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The newspaper was established in 1979 by Joe Dove, former business editor of The Clarion-Ledger. He led the newspaper until 1984 when he sold it to Richard Roper, head of Downhome Publications and publisher of Mississippi Magazine. [2] Two years later Roper sold the publication to Rosa Lee Harden Jones. [3]
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It remained a family-owned business through the ensuing decades, while continuing to grow. Sales increased from only $1 million in 1955 to $10 million in 1970. The first location outside Mississippi opened in University Mall (now University Town Plaza) in Pensacola, Florida in 1974. [1] In 1987, McRae's acquired 13 stores in Alabama from Pizitz.
The School of Business Administrations make up almost one-fifth of the undergraduate enrollment at the university and is the largest business school in Mississippi. The School of Business Administration was established in 1917 with an initial group of 150 students. [1] It was the first business program in Mississippi and the first in the state ...
According to the 2020 United States Census, Mississippi is the 32nd-most populous state, with 2,949,965 inhabitants and the 31st largest by land area, spanning 46,923.27 square miles (121,530.7 km 2) of land. [1] Mississippi is divided into 82 counties and contains 300 municipalities, consisting of cities, towns, and villages.
Aug. 26—TUPELO — Representatives with the Mississippi Home Corporation met with local homeless advocates on Thursday in Tupelo to discuss uses for more than $38 million in American Rescue Plan ...
(Includes information about weekly rural newspapers in Mississippi) Julius Eric Thompson (1993), The Black Press in Mississippi, 1865-1985, Gainesville: University Press of Florida, ISBN 0813011744 "Mississippi Newspapers". Library of Congress
Mississippi produces more than half of the country's farm-raised catfish, and is a top producer of sweet potatoes, cotton and pulpwood. Others include advanced manufacturing, utilities, transportation, and health services. [16] Mississippi is almost entirely within the east Gulf Coastal Plain, and generally consists of lowland plains and