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Yoga instructors and longtime practitioners recognize the health benefits of yoga, but traditional healthcare providers also have noted the advantages. Nichole Baker, owner of Studio Om in Jackson, said doctors [...]

With 73 years of experience in advertising, GodwinGroup stays ahead of the curve by providing sophisticated services while adapting to the evolving digital marketing world. 'The secret to our success [...]

Local retailers offer unique gifts for the always hard-to-shop for corporate executive. A tension-relieving massage will be a sure-to-please gift, or an even bigger stress escape can be found by [...]

In the early part of last decade, the Mississippi Farmers Market had become more commercial than local: vendors were buying produce wholesale and reselling at the market. Other problems plagued [...]

Changes to the nation's healthcare laws are coming as soon as Sept. 23, while others won't take effect in 2014. Renee Gibbons, an employer benefits specialist for Galloway Chandler McKinney [...]

With roots that date to 1853 in New Orleans, the Phelps Dunbar law firm has about 50 attorneys in three offices across Mississippi. The firm first branched into Mississippi in [...]

Long before guiding the Ole Miss Rebels football , team to a national championship in 1962, Glynn Griffing roamed the hills and valleys of the Vicksburg National Military Park. 'It [...]

Gee Gee Patridge returned to the workforce in 1982. Her children were starting school, and she thought she would help the family, as her husband was a farmer during what [...]

The April 24 a record tornado that swept through Mississippi left the BankPlus location on U.S. 49 in Yazoo with a damaged roof and shattered doors. Employees who were in [...]

Peoples Bank, a Mississippi-based, family-owned bank with five locations, ranks third in nation for the number of America's Recovery Capital loans administered through the U.S. Small Business Association. The bank, [...]

Nearly all of Mississippi's corn crop is in the ground, and the plants are looking good thanks to warm temperatures and a lot of sun, farmers and agriculture officials said. [...]

'We've found that every additional year of education a person has, their life expectancy increases proportionate to that education level The more education they have, the better care they'll take [...]

The Ridgeland law firm Butler Snow recently hosted a seminar aimed at educating lenders, developers and investors and community representatives on the advantages of the New Markets Tax Credit Program. [...]

Mississippi's two publically-traded real estate companies, Parkway Properties and EastGroup Properties, can see the light at the end of the recession's tunnel, executives at both companies say. 'If you look [...]

Officials at Mississippi-owned banks say their institutions were not as severely impacted by the economic downturn as those across the nation due to conservative balance sheets and diversification in the [...]

While the numbers of minority-owned businesses have increased in the state, business officials said there's always room for improvement. Yet, the there is no shortage of assistance from programs available [...]

On an African safari trip last year, Warigia Bowman and her family came a little too close for comfort to wildlife when an elephant charged the vehicle they were traveling [...]

The Jackson-based engineering firm Neel-Schaffer Inc. has expanded its operations to the State of Kentucky with the opening in February of an office in the Bluegrass State. The Kentucky office [...]

After a two-year hiatus, State Farm Insurance began writing homeowners policies in Mississippi in June. The return to writing the policies is allowed on a basis of agent availability. In [...]

Country music singer Marty Stuart will lend some star power to the Mississippi Governor's Conference on Tourism this week as he helps state tourism leaders unveil 30 sites that will [...]

MADISON -- Membership growth at Pinelake Church in Flowood has led to the addition of two campuses and a proposed third campus is in the works. The church's administration began [...]

The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMC) is developing plans for a research park on 25 acres on the site of the old Jackson Farmers' Market. Funding has been secured [...]

For the CEO of Columbus Lowndes Development Link, the economic development organization for that region, the success of Mississippi University for Women is vital. 'That's a $20-million payroll and 114 [...]

Mississippi Economic Council (MEC) president Blake Wilson understands the important link between education and the business community. That understanding has not gone unnoticed by others. Hank Bounds, commissioner of the [...]

Commercial growth is apparent in the Golden Triangle, with expansion in each of the three cities--West Point, Columbus and Starkville--continuing despite the downtown in the economy. In Columbus, industrial development [...]

When chef David Ferris met with LR Restaurants owners Bill Latham and AI Roberts, it was marriage at first talk, he said. The longtime restaurateurs were tossing around a concept [...]

