In a Sun Herald story this morning, it was reported that Carl the Downtown Rooster, who roamed Ocean Springs streets since last summer, has been relocated to Vancleave, where he has a pen and the companionship of six hens. Two women who work at a local grocery store found a home for him with nice [...]
Just sitting on your couch and listening, some of Newt Gingrich’s latest ideas might seem to be a little — OK, a lot — off the wall. Amazingly enough, some of Newt’s ideas might actually be good for Mississippi’s economy in general and the Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, specifically. In fact, many of [...]
Gov. Phil Bryant said a lot of things Tuesday night in his first State of the State address. He’s for more jobs. … He’s against obesity. … And he’s for education and energy. … But there was one quote that stood out as Bryant proclaimed that he is also for economic development. “Economic development is [...]
Allen Pepper had a genuine love of people. It came across every time you ever saw him. Tall and slim, with a chiseled faced that seemed to never show the burden of the decisions he made daily as a federal judge, Pepper had a way that eased folks in trying times, delighted them in good [...]
Spirit of the Marathon is the best documentary I have ever seen, and I have seen it so many times I can’t count. Plus, I have listened to all or part of it on every run of more than an hour for more than 18 months. So, to learn in the last couple of days [...]
What great timing. According to news outlets across the globe, the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin may have finally been proven. A new study by Italian scientists may not be definitive on its origins, but it does refute the popular notion that it was faked during the Middle Ages. According to ABC. experts at [...]
Have you ever noticed that just about every neighborhood has a “trash dog”? You know, the dog that wanders through every few days and picks out one house to hit, knocking over a trash can and dragging away all the good stuff it can and leaving a giant mess in its wake. Or maybe it’s [...]
When we first dreamed up the idea of having an MBJ Businessperson of the Year, we had no idea that the inaugural award would turn out like it did. We generally thought the award would end up going to someone like a Hu Meena at C Spire, who led his Ridgeland-based companies to new heights [...]
The press release just came down … Here it is … JACKSON – According to Public Policy Polling, Mississippi’s Haley Barbour is the most popular Governor in America. Mississippians approved of Governor Barbour more so than voters of any other state approved of their respective governors. “Haley Barbour’s conservative Republican policies like opposing tax increases [...]
Headlines in every newspaper across the country seem to give conflicting information on the current status and the future of the world economy. We are left to wonder when, if ever, we will ever come out of this — what seems to be never-ending — economic slowdown. One day you read that the governments of [...]
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