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Moving forward there hopefully will be a new post before this time every morning, but Magnolia Marketplace has just gotten Internet service back after losing it late yesterday afternoon. The final...
View ArticleGovernor, First Lady holding press conference
Gov. Barbour and his wife Marsha will hold a press conference tomorrow afternoon to recognize some of the volunteers who have helped South Mississippi with the recovery from Hurricane Katrina and who...
View ArticleGovernor, First Lady salute Katrina volunteers
As we mentioned yesterday, Gov. Barbour and First Lady Marsha Barbour were scheduled to honor two volunteers who helped Mississippi out a whole bunch after Hurricane Katrina. Honor them they did. Ellen...
View ArticleChaney addresses Stennis crowd
I meant to post a reminder this morning, but the official server of Magnolia Marketplace was late to realize that the Labor Day holiday did not stretch into Tuesday. Nevertheless, Mississippi Insurance...
View ArticleToyota feeling less than Super
So the Saints won the Super Bowl, Drew Brees won the game’s MVP, and according to various national media outlets, poverty, corruption and every other scourge on New Orleans is gone forever, or at least...
View ArticleIn Gulfport, it’s hot but there’s no oil
Magnolia Marketplace took a trip to the Mississippi Coast this past weekend to watch the wife compete in a tennis tournament. Here’s what we know: It’s as hot as I can ever remember it being this time...
View ArticleDavid Hasselhoff — promoting Coast tourism?
Observations and opinions to close out the week … Gov. Haley Barbour announced in a press release this afternoon that the CW Network will air a one-hour special Aug. 27 that will “highlight the...
View ArticleGene Taylor is not in this to make friends
Gene Taylor has had an eventful week. Last weekend, the Democrat who has represented the 4th District for two decades was quoted in the Sun Herald in Biloxi railing against the insurance industry’s...
View ArticleMSU economists lay out good news and bad news related to Sandy’s financial...
The economic damage from Sandy, which meteorologists and scientists dubbed “Frankenstorm” before and during her strike on the Northeastern U.S. Monday, will likely take months to calculate. Mississippi...
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