by Amy McCullough Published: February 3,2012
Tags: American truffles, Bailey's Irish Cream, caramel popcorn, chocolate-covered strawberries, chocolates, divinity, English toffee, fudge, Houston, JACKSON, Kansas, Maraschino cherries, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mr. Kegg, Nancy King, Nandy's Candy, pralines, Texas, truffles, Valentine's Day
To open the door of Nandy’s Candy in Jackson is to beoverwhelmed with the smell of real chocolate. Rich, dark, velvety chocolate. Not the overly sugared, artificially flavored, cheap disappointment. Nandy’s is the real deal.
Display cases filled with American truffles, amaretto truffles, Bailey’s Irish cream, walnut clusters, pecan, cashew and almond clusters, marzipan, chocolate marshmallow, [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 20,2011
Tags: Alabama, british petroleum, Dan Turner, Deepwater Horizon, Democrat, Gov. Phil Bryant, gulf of mexico, JACKSON, Louie Miller, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Development Authority, oil drilling, republican, Ship Island, sierra club
JACKSON — Allowing oil and gas drilling 10 to 12 miles south of Mississippi’s coastline in the Gulf of Mexico is a good idea because it could generate state revenue, Gov. Haley Barbour said Tuesday.
The Mississippi Development Authority on Monday published proposed regulations to lease state waters in the Gulf for the drilling.
The regulations are [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 18,2011
Tags: Baton Rouge, Delta Regional Medical Center, DRMC board of trustees, Greenville, JACKSON, Louisiana State University, Louisiana State University Medical Center, LSU, medical residencies, Ole Miss, Robert L. Curry, Stansel Harvey, surgery, UMMC, University of Mississippi, University of Mississippi Medical Center, urology
Delta Regional Medical Center (DRMC) is pleased to announce Robert L. Curry, M.D., Urologist, as its new Chief of Staff. As Chief of Staff, Curry will serve as Chief Medical Officer, as well as on the Board of Trustees at DRMC.
Stansel Harvey, FACHE, Chief Executive Officer at DRMC says, “Dr. Hayek did a remarkable job [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 18,2011
Tags: Aerobics & Fitness Association, Agnes Scott College, Belhaven University, corporate wellness, Deidre Mooney, Emory University, general surgery, health pathology, healthcare administration, JACKSON, Mississippi College, Mississippi Premier Plastic Surgery, National Wellness Institute, nursing, plastic & reconstructive surgery, Ridgeland, Sanctuary Body Spa of St. Dominic's, St. Dominic Health Systems, St. George's University School of Madison, Stanford University's Chronic Disease Self Management Program, Suzie Foote, The Spa at St. Dominic's, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Wellness Coaches of America, William Dotie Jackson
Sanctuary Body Spa of St. Dominic’s has named its executive team: Dr. William Dotie Jackson, medical director; Suzie Foote, interim spa director; and, Deidre Mooney, corporate wellness coordinator. A lifelong resident of Jackson, Jackson completed his undergraduate studies at Mississippi College, attended medical school at St. George’s University School of Medicine and completed his general [...] [...]
In its first year of operation, a convention center hotel in Jackson would achieve a revenue-per-available room rate more than double the current rate for Jackson’s downtown hotel market.
That’s the ambitious projection of a market feasibility study done for potential hotel development partner Transcontinental Realty Inc. of Dallas and on which city officials appear ready [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 5,2011
Tags: Atticus Finch, Bill Minor, Bill Waller, Byron De La Beckwith, Carroll Waller, David Sansing, Democrat, Former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove, Gov. William Waller Sr, Hinds County, JACKSON, Jim Walters, Lafayette County, Lewis Younger, Medgar Evers, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Governor's Mansion, Mississippi Supreme Court, National Historic Landmark, National Park Service, R.O. Williams, To Kill a Mockingbird, University of Mississippi, William Waller Jr
JACKSON — Former Mississippi Gov. William Waller Sr. was remembered Saturday as a transformative figure who helped the state move beyond its segregationist politics during his tenure from 1972 to 1976.
More than 1,000 people attended Waller’s funeral at First Baptist Church in downtown Jackson. Hundreds more streamed through the Capitol [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]
by Phil Hardwick Published: October 30,2011
Tags: crime-ridden, cultural opportunities, diversity, foreclosure, JACKSON, Mac, Mac or PC, PC, red sports car, Solyndra, world-class medical facilitie
Question: What is your solution to the foreclosure problem in the U.S.?
Answer: I do not support the concept of allowing people who could not afford a house to be subsidized to stay in the house as owners. Nevertheless, houses should not remain vacant for long periods of time simply because of physical deterioration issues. [...] [...]
Novice pumpkin grower Ashley Belknap has sold more than 200 pumpkins this year in her north Jackson front yard — some of them with a unique blue color.
Belknap said she really “met the neighborhood” through her pumpkin stand as people from all over Jackson turned out to buy yellow, green, white, blue and traditional orange [...] [...]
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