by Associated Press Published: April 13,2010
Tags: alcohol sales, city government
VICKSBURG — Vicksburg officials will not t remove restrictions on sales of beer and light wine. The Vicksburg Post reports that two aldermen who voted for the ban enacted in 2008 announced at a meeting April 9 they would not vote to repeal it. Mayor Paul Winfield had supported restoring 24-hour beer sales and sales from ice [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 9,2010
Tags: alcohol sales, travel and tourism
JACKSON — Pike County and the owners of inner tube rental companies will square off before the Mississippi Supreme Court March 30 in an ongoing dispute over a ban of sale of alcohol on heavily used stretches of the Bogue Chitto River and Topisaw Creek. The county enacted the ban in 2008 after local authorities and [...] [...]
by Nash Nunnery Published: March 7,2010
Tags: alcohol sales, Alcoholic Beverage Control, economy, hard liquor, wine, wine and spirits
Mississippians may be drinking as much as they ever have but they ain’t drinking the good stuff Despite a downtrodden economy and jobless rates in double-digits, Mississippians continued to reach for the wine and spirits in 2009. While they drank more liquor last year, people turned to cheaper brands, according to a recently released report by the [...] [...]
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