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Four finalists have been selected for Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation’s (MFBF) third annual Farm Family of the Year Award. The award recognizes Mississippi farm families whose dedication to agriculture, leadership, and community involvement reflect the very best of our state’s farm families. The MFBF Farm Family of the...
Southern Garden Centers (SGC) recently announced that Hutto’s Home and Garden Center in Jackson, Mississippi, has joined the Southern Garden Centers family of independent garden centers as its founding location. Hutto’s will continue to operate under the Hutto’s name at its current location with the same team.
Entergy executive: "New revenues from Mississippi data centers, like Amazon’s, are a primary reason why (electrical) rates didn’t go up" and remains below the national average.
Jackson State University is eliminating eight positions amid restrictions on federal funding.
MISSISSIPPI — Groceries topped a list of everyday expenses for which Mississippi respondents reported borrowing money, according to a survey commissioned by consumer lender Advance America. The September survey included 3,062 adults recruited from an online panel, the company said. The release did not specify how many were from...
Homeowners 65 and older in Polk County, Florida, DeSoto County, Mississippi, and Boston can cut their 2027 property tax bills with senior exemptions, but each program has a filing cutoff. Florida’s Polk County wants paperwork by March 1, while DeSoto County and Boston close their windows April 1. The Florida break can take up to […]
(P&GJ) — Energy Transfer has reached a positive final investment decision on its South Mississippi pipeline, a 215-mile, 36-inch natural gas pipeline with 1.2 billion cubic feet per day (Bft³d) of capacity, the company said Tuesday in its third-quarter results. The project is expected to cost about $1.6...
Grocery bills for a family road trip or a big reunion can climb fast, and Mississippi has a smart answer. Tucked into industrial parks and along quiet highways, a handful of warehouse-style food stores sell bulk meat, seafood, snacks, and supplies at wholesale prices. The best part is that you...
JACKSON — Mississippi landowners and managers can apply for the state’s Wild Hog Control Program from Nov. 1 through Nov. 15, Agriculture Commissioner Andy Gipson announced Thursday. All Mississippi counties are eligible. The Department of Agriculture and Commerce provides smart traps, training and technical guidance for controlling wild...
Could In-N-Out be coming to Arkansas and Oklahoma?
The Hancock County School District filed a class-action lawsuit in October accusing major sports equipment manufacturers, including Riddell Sports and Varsity Brands, and other retailers of violating antitrust laws through an illegal bid-rigging and price-fixing scheme. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Gulfport, accuses the companies of working with other retailers, including BSN Sports, Hibbett Inc., Sports Center and Rex Team Sports, to form what attorneys described as a “cartel” that inflated the costs of athletic equipment and related services sold to K-12 schools in Mississippi and Louisiana. Mississippi law requires school districts to seek bids for equipment and services when costs are between $5,000 and $75,000. According to the lawsuit, from 2010 to 2023, participants in the alleged scheme coordinated their bids to manipulate the lowest-bidder selection process. The lawsuit identifies several sales professionals with Riddell, BSN Sports, Rex Team Sports and other companies who pleaded guilty to federal charges related to the bid-rigging scheme. “Mississippi families, educators and taxpayers trusted that the bidding process would get their schools a fair price, and the complaint lays out how that trust was exploited for years,” said Charles J. LaDuca, firm chairman at Cuneo Gilbert Flannery & LaDuca., which is
RAYMOND, Miss. (WLBT) - Entergy Mississippi is building a new natural gas power plant in Raymond, company leaders said Thursday at an open house for area residents. The company said the plant will be the largest economic development project in the history of Hinds County, with an expected investment of more than $2 billion.
(P&GJ) — Energy Transfer Interstate Holdings (ETIH) has launched a binding open season for the South Mississippi Project, a proposed natural gas pipeline that would carry gas from a proposed receipt point in Richland Parish, La., to a new delivery point in the George County, Miss., area. The open...
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Revenue continues to go up, but it is still not enough to cover JXN Water’s monthly expenses. That is according to Interim Third-Party Manager Ted Henifin’s latest quarterly report, which was filed with the U.S. District Court on Friday. According to the report, the...
Rolls of shiny vinyl were the last thing I expected to find tucked inside a quiet office park in Mississippi. Then I stepped through the door and saw shelves stacked with every color imaginable, plus friendly faces ready to help. For families who love making custom shirts, team gear, or...
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The Mississippi Business Journal recognized 25 women from across the state whose titles include CEO, vice president and mayor. The Journal narrowed the list from more than 200 nominations. Scott Coopwood, owner of the Mississippi Business Journal, said the honorees were chosen for more than business...
The lawsuit claims that the prices customers see on items on shelves and in advertisements are not what gets rung up at the register when they pay.
A bankrupt Wendy’s franchise operator wants to sell 42 restaurants across Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Missouri for $18.6 million. The proposed deal offers a possible way to keep those locations…
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Jackson voters will decide if they want an additional tax on restaurants, hotels and motels to pass. For more than four decades, Jackson’s tourism tax has not budged. The capital city currently has a one-percent tax on restaurants and hotels. A referendum that would increase the tax will be on the […]
