Tunica News

The Hoover New Horizons senior citizens group is offering several opportunities for trips, whether to Tunica, Miss., Branson, Mo., or a fall foliage tour up the East Coast.

When: 7:30 p.m. today. Where: Harrah's Tunica, 13615 U.S. 61N, Robinsonville. Cost: $46-$56. Contact: 1-800-745-3000. Who is he?: John Legend has used his soulful baritone to ascend the ranks of the R&B world and become one of its most prominent and recognizable stars.

Gary/Chicago International Airport Directer Chris Curry says he is in the early stages of talks with a start-up airline that wants to provide passenger service from Gary to Washington, D.C., Newark, N.J. and Tunica, Miss.

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Half A Tank is a summer-long quest to find images and stories of people whose lives have been altered by a flattened economy.

Discussions about a multibillion dollar hybrid car plant in Mississippi have been revealed in a federal lawsuit in which Chinese businessmen are fighting for control of the company.

Lynn Ryals of Tunica has been elected managers' representative to the Mississippi Main Street Association board of directors.

U.S. Rep William Lacy Clay Jr. jetted off to policy conferences in the U.S. Virgin Islands and the gambling town of Tunica, Miss.

A Mid-South non-profit that helps small business owners thrive in struggling communities is reaching out to the next generation of entrepreneurs to Take Back Our Neighborhoods.

Friday Panola County AA meetings will be held at the Batesville United Methodist church at noon daily.

The cost to defend a convicted murderer keeps going up, and it will be the taxpayers responsibility to pay the price.

Civil rights pioneer James Meredith, on a stop on his 200-Mile Walk For The Poor, will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday with Holmes County residents at the Community Students Learning Center.

A year ago in this tournament, Jonathan Randolph blew a six-shot lead with 11 holes left, lost by four and tore cartilage in his chest while hacking out of the rough.

The first holiday of summer arrived last weekend. Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, was held May 30.

The real start of summer arrives with the summer solstice June 21, but Memorial Day brings the mental adjustment to the breezy, beachy frame of mind that suits the season.

Gov. Haley Barbour and First Lady Marsha Barbour will host the third annual Mississippi celebration of its GRAMMYA legacy at 7 p.m. May 28, 2009, at Bluesville, part of Harraha s Horseshoe Casino and Hotel in Tunica.

Revenue and jobs at the nation's gambling halls fell last year as Americans became less willing to risk their money, according to a report released Monday by the national gambling industry's trade association.

The Tunica/Lula market in the Mississippi Delta was the nation's sixth largest casino market in 2008, generating $1.05 billion, according to an American Gaming Association report released Monday.

The Mississippi Golf Association can't escape the slumping economy. The organization has extended the deadline for applications for the Mississippi Amateur to May 20 because of low interest.

The U.S. Small Business Administration has granted Gov. Haley Barbour's request for disaster loans for residents and businesses in and near Panola County.