Mississippi

Harps Food Stores has revealed the store will be entering two new states, Louisiana and Mississippi. The company purchased The Markets, a Gulf-region independent grocer, according to Supermarket News. Harps, based in Springdale, is set to acquire all seven of…

The College Football Playoff Board of Managers announced today, Sept. 2, that the College Football Playoff will expand to 12 ( Including the six highest-ranked conference champions and six at-large) teams by 2026, after university presidents who oversee the College…

Heartland Forward recently released a new report presenting data with insights and strategies for implementing a strong and robust healthcare workforce in America’s heartland. Some of the reports findings touch on the challenges faced by the professional healthcare community in…

  The Center for Toxicology & Environmental Health, CTEH®, LLC has promoted Paul Nony, Ph.D., CIH, CSP, and Chase Selby to senior vice presidents. Dr. Nony and Mr. Selby will form the senior leadership team crafting the direction and strategy…

Cherokee Nation Entertainment Gaming Holdings, LLC, a subsidiary of Cherokee Nation Businesses, announced Thursday it has reached an agreement with MGM Resorts International to purchase the operations of Gold Strike Tunica for $450 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments. CNE…

Drake Waterfowl Systems announced Thursday that Jim Ronquest is joining the company as vice president of Development. Ronquest is a renowned waterfowl enthusiast in the outdoor industry, as producer and co-host of The Sportsman Channel’s RNT-V series and 2006 Duck…

Between Feb. 11-20, 2021, Arkansas experienced extreme weather resulting in sub-zero temperatures, the accumulation of ice and record snowfalls across the state. The deep freeze caused by the polar vortex caused a huge disruption in natural gas supplies at the…

Southern Bancorp Community Partners, a loan fund and Community Development Financial Institution headquartered in Arkansas, has hired its next president, Anthony Young. The organization initiated a nationwide search for a new leader after its former president Dr. Karama Neal was…

In the mid-1920s, a man whose name appears lost to posterity decided to travel from St. Louis to New Orleans by way of the Mississippi River. By walking the Mississippi, that is, courtesy of custom-made pontoons attached to his feet.…

The Hope Policy Institute reports that finds there is a 26.3 percent gap between Black and white homeownership in Arkansas — higher than the gap during the 2008 housing crisis. The report found that COVID-19 exacerbated the disparate impacts of…