BILOXI — The former Casino Magic hotel tower has been placed on Biloxi’s list of blighted buildings.
Biloxi wants the properties fixed up or torn down.
More than 50 properties are on the blight list.
The city can require inspections of Hurricane Katrina-damaged commercial properties, and if a property is blighted, require the property owner to take action.
Katrina [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 18,2011
Tags: Doctor's Hospital of Mobile, GULFPORT, HATTIESBURG, Hurricane Katrina, Janet Williams, Lighthouse Business and Professional Women, MBA program, Memorial Hospital at Gulfport, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Norwich Eaton Pharmaceuticals, nursing, nursing schools, nursing shortage, Providence School of Nursing, Tradition campus, University of Alabama-Birmingham, University of South Alabama, University of South Alabama Medical Center, University of Southern Mississippi, William Carey University
Dr. Janet Williams, R.N., Ph.D., dean of the Joseph and Nancy Fail School of Nursing at William Carey University, was recently awarded a 2011 Woman of Achievement Award in the education category by the Lighthouse Business and Professional Women organization. Lighthouse BPW represents successful women in every sector of the Mississippi Gulf Coast’s business community, [...] [...]
Clovis Reed has joined Stone-Adams Financial Partners, a business development and consulting firm, as a principal. Reed will be primarily responsible for developing financial solutions for governments and businesses working with challenging growth issues.
Reed will transition in January from his duties as administrator for Rankin County, a position he has held for six years. Prior [...] [...]
HOUSTON — Federal authorities are providing $50 million to restore seven Gulf Coast river basins after last year’s catastrophic oil spill.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s head Lisa Jackson says a task force has set out a series of goals to help restore the region, the result of a year of work [...] [...]
GULFPORT — A Gulfport man has been sentenced to six months in prison and ordered to pay more than $118,000 for the theft of government funds intended as homeowner-assistance and disaster-relief for Hurricane Katrina survivors.
U.S. District Court Judge Sul Ozerden on Friday ruled Gerald W. Haydel must make restitution of [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 1,2011
Tags: Convention Center, Dallas Texas, Gulf Opportunity Zone, Hurricane Katrina, JACKSON, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Porter Bingham, Tony Yarber, Transcontinental Realty Investments
Our capital city wants to go into the hospitality business by co-signing a $96 million loan for a 16-floor convention headquarters hotel. Yet Jackson taxpayers — the exact same ones who’ll have to make up the difference if the hotel lands in the red — know few of the details of the deal and even [...] [...]
NEW ORLEANS — A Harahan, La., man has pleaded guilty to stealing government funds.
U.S. Attorney Jim Letten says Vernon Ponder pleaded guilty Thursday before U.S. District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon.
Letten says Ponder applied to the Mississippi Development Authority and to the U.S. Small Business Association for money to repair his vacation home [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 15,2011
Tags: Atlanta Braves, Barry Lyons, Big South League, Bilox, BILOXI, Field of Dream, Greenville, Greenville Bluesmen, HATTIESBURG, Hurricane Katrina, JACKSON, Jackson Met, Major League Baseball, Meridian, Mississippi, Mississippi Braves, National Basketball Association, National Football League, National Hockey League, New York Mets, Southaven, Southern League, Tupelo, Tupelo Tornado
There was a time that minor league sports, baseball in particular, was at the heart of the American dream.
Watch “Field of Dreams” and you will know everything you need to know.
However, these days, non-affiliated minor league sports do not work.
They don’t work in Mississippi, ever.
To think there is a group of people, today, wanting to [...] [...]
by Ross Reily Published: September 13,2011
Tags: Alcorn State, All-American, Auburn University, Bay St. Louis, Cam Newton, Delbert Hosemann, Delta State, Felix “Doc” Blanchard, Gov. Haley Barbour, Heisman Trophy, Hurricane Katrina, Jackson State, Kenny Rogers, Lady Gaga, LSU, Mississippi State University, NCAA, Reggie Bush, Rick Perry, Southeastern Conference, St. Stanislaus, Tea Party, Uniform Athletes Agents Act, United States Air Force, University of Alabama, USC
While we understand what Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann meant when he said, “If Mississippi ever wins a Heisman trophy, we want to keep it,” there likely are many out there who don’t.
Hosemann made the comments in connection with a story, saying a new law could help protect student athletes from sports agents who engage [...] [...]
Gov. Haley Barbour comments to the media on the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
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