience in the healthcare industry. Prior to moving into management positions, Croom worked in several areas of hospital operations, including contract compliance, leasing negotiations and patient satisfaction measurement. Most recently, he served [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 17,2012
Tags: American Queen, Delta Queen, Department of Transportation, Great American Steamboat Company, Memphis, Mississippi Queen, Mississippi River, New Orleans, Old Court House Museum, U.S. Maritime Administration, VICKSBURG, Vicksburg National Military Park
VICKSBURG — For the first time in three years, the sounds of an authentic Mississippi River steamboat calliope will be heard when the American Queen docks at City Front in Vicksburg. The Queen was to arrive at 8 a.m. Tuesday and dock until 4 p.m. on its maiden journey since being acquired last year by [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 13,2012
Tags: Entergy, Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Natchez, Port Gibson, Suzanne Anderson, VICKSBURG
PORT GIBSON — A small fire shut down work in a portion of Entergy’s Grand Gulf Nuclear Station in Port Gibson Wednesday. Grand Gulf spokeswoman Suzanne Anderson tells the Vicksburg Post that there was no danger to workers or the public. Anderson says an unknown number of workers were forced to exit when a fire [...] [...]
by Clay Chandler Published: April 8,2012
Tags: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, Kansas City Southern Railways, Mississippi River, U.S. Coast Guard, VICKSBURG, Vicksburg Bridge Commission
Since March 2011, the old Mississippi River bridge in Vicksburg has been struck by barge traffic on the Mississippi River five times. That many impacts explain why the bridge is the most-impacted on the Mississippi River, according to figures from the U.S. Coast Guard. Since the 1970s, when statistics started being kept, the bridge has [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 7,2012
Tags: agriculture, appeal, Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners, Clean Water Act, courts, Cynthia Sarthou, economy, environment, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, federal government, flood, flood control, flooding, Gov. Haley Barbour, habitat, judge, judicial, judiciary, local government, Louie Miller, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi River, North Mississippi, Peter Nimrod, politics Tags: American Rivers, Sen. John McCain, Sen. Roger Wicker, Sen. Thad Cochran, South Delta, state government, Stupidity, the Gulf Restoration Network, the National Wildlife Federation, The Sierra Club, U.S. Congress, U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock, VICKSBURG, Washington, wildlife, Yazoo Backwater Project
NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court panel sided yesterday with the Environmental Protection Agency over its 2008 veto of a $220 million flood control project near the Yazoo River in the south Mississippi Delta. >> RELATED: EPA admits it has no experts on Yazoo Pump Project. The Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners sued the [...] [...]
by Ted Carter Published: February 3,2012
Tags: Albemarle, Army Corps of Engineers, Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway, Bob Anderson, Buck Shoot, Cairo, CorpsMap, Greenville, Illinois, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Levee Board, Mississippi River, Mississippi Valley Division, Northeastern Illinois University, Ohio River, Peter Nimrod, Scott Whitney, VICKSBURG, Warren County, Washington County, Winterville
The Army Corps of Engineers says it will begin notifying communities along the Mississippi River this month whether damage from last year’s historic flood poses a further threat should the river reach flood levels again this year. The corps has been doing assessments in recent months of damages to levees, structures and navigation channels, said [...] [...]
by Lynn Lofton Published: February 3,2012
Tags: Calpurnia, Carrie Bradshaw, Charles Darwin, Flaubert, Laura Weeks, Lorelei Books, Love Letters of Great Men, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Oscar Wilde, Robert Browning, Roman Pliny, Sex and the City, St. Martin’s Press, Ursula Doyle, VICKSBURG
Are hand written expressions of love a thing of the past? Even in this age of e-mails, tweets and texted “I luv u’s” surely there is still a place for a real note from the heart. A real love letter will touch the recipient in a way an electronic message never could. It will also [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: January 22,2012
Tags: MDOT, Mississippi Department of Transportation, VICKSBURG
The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) has appointed Mark McConnell to the position of deputy executive director-chief engineer. McConnell, a 24-year employee of MDOT, will oversee highway and bridge construction projects as well as MDOT’s maintenance program throughout Mississippi. He will also oversee MDOT’s divisions and districts. McConnell started his MDOT career in construction in [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 22,2011
Tags: February, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, revenue, taxes, Tea Party, VICKSBURG
VICKSBURG — For a second straight month, sales tax collections in Vicksburg were up, with August receipts running 9.54 percent over 2010. Revenue to the city lags actual sales tax collections by two months. For example, receipts for April reflect taxes collected on sales in February. So far, total disbursements for the 2011 fiscal year [...] [...]
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