by Associated Press Published: February 8,2012
Tags: athletics, city government, colleges, construction, county government, education, expansion, higher education, physical education, recreation, schools, sports, tennis, universities
OXFORD — Lafayette County will partner with the city of Oxford and the University of Mississippi in an expansion of the John Leslie Tennis Facility.
The city and Ole Miss each committed $550,000 to a scaled-down project, which eliminates a viewing deck and clubhouse. The plan now calls for 12 new courts and a building to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 24,2012
Tags: athletiics, colleges, community development, construction, county government, education, higher education, municipal government, schools, sports, tennis, universities
OXFORD — A scaled-down version of an expansion of the John Leslie Tennis Facility in Oxford will be presented to Lafayette County supervisors.
The Oxford Eagle reports last year county officials wouldn’t agree to a $3 million proposal to expand the facility from eight to 20 tennis courts.
Mayor Pat Patterson says the city and University of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 16,2012
Tags: arena, concerts, donors, downtown, entertainment, pledges, sports, study, tourism, tourists, visitors
JACKSON — Private donors have fallen far short of pledges toward a study of whether it makes sense for Jackson to build an arena — and, if it does, where it should be and how to pay for it.
Private donors had pledged around $70,000 toward the $109,000 feasibility study, but that less than one-quarter of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 11,2012
Tags: athletes, courts, fottball, fraud, investing, investment, investors, law, ponzi, professional athletics, scam, scheme, sports
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Two people in South Texas face up to 18 years in prison over a Ponzi scheme involving ex-NFL player T.J. Slaughter and other investors.
Alan Keith Nelsen and Mary Alice Monteza pleaded no contest in San Antonio to setting up a fake international investing firm.
Slaughter in 2009 filed a complaint about losing [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 3,2012
Tags: athlete, automakers, automobiles, Automotive, bankruptcy, car dealerships, Cars, lawsuit, professional athletes, retail, sports, vehicles
JACKSON — A federal judge has set a deadline for settlement negotiations in a lawsuit between Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. and Deuce McAllister related to a car dealership the former New Orleans Saints star owned in Mississippi.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Linda R. Anderson set a telephone conference for Jan. 5 and said discovery will resume immediately [...] [...]
RIDGELAND — The Memphis Grizzlies and C Spire Wireless have entered into a multi-year sponsorship agreement involving the NBA Western Conference team and FedExForum.
Terms were not disclosed.
As part of the agreement, the Memphis Grizzlies have chosen C Spire Wireless as the official wireless partner of the professional basketball team and FedExForum and will offer the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 13,2011
Tags: authors, coleges, death, education, higher education, jounalism, jounalists, media, newspapers, novelist, novels, obituary, sports, universities, writers
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Texas author Jay Milner, who went from being a football star to a coach to a journalist, novelist and teacher whose contemporaries included David Halberstam and Larry McMurtry, has died in Fort Worth, Taxas. He was 88.
Milner’s robust career brought him to Dallas in 1969, when Southern Methodist University hired him [...] [...]
JACKSON — Michael Rubenstein, the long-time director of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in Jackson, has died. He was 60.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Rubenstein died of a heart attack Wednesday night, according to his office in Jackson.
Rubenstein had served as executive director of the Sports Hall since 1996. During his tenure, the hall began hosting [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 17,2011
Tags: athletics, community development, construction, donation, economic development, hospitality, hotels, lodging, motels, sports, tourism, tourists, visitors
GREENVILLE — Chawla Hotels, owners of the Hampton Inn and four other hotels in Greenville, has made a major sponsorship of $100,000 for the Delta Sportsplex Foundation. This is the largest sponsorship ever received by the Delta Sportsplex and comes just days after 70 percent of Washington County voters approved a county-wide referendum to impose [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 15,2011
Tags: athletics, construction, municipal government, sports, sports facilities, sports tourism, tourism, tourists, visitors, youth sports
LAUREL — The Laurel City Council has approved the construction of a nearly $300,000 facility at the Laurel Sportsplex in preparation for the 2013 World Series.
The Laurel Leader-Call reports the city will host the 2013 Dixie Youth World Series and the 2013 Dixie Youth O-Zone World Series.
The city will use the money to build press [...] [...]
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