A swim on vacation at a Western Australia beach has resulted in a painful octopus "whipping" — and a video of the encounter that has gone viral.
The Issa brothers have bought the British fast food chain Leon, which has more than 70 sites.
The owner of the Truly hard seltzer brand is expected to announce more market-thumping growth on Thursday.
The eventual merger could involve a PIPE to help boost the capital available to the private company.
A crackdown by Pakistani security forces on protesting supporters of a banned Islamist party left at least three people dead and 20 others injured Sunday, a police official and a party spokesman said. Lahore police spokesman Rana Arif said supporters of the hard-line Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan party attacked police with a petrol bomb and took custody of five police officers, including Deputy Superintendent Umar Farooq Baluch.
Apr. 18—TUPELO — Lee County supervisors are paying a consultant $33,000 to tell them how many local jail beds they need — and on Monday, they'll find out what that money is getting them. Supervisors are scheduled to hold a meeting at 9 a.m. Monday, and their meeting agenda shows that Wisconsin-based jail consultant Tom Weber is scheduled to address the board. The county's elected leaders ...
F1 has raced just once in Florida before.
Apr. 18—I am an investment professional and this is an investment column. I have always tried to look at the investment world through an objective lens. I certainly have my personal opinions on how our government works, but when giving investment advice, it doesn't really matter how I want things to be. It only matters how things are. You can argue all day long about the benefits or lack ...
Apr. 18—Nicole Taylor-Gunn, Tanya Sanderson, Erin Smith, Hannah Reeves, Hollie Waldron and Kacie Hollimon recently graduated from North Mississippi Medical Center's Advanced Practice Clinician Fellowship. Taylor