by Lynn Lofton Published: February 3,2012
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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 interested [...] [...]
by Becky Gillette Published: January 31,2012
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Julia Daily, executive director, Mississippi Craftsmen’s Guild, has traveled around the country to visit art galleries and craft centers like the one she oversees, the Mississippi Craft Center. She has found that the work of Mississippi artists and craftsmen compares favorably to the best in the nation.
“I would place our artisans up against any in [...] [...]
Foreclosure rates in Jackson decreased in October from the same period last year, according to new data from CoreLogic.
Statewide, however, foreclosures rates rose from 2.38 percent in October 2010 to 2.57 percent in October last year, California real estate research firm CoreLogic reported.
CoreLogic said the rate of Jackson area foreclosures among outstanding mortgage loans [...] [...]
Consumer delinquencies fell in seven of 11 loan categories in the third quarter of 2011, with two categories – bank cards and home equity lines of credit — holding virtually steady, the American Bankers Association reports.
The composite ratio, which tracks delinquencies in eight closed-end installment loan categories, fell 29 basis points to 2.59 percent of [...] [...]
by Stephen McDill Published: January 8,2012
Tags: Beach Boys, Bill Hemsath, Brandon Flowers, Electronic keyboardists, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Lady Gaga, Minimoog, monophonic analog synthesizer, R.A. Moog Inc, Vangelis, “Good Vibrations”, “Hemsath’s toy.”
Electronic keyboardists today from Lady Gaga to Brandon Flowers owe their careers to Bill Hemsath.
While he was never a voice coach, talent agent or label producer, the Madison resident is probably one of the most overlooked figures in modern music history.
As the inventor of the Minimoog, a first-generation modern synthesizer, Hemsath and his imaginative instrument [...] [...]
“Our goal is to really inspire the next generation of explorers.”
That is the mission plan of the highly-anticipated Infinity Science Center at John C. Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis.
Infinity development director John Wilson and the center’s non-profit foundation are going over ribbon cutting plans for the 72,000 square-foot, $42 million museum which is [...] [...]
Despite good salaries and job prospects in the field, sometimes college students are less than keen about going into the field of accounting. It might not be seen as exciting as some other career choices. But Mississippi State University accounting director Dr. Jim Scheiner sees it differently.
“My father was a CPA and I saw how [...] [...]
The year ended with out-going Gov. Haley Barbour tossing the Mississippi Legislature a plan for revamping the $20 billion Public Employees Retirement System — a hot potato capable of burning politicians on both sides of the issue.
The PERS issue is a clear choice for designation among the Mississippi Business Journal’s “Stories of the Year.” The [...] [...]
This year the Mississippi Legislature approved loans for three green energy manufacturing companies recruited to the state by Gov. Haley Barbour.
In January the state Legislature approved a $75 million loan for Stion, a startup manufacturing company that will make thin-film solar panels in Hattiesburg. The company promises to investment $500 million and bring 1,000 jobs [...] [...]
The rescuers of once-distressed Cadence Bank have moved the regional banking company’s headquarters from Starkville to Birmingham, Ala., but are living up to pledges to make Starkville a hub for the operations end of an expanded community banking business, economic development leaders say.
The new $4.1 billion Cadence Bank, N.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cadence Bancorp, [...] [...]
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