02/12/2012 - Daniel Petruzzi
Daniel Petruzzi, 66, of North Ridgeville, passed away Friday evening, February 10, 2012 at St. John Medical Center, Westlake, following a long illness. He was born in Biloxi, Mississippi. He resided most of his life in North Ridgeville after moving from Cleveland. He was a Realtor with several local real estate companies, retiring in the early 1990's due to illness. Mr. Petruzzi was a member of ...
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02/10/2012 - Mississippi to receive $47.1M in mortgage fraud relief
And Mississippians who have been foreclosed upon will get cash back. But is that fair?
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02/07/2012 - Mississippi's Top Two Youth Volunteers Selected in 17th Annual National Awards Program
Torie Makel Hutchins, 17, of Saltillo and Kailey Ready, 14, of Stringer today were named Mississippi's top two youth volunteers for 2012 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism.
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01/31/2012 - MIssissippi Wind Pool Goes Shopping for Reinsurance in London
Members of Mississippi’s wind pool board are in London this week to seek low reinsurance rates — a key factor in the cost of policyholders’ premiums. The Mississippi Press reported that they left Saturday and are expected to return Friday. …
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01/25/2012 - Best Of Jackson 2012: Community
Best Arts Organization: Mississippi Museum of Art 380 S. Lamar St., 601-960-1515, http://www.msmuseumart.org As a child, I loved exploring the Mississippi Museum of Art at its former location on visits to Jackson with my mom.
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01/25/2012 - Realtors endorse Nunnelee
HERNANDO - Congressman Alan Nunnelee visited DeSoto County Monday to receive an endorsement from the Northwest Mississippi Association of Realtors.
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01/23/2012 - Heidelberg elected to the Federation of Defense and Corporate Council
PASCAGOULA, Mississippi - Attorney Jimmy Heidelberg has been elected to the Federation of Defense and Corporate Council. The Council is composed of recognized leaders in the legal community who have achieved professional distinction.
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01/22/2012 - PID legislation seeks to curb defaults
The good and the bad of the public improvement district movement in Mississippi can be found in Madison County, right next to each other.
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01/16/2012 - Billboards broadcast Mississippi State-Ole Miss rivalry message
Looming over a busy stretch of Jackson Avenue in Oxford is a billboard, and it’s not a welcome sight in the town that’s home to Ole Miss. The billboard reads, “Play with the Best,” and includes the Mississippi State banner logo along with the athletic department’s website address, HailState.com.
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01/13/2012 - Report: Mississippi has lowest average home loan
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — LendingTree.com has released data highlighting the average loan amount on residential real estate purchases for all 50 states and Washington D.C. for the year.
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01/11/2012 - Former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour and his Former Chief of Staff Paul Hurst Join Butler Snow
RIDGELAND, Miss. , Jan. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada PLLC (Butler Snow) announced today that Former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour and his Former Chief of Staff ...
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01/06/2012 - USM's Nail: Economy to improve in '12
The U.S. economic picture is a little brighter with favorable employment numbers and a real estate market that is about ready to bounce back, said Lance Nail, dean of the University of Southern Mississippi's College of Business.
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01/09/2012 - Company sells all but one Jackson building; exiting ‘non-core’ markets
Contrary to outgoing remarks by former CEO Steve Rogers, Parkway Properties is reducing its presence the Jackson market, and layoffs from its pool of 89 Mississippi employees are possible.
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01/08/2012 - USM business dean sees brighter US picture
HATTIESBURG — The dean of the University of Southern Mississippi's business college says the U.S. economic picture is a little brighter.
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01/07/2012 - Q&A: Bill Rayburn, Co-founder, CEO, and Chairman of the Board of FNC Inc.
Bill Rayburn is co-founder, CEO, and chairman of the board of FNC Inc., a Mississippi-grown mortgage technology company that delivered its first solution in early 1999. Under Rayburn’s leadership, the technology company invented and developed a residential real estate Collateral Management System (CMS) that revolutionized the mortgage industry.
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01/06/2012 - Judge gives McAllister, Nissan more time in suit
A federal judge in Mississippi is giving attorneys for former New Orleans Saints running back Deuce McAllister and Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. more time to negotiate a settlement in a lawsuit between ...
