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Mississippi Business Alliance makes a stop in Columbus for Business Forward Tour
COLUMBUS, MS – The Mississippi Business Alliance made a stop in Columbus today for their Business Forward Tour. MBSA is taking from August until October to travel statewide to speak with industry leaders about what their businesses need. The meeting features live polling where individuals can point out some of the issues and concerns, they think need to be addressed in Jackson. MSBA followed this talking about some things they’re doing in return for these businesses.
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Raybern Foods to add 70 jobs in Mississippi expansion
LEE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – Raybern Foods, a producer of heat-and-serve deli-style sandwiches, will expand its operations in Shannon. The project represents a $7.1 million investment and will create 70 jobs. According to the company, Raybern Foods’ expansion is driven by an increased demand for the company’s sandwich products and new customer contracts. To support […]
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Starkville Community Market vendors turn homegrown goods into community
On a sunny Saturday morning, some students and locals start their days early to shop at the Starkville Community Market. It is 8 a.m., and though 3 more hours of selling remain, tables are already emptying as customers weave through Fire Station Park, stocking up for the week. The colorful...
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UN taps MSU again as a world center for antimicrobial resistance, fish health
STARKVILLE — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is redesignating Mississippi State University as an FAO Reference Centre on Antimicrobial Resistance and Aquaculture Biosecurity. The renewal follows FAO’s positive review of MSU’s progress since it was first named an FAO Reference Centre in 2022, and it...
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Kosciusko Getting a Taste of a Chicken Heavy Hitter
One of the hotter tickets in the fast-casual chicken market is working on a new North Mississippi home. Brother Alan and Eddie Gant are applying their considerable hospitality knowledge to bringing Zaxbys to Kosciusko in the next couple of years, reports Franchising.com. The ink on the franchise agreement is still...
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“You guys can shave my head”: Space Cowboys win big at international competition
When Ruth Barnett watched Bandit shoot into the Texas sky, she had two thoughts. The second was that she might be about to lose all her hair. “I was so proud and happy,” Barnett, a junior mechanical engineering major and the president of Mississippi State University’s Space Cowboys, said, “but I was also dreading it because I was like, ‘Oh, we totally just won that.'”
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Zaxbys signs 2 franchise agreements to expand in Mississippi
Zaxbys has signed two franchise agreements with brothers Alan and Eddie Gant to bring the Atlanta-based chicken chain to Winona and Kosciusko, Mississippi. The family backed team plans to open the Winona location within the next year, followed by the Kosciusko restaurant about a year later. The two agreements will...
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Wiring Interference and High Speed Cause Runway Overrun
The pilot rented the Cessna 172M for a cross-country flight. During the flight, the control yoke became hard to move, and the airplane lost electrical power. She told investigators the yoke could only be moved forward and aft about one half inch. She added that the pitch trim wheel became loose and moved without resistance.
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This Massive Mississippi General Store Has Hardware, Camping Gear And Homemade Foods All Under One Roof
Everything under one roof. That’s the sentence people reach for first when talking about this Mississippi general store. Hardware fills entire sections, alongside camping gear most modern stores stopped stocking long ago. Homemade foods round out the inventory, offering goods most typical retailers simply don’t carry. Nothing here...
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Crypto-mining facility turned down for Starkville after community shares concerns
The Starkville Planning and Zoning Commission denied an exemption on Aug. 11 that would have allowed a crypto-mining plant to open on Industrial Park Road. A crowd of Starkville citizens supported the decision, packing City Hall to share concerns about the potential facility. The exemption was denied because the project...
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Zaxbys Expands Mississippi Footprint with Two Franchise Agreements
Experienced Multi-Unit Operators and Mississippi Natives to Bring Zaxbys to Winona and Kosciusko. September 15, 2026 // Franchising.com // MISSISSIPPI – Zaxbys® has signed two franchise agreements with brothers Alan and Eddie Gant to bring the rapidly growing Georgia-based saucy chicken chain to Winona and Kosciusko, Mississippi. The family-backed team plans to open the Winona location within the next year, and the Kosciusko location approximately one year later.
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L.I. Smith Signs Lee Hayes As 1st Campus Ambassador
Paris, Tenn. September 15, 2026 – L.I. Smith & Associates, Inc. (LIS) has expanded its Campus Leadership Network with the signing of its first Campus Ambassador, Lee Hayes, a Paris, Tennessee native and civil engineering student at Mississippi State University. The signing took place Monday, September 14, on the...
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Columbus budget: Not many extras, but no new taxes
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – The City of Columbus has its budget in place for the next fiscal year, and they did it without having to raise taxes. The City Council approved the spending plan Tuesday at a special call meeting. There aren’t many frills, but there are some pay...
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This Mississippi Country Store Has Become A Go-To Spot For Thrifty Families This Fall
Since 1907 this wooden building in Mississippi has been slicing bacon to order and cutting hoop cheese fresh, which tells you the business model was set long before anybody used that phrase. Pumpkins go out front in the fall. Inside it is part grocery, part boot shop, part feed store,...
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Indulging in competition and the lighter side of Aerospace Engineering
STARKVILLE / MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY, Miss. (WCBI) – Aerospace Engineering is a large and growing sector of the School of Engineering at Mississippi State University. And, while the field involves serious study and has major implications, it also has a lighter side. The department sponsors an undergraduate high-power rocketry...