The two men who created the popular Jackson restaurant Amerigo are back in the kitchen, cooking up eateries like Babalu and Table 100 and opening Five Guys Burgers and Fries [...]

Fine china, home appliances, clothing, books and games are among the items meticulously displayed at the Washington Square Thrift Store in downtown Greenville. 'The community has been really good to [...]

Vince's Restaurant Where: 207 North Main Street, Leland Number: (662) 686-2112 Web: www.facebook.com/vincesleland Hours: Thursday through Sunday: 5:30 p.m. until 12:00 a.m. A 24-hour cafe called Vince's that served Leland's [...]

After six years of owning Fresh Ink, the Jackson stationary, invitation and gift shop, Elizabeth Upchurch still gasps when she gets a beautiful invitation in the mail. That's because occasionally, [...]

After working for several restaurants in Memphis and North Mississippi, Josh Belenchia was ready to open his own place. When he toured a vacant restaurant property in Hernando, the concept [...]

Just as the patio for a restaurant in an old gin in Indianola was being poured, a tornado tore through and destroyed the building. For two decades, Tom Bingham had [...]

Customers walk into Complete Mobile Home Supply and, on many occasions, aren't sure what they need. 'They make a lot of hand gestures,' said Jotham McCauley, director of e-commerce. 'They [...]

Kim Root and Shelly Daniel are best friends.They live next door to one another and go to the same church.Their husbands are both architects. When they're seen together in Tupelo, [...]

From the owner to the hostess stand and from the floors to the bar, nearly everything in Parlor Market tells a story, Owner Craig Noone got his start at the [...]

She idea for SoDelta candles struck Lea Margaret Hamilton 'like a bolt of lightning' one fall afternoon on a drive to the City of Greenwood. 'Combines were on both sides [...]

Madidi 164 Delta Ave.; Clarksdale, MS 38614 (662) 627-7770 www.madidires.com Ten years ago, when Bill Luckett and Morgan Freeman were preparing to open their Clarksdale restaurant, Madidi, they could park [...]

Ashton James remembers standing on the front porch of his boyhood home with his cousin, Dan, as the only models for his mother's new clothing company, Kelly's Kids. The boys [...]

Four years after opening its first DeSoto County venture, Memphis-based River City Management Group has opened its fourth restaurant in the Northwest Mississippi County. The management group's other DeSoto County [...]

While sitting out a few semesters from his studies at the University of Southern Miss, Robert St. John took a job at a local restaurant. 'I fell in love with [...]

Jeff Seabold believes in the power of positive thinking, and he uses that philosophy in approaching the architectural dilemmas he's often called on to resolve. 'I used to joke that [...]

Vaz Vanelli's passion is music and classical guitar, but his clear love of people has helped the restaurant opened by his father remain a Tupelo mainstay for more than 30 [...]

A plan to create homemade soap for Christmas gifts went awry for two sisters and their mother, but the adventure later led to a successful family business. 'My mom and [...]

Four decades after he watched his family's Oxford restaurant burn to the ground, Jim Seay is back again in the restaurant business. His return to the industry was almost accidental. [...]

Sales of the ceramic gifts made by 'seedsters' at The Mustard Seed in Brandon help defray costs at the faith-based community while pro viding an artistic outlet for the clients. [...]

The owners of Taylor Creek Farm grow flowers, heirloom vegetables and herbs while fostering green growing practices, education and community spirit. In 2003, Michelle McAnally and Jared Spears founded Taylor [...]

Mississippi Music has weathered nearly 65 years in business by adapting and evolving to meet market demands in the state. The company was founded in Hattiesburg by Jim Johnson and [...]

Sneaky Beans opened in Sept. 2008, fusing the relaxed atmosphere of a coffee shop with a music venue while encouraging community development. Owner Byron Knight returned to Jackson after his [...]

Disaster struck Walker's Drive-In twice in 2005, but owners Derek and Jennifer Emerson consider the calamities blessings in disguise. On Feb. 18, 2005, a fire caused enough smoke damage to [...]

When a tenant notified property owners Luke and Alison Abney that they'd be moving out, the couple saw an opportunity. The Abneys first foray into the retail business was their [...]