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01/06/2012 - USM's Nail: Economy to improve in '12
The U.S. economic picture is a little brighter with favorable employment numbers and a real estate market that is about ready to bounce back, said Lance Nail, dean of the University of Southern Mississippi's College of Business.
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01/05/2012 - Bryant taps Barksdale as interim MDA director
JACKSON — Gov.-elect Phil Bryant says he plans to name former Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale as the next interim leader of Mississippi’s economic development agency.
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01/05/2012 - Former Netscape CEO to temporarily lead agency
Gov.-elect Phil Bryant says he plans to name former Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale as the next interim leader of Mississippi's economic development agency.
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01/03/2012 - Judge sets deadline in McAllister-Nissan lawsuit
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.
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01/02/2012 - Judge sets settlement deadline in McAllister suit
HOLBROOK MOHR Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. 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 if a ...
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12/29/2011 - Snowden, Ketchings likely for top House jobs
South Mississippi lawmakers say they’re getting word that longtime Rep. Greg Snowden, R-Meridian, is the lead nominee for House speaker pro tem and former state Rep. Andrew Ketchings, Gov. Haley Barbour ’s legislative liaison, will likely be the next clerk of the House.
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12/28/2011 - Coast realtors hoping for a better 2012
As most of us know, the housing boom came crashing down three years ago, and the Mississippi coast was not left unscathed. Prices fell, and foreclosures rose. But the industry may be starting to climb out of deep hole. As we near the end of the year, cautious optimism is the general feeling among coast real estate agents.
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12/19/2011 - Evans brothers sentenced in commercial real estate fraud scheme
JACKSON — The Evans brothers were sentenced today in U.S. District Court on charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering and bank fraud in what is the largest know commercial real estate fraud scheme in Mississippi history.
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12/15/2011 - Stetelman passes real estate exam
Stephen Stetelman recently passed the Mississippi State Real Estate License exam and is now associated with his family's 78-year-old business. Stetelman will be a fourth-generation licensee of the family's business - London and Stetelman Commercial Realtors.
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12/04/2011 - Build or lease? New study may help guide state’s decisions
The Landmark Center at Capital and Lamar streets in downtown Jackson is the top candidate to house the Mississippi Department of Revenue. The state would lease the building under 20 to 40 year terms.
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11/30/2011 - Dan Mullen said to be a top candidate for Penn State coaching vacancy
Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen, an Urban Meyer disciple who reportedly has been recommended by the new Ohio...
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11/28/2011 - Posts Tagged ‘judges’
GULFPORT — Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr. used a Gulf Coast forum to press the issue of higher salaries for judges.
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11/26/2011 - Laying down the law
'My name became a brand, and I'd love to say that was the plan from the start. But the only plan was to keep writing books' In the mid 1980s John Grisham , then a small-town lawyer and disillusioned member of the Mississippi state legislature, would fill the time between meetings and court hearings writing a novel about an ambitious young lawyer embroiled in a life-or-death fight for truth and ...
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11/16/2011 - Scott County Plans to Sell Mississippi Valley Welcome Center
Plans to sell the Mississippi Valley Welcome Center in Le Claire, Iowa are moving forward.
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11/09/2011 - Comment on Republic Airways wants Frontier flying solo by spring
"We would love to do more work in Denver. We would love to get maintenance work back in Denver," Bedford said, "but the real estate costs and sale-and-use taxes have always been a challenge for us." Challenge? Fixed real estate costs are a reality, even if you are operating in some bottom dollar market like Hattiesburg, Mississippi except that Hattiesburg doesn't enjoy the traffic that DIA does ...
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11/07/2011 - Site debate could come to a vote
Should Mississippi legislators decide to build a new home for the state Department of Revenue, a state-owned parcel north of Smith-Wills Stadium on Lakeland Drive is the top-ranked site in a site-selection study performed by national real estate company Cushman & Wakefield.
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11/07/2011 - Win Or Lose, DuPree Makes History In Mississippi
Johnny DuPree is the first African-American candidate to win a major party's nomination for governor in Mississippi since Reconstruction. Though he remains a long shot against GOP Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant, DuPree says his run shows that the state has made progress.
