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October 2024

Superior Optical Lab Expanding Operations in Jackson County

Jackson, Miss. – Eyeglass manufacturer Superior Optical Lab is expanding in Jackson County. The project is a $12,451,728 corporate investment and will create 188 jobs. Based in Ocean Springs, Superior Optical Lab operates one of the most technologically advanced wholesale optical laboratories in the United States and recently completely an expansion that created 45,000 square […]

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MEC 2024 Hobnob Sponsors

PREMIER SPONSOR REGISTRATION SPONSOR NETWORKING BREAK/REFRESHMENT SPONSOR CORPORATE SPONSORS Amazon Ambetter from Magnolia Health AT&T Atmos Energy BankPlus Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Butler Snow Cadence Bank Caesars Entertainment Corporation Chevron Products Company Clarion Ledger | LocaliQ Cooperative Energy C Spire Entergy Mississippi, LLC Ergon, Inc. Godwin Hancock

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Entergy Awards $2M Grant to Jackson State University for Power Grid Security Lab

JACKSON, Miss. – Jackson State University is the recipient of a $2 million grant from the Entergy Charitable Foundation to help fund the creation of the Critical Power Grid Network Security Lab. During a press conference at the University on Monday, Oct. 7, Entergy officials presented JSU President Marcus Thompson, Ph.D., with a big check

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HII Launches Amphibious Transport Dock Harrisburg (LPD 30)

PASCAGOULA, Miss., — HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division successfully launched on Saturday the first LPD Flight II, San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship Harrisburg (LPD 30), marking one of the first major milestones in the ship’s journey towards operational readiness. The Ingalls team translated Harrisburg from land to the company’s floating dry dock using translation railcars to

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Wayne-Sanderson Farms Extends Title Sponsorship of Sanderson Farms Championship through 2025

JACKSON, Miss. – Wayne-Sanderson Farms announced today that it will continue as the title sponsor of the Sanderson Farms Championship through the 2025 tournament. This decision follows a previous announcement indicating that this week’s PGA TOUR event would mark the company’s 12th and final year of title sponsorship. In early August, Wayne-Sanderson Farms communicated that

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Delta Lodging Group Celebrates Groundbreaking for New Hotel in Corinth, MS

Over 225 people attended the official groundbreaking ceremony and ensuing lunch for the new TownePlace Suites by Marriott construction in Corinth, MS. The 89 room all suite hotel is being developed by Delta Lodging Group, LLC of Greenwood, a hotel management and development company that currently owns and operates 12 limited service hotels in the Mississippi

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