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Frozen sandwich maker to hire 200 for plant near Tupelo

SHANNON, Mississippi (AP) — A California company will soon be making sandwiches in a former meat processing factory near Tupelo. Raybern Foods plans to invest more than $10 million and hire 200 people to make […]

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Pike supervisors get $1M for pellet mill

MCCOMB, Miss. (AP) – Pike County is getting $1 million from the state of Mississippi to install water and sewer services to the site of a pellet mill on U.S. Highway 51. The money came […]

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Mississippi Black Caucus pushes for more minority contracts

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi government agencies needs to make a stronger effort to buy more goods and services from businesses owned by minorities and women, leaders of the Legislative Black Caucus say. “We allocate […]