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11/05/2011 - POLITICAL BUZZ
South Mississippi in the final weeks of the statewide election has seen an unprecedented barrage of attack television ads and mailers from legislative candidates, their political parties and PACs.
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11/03/2011 - APNewsBreak: ACH drops sale bid, will stay open
WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. The owners of ACH, the casino formerly known as the Atlantic City Hilton, have reached a deal to avoid foreclosure on the struggling gambling hall, and agreed to pump $15 million into it to keep it afloat. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement confirmed Thursday that the deal will let lenders foreclose on two casinos in Mississippi that ...
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11/03/2011 - 'Different campaign' for governor, Johnny DuPree says
Associated PressDemocrat Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree, who is running for governor, addresses business leaders at the Mississippi Economic Council's Hobnob Mississippi gathering in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. For many of the candidates for statewide offices the event provides...
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11/01/2011 - Poverty Tough Issue for Next Governor
PICKENS -- Poverty is one of Mississippi's most intractable problems, and it's among the most complex issues facing the next governor. Low incomes translate into lower revenues for the state.
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11/01/2011 - Poverty a complex issue for next Miss. governor
PICKENS — Poverty is one of Mississippi's most intractable problems, and it's among the most complex issues facing the next governor. Low incomes translate into lower revenues for the state.
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10/28/2011 - Marked Tree native inducted into hall of fame
Marked Tree native Don Canada, now of Orlando, Fla., will be inducted this weekend into the East Mississippi Community College Sports Hall of Fame. The recognition of Canada a and 10 other Sports...
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10/25/2011 - Endorsement: Johnny DuPree for governor
Johnny DuPree offers Mississippians the opportunity to elect a governor with both the experience and the vision to transform the state. It is an opportunity voters should seize.
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10/21/2011 - MSU’s Shaw targets January for CottonMill Marketplace construction
The two phases of the project will total about $120 million, according to Mississippi Business Journal reporter Clay Chandler.
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10/19/2011 - Coffee Break: C Spire to get new iPhone 4S
In a major coup for a small company, Mississippi-based C Spire Wireless will start selling the iPhone 4S in a few weeks.
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10/08/2011 - Bouchillon Institute aids city planners
You're the compliance officer in Byram, Mississippi's newest city, having to erect zoning and building codes as you construct city government from the ground up. Who ya gonna call?
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09/30/2011 - Secrecy is a liberty, not a mandate
Mississippi’s sunshine laws are meager when compared to other states.
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10/01/2011 - Court will decide: Sacramento society favorite or con man?
Collins Max Christensen Sr. is accused of siphoning hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars out of the pockets of at least 14 investors, and perhaps as many as 30, who thought their money was going into real estate projects in Cabo San Lucas, Yuba County, Modesto and Mississippi.
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10/01/2011 - Kewanee still available should Hyundai want it?
If Mississippi is to attract another automaker, it will have to assemble a new megasite.
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09/27/2011 - Sally-Ann Roberts' mother honored with Mississippi Medal of Service
Dominic Massa / Eyewitness News JACKSON, Miss. – Gulf Coast educator Lucimarian Roberts, whose four children include WWL-TV anchor Sally-Ann Roberts and Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts, is one of the 11 recipients of the Mississippi Medal of Service. The honorees were announced Tuesday by Gov. Haley Barbour. Barbour will present the awards on Wednesday. His office created the Medal of ...
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09/24/2011 - Business Blog » ‘Modest’, ‘subdued’ economic activity for Mississippi regions
Overall lending at a sample of large banks increased modestly through August within the Federal Reserve’s St. Louis District, which includes northern Mississippi, reports the Fed’s Beige Book, a tracking of economic activity released by each of the 12 Fed district s on Sept. 7.
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09/23/2011 - Rayburn named to board
Mississippi Technology Alliance (MTA) president and CEO Tony Jeff announced the selection of its 2011 – 2013 board of directors chairman, Dr. Bill Rayburn of Oxford.
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09/22/2011 - Posts Tagged ‘real estate’
FULTON — Volunteers gathered this past weekend to move The Cedars, of the oldest surviving dwellings in Fulton. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports much time and effort are being put into moving the abandoned house a very short distance — about 200 yards.
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