CRAWFORD: Is everyone, including Phillip Gunn, a RINO these days
Republicans coined the term “RINO” (Republicans in Name Only) to denigrate other Republicans who didn’t toe the conservative line. These days, I’m having trouble seeing the line. Thought it had to do...
View ArticleOp-Ed: The shared fortunes of Jackson and its suburbs
By: Matthew D. Bolian Since 2011, a fight has been brewing in the state capitol over where the Department of Revenue (DOR) and its 500 plus workers are going to relocate. In one corner is Sen. David...
View ArticleHail damage closes Clinton school for rest of the year
Hail damage Monday at Clinton’s Lovett Elementary School is enough to close the school for the rest of the school year. Parents, teachers, school district employees and volunteers were busy Wednesday...
View ArticleOUR VIEW — The simple answer: Jackson needs the Department of Revenue
“The new normal.” Those are an awful trio of words the nation’s nagging economic slump has left us with. They mark a concession that we are prepared to live with things that are less good than before,...
View ArticleMC opens medical sciences building, largest academic building in 50 years
Mississippi College and Clinton leaders formally celebrated the grand opening Tuesday of the university’s medical sciences building, the largest academic structure on campus in a half-century....
View ArticleAnother bomb threat at Clinton High School
Clinton High School received another bomb threat today around 12:15 p.m. The building was evacuated and police were called to search the school with a K-9 unit. CPSD and law enforcement take these...
View ArticleMississippi Main Street communities accredited
The Mississippi Main Street Association announces the following cities have been designated as accredited National Main Street Programs for meeting the commercial district revitalization performance...
View ArticlePentimento is a must-visit for Mississippi readers
CLINTON- When Debbie Amacker Tillman was growing up in small town Mississippi, one of her favorite things to do was read. “We had a bookmobile which was the thrill of the week in Pelahatchie,” Tillman...
View ArticleProvidence Hill hosts second annual MC equestrian benefit
All riders will receive prizes and ribbons as they compete in the second annual Fall Horse Show at Providence Hill Farm on September 14. Classes will also be offered to riders at the 2,000-acre farm...
View ArticleState's cities get creative with C Spire Fiber to Home videos
As part of C Spire’s competition to select the first city in the Fiber to the Home project, the Ridgeland-based telecommunication firm received official information requests from 30 Mississippi...
View ArticleKevin Gilbert has joined the Clinton Public School District
Veteran educator and National Education Association board member Kevin Gilbert has joined the Clinton Public School District administrative team. Gilbert currently serves as coordinator of teacher...
View ArticleMike Pope named Clinton's Administrator of the Year
Mike Pope, principal of Lovett Elementary School, is Clinton Public School District’s 2013-14 Administrator of the Year. In March, the sixth-grade school’s roof was destroyed by baseball-sized hail,...
View ArticleTHEY DO IT ALL — Mondopads are hot new office tool
To hear salesmen tell it, the InFocus Mondopad sells itself. Described as a giant touch tablet for the conference room, the all-in-one computer with a multi-touch high-definition 55-inch or 70-inch...
View ArticleDepartment of Revenue workers moving from tin shed into modern new home over...
Perhaps never in the history of Mississippi government will saying goodbye to a longtime home be as joyful as the July 4th weekend departure of the state Department of Revenue from its tin warehouse...
View ArticleCommunities awarded national Main Street accreditation
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi Main Street Association has designated cities as accredited National Main Street Programs for meeting the commercial district revitalization performance standards...
View Article(WITH VIDEO) ALAN TURNER — Blake Wallace sees good things ahead for Hinds county
In a recent meeting with Blake Wallace, executive director of the Hinds County Economic Development Authority, we asked him how he sees the prospects for Hinds in the next decade. “When we look 10-20...
View ArticleCities gain national accreditation
The following Main Street communities in Mississippi have been designated as accredited Main Street America programs for meeting standards set by the National Main Street Center: Aberdeen, Amory,...
View ArticleAerospace firm to open Clinton factory, employ 70
MBJ staff Precision Machining Services of Chattanooga, Tenn., will create 70 jobs and invest $5 million in a manufacturing facility in the Clinton Industrial Park. Precision will move into the...
View ArticleFOCUS ON HEALTH — Spinal patient becomes supporter, entrepreneur
By CAREY MILLER / Health and Research News Service Methodist Rehabilitation Center’s spinal cord injury support group plans to hold a meeting at Playtime, a restaurant/arcade that opened last April in...
View ArticleSTUDENTS HIT THE ROAD — Four Hinds students will intern at Continental Tire’s...
By NASH NUNNERY On a bustling 900-acre site off of I-20 just west of Clinton, site work at the new Continental Tire plant is well under way. Actual construction on the plant will begin in January. But...
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