Settlement reached in tainted Chinese drywall case
NEW ORLEANS — A settlement outlined yesterday between a major manufacturer of Chinese-made drywall and homebuilders who used the tainted product in Florida, Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi could...
View ArticleToyota plant in Blue Springs finally making Corollas after starts, stops and...
BLUE SPRINGS — A year ago, Tereda Hairston was a third grade reading teacher in Starkville. Today, the 32-year-old is a quality check specialist at the Toyota plant in Blue Springs, having started...
View ArticleMBJ EDITORIAL: Rate increase of 11.35 percent just the beginning in regard to...
It was only a matter of time before Mississippi Power Company started raising the rates on its customers to pay for the $2.88 billion Kemper County coal plant. So, last week MPC filed documents with...
View ArticleBomgar introduces new integration with Dell KACE
JACKSON — Bomgar has unveiled its new and expanded integration with Dell KACE, a provider of systems management appliances. The new integration will allow support technicians to launch a secure, Bomgar...
View ArticleSR 9 project incorporates a number of firsts
At first glance, the State Route 9 reconstruction underway in Northeast Mississippi is simply a road improvement project supporting the new Toyota automobile plant at Blue Springs. However, officials...
View ArticleQ&A: Bo Pentecost, Solve Design Studio, Ridgeland
Working to dispel some of the great myths of our society Bo Pentecost is owner of Solve Design Studio in Ridgeland. He earned a degree in computer art from the University of Mississippi along with...
View ArticleMcKinnon-Hicks wins award
Lil McKinnon-Hicks, a Mississippi goldsmith/silversmith and jewelry artist who produces work under the business name of Lil McKH Jewelry, was recently recognized with the circa. URBAN ARTISAN LIVING...
View ArticleBeef plant trial will lay bare the inner workings of complete institutional...
Trial set to begin on Dec. 5 Another layer of the beef plant collapse will be peeled back starting Dec. 5 in Hinds County Circuit Court. The state of Mississippi, its now-defunct Land, Water and Timber...
View ArticleFBI investigating Southaven mayor Greg Davis
JACKSON — The FBI has confirmed that it is investigating the mayor of Mississippi’s third largest city who was already ordered by state officials to pay more than $170,000 for travel, stress counseling...
View ArticleMBJ EDITORIAL: Big questions for Kemper County coal plant come down to who...
In May of 2010 we wrote, “For better or worse, the economic future for the next 40 years in southeastern Mississippi will be greatly impacted by the decision of Public Service Commissioner Leonard...
View ArticleThe return policies of Walmart, Target, Macys, Kohl's, Toys-R-Us and others
Everyone’s gotten a few Christmas or Hanukkah gifts that they’re not exactly thrilled with, but returning them can be tricky. Do you need a receipt? Is there a time limit? Was it a sale item that can’t...
View ArticleCostco — a long time coming and not there yet
By JACK WEATHERLY It is no secret that Costco has had trouble trying to move into the metro Jackson market. Which is not to say that it hasn’t been recruited – openly in one case, and not so openly in...
View ArticleCostco: plan ‘not a done deal’ but site is prime
Ridgeland crowd takes wholesaler and developer to task By JACK WEATHERLY Under intense questioning for two hours Thursday night from a skeptical crowd of several hundred at the Ridgeland High School...
View ArticleYarber contacts Costco about County Line Road site
By JACK WEATHERLY If Ridgeland doesn’t want Costco, Jackson does. That’s what Jackson Mayor Tony Yarber said Tuesday night at a homeowners association meeting. Seeing Ridgeland residents’ opposition...
View ArticleCostco has become albatross for Renaissance expansion plan
By JACK WEATHERLY A group headed by developer Andrew Mattiace last year applied for a sales tax rebate of up to $29.6 million for expansion of the Renaissance at Colony Park less than a month before...
View ArticleHomeowners sue Ridgeland over ordinance allowing Costco
A lawsuit by nine Ridgeland homeowners contends that the developer of the proposed phase three of the Renaissance at Colony Park has no legal standing at the local or state level to move forward with...
View ArticleRidgeland aldermen set Costco hearing to forestall court battle
By JACK WEATHERLY Despite community opposition, Costco Wholesale is “absolutely” committed to putting its store in what would be the third phase of the Renaissance at Colony Park in Ridgeland. That’s...
View ArticleMDA: Protective order still in place on Renaissance project records
By JACK WEATHERLY Andrew Mattiace has been dealing from a position of strength since January, when he was granted a four-year extension of the deadline to build the $98 million expansion of the...
View ArticleHearing set for Nov. 8 on MDEQ permit granted for Renaissance expansion
By JACK WEATHERLY A hearing will be held Nov. 8 by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality in a challenge to its approval of a water permit for a proposed expansion of the Renaissance at...
View ArticleMDEQ panel upholds ruling on water permit for Costco site
By JACK WEATHERLY The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality’s permit board on Tuesday unanimously upheld its earlier ruling on a water permit it issued for the expansion of the Renaissance at...
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