Harrah’s Operating Co. forms strategic alliance with Food Network personality Paula Deen

TUNICA, Miss. (AP) - Harrah’s Operating Co., a subsidiary of casino operator Harrah’s Entertainment Inc., said Tuesday it formed a strategic alliance with Food Network personality Paula Deen.
A 560-seat Paula Deen’s Buffet will be installed at the Grand Casino Resort Tunica, which is undergoing a $45 million renovation and being renamed Harrah’s Casino Tunica.
The buffet will [...]

Remembering Rodney Lockhart/fire at Starkville store …

 
Rodney Lydale Lockhart 
Almost 300 people have joined a Facebook group designated to say good-bye to Ole Miss student and track star, Rodney Lydale Lockhart, 20, who was found shot to death in his Taylor Pointe Apartment on Saturday morning, The Oxford Eagle reports.
A Starkville convenience store and deli remained closed Monday in the wake of [...]

U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal in Miss. death row case

By JACK ELLIOTT JR.
The Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss.- The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Mississippi death row inmate Eddie Lee Howard Jr., who sought a new trial because his attorney failed to put on testimony to debunk bite-mark evidence.
Howard was appealing a ruling from a Mississippi court in 2006 that while [...]

Decades later, an apology for Emmett Till slaying

From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution -
An official apology from the county-appointed Emmett Till Memorial Commission will be read Tuesday (today) in front of the courthouse. A historical marker also will be unveiled — just steps from the Civil War monument planted there at the beginning of the last century.
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Emmett Till Memorial Commission

Suppliers Workshop today …

For more information – Indirect Toyota Suppliers Workshop
Toyota and the Mississippi Development Authority will host  a “How to Do Business” today.

Harrah’s to announce expansion plans for Tunica casino

TUNICA, Miss. (AP) - The Grand Casino here will undergo a renovation with complete details expected Tuesday in an announcement from Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc., its parent company.
The Clarion-Ledger newspaper reported Monday on its Web site that an alliance with a celebrity cook is also expected to be announced.
Food Network star Paula Deen is scheduled to entertain [...]

In the News …

University of Memphis students Jessica Moody, left, and VeAndrea Washington mourn the loss of Taylor Bradford during a vigil to honor his life on Monday on the Memphis campus in Memphis, Tenn. Bradford, a defensive lineman on the Tiger football team, was fatally shot on campus in what police believe was a targeted attack Sunday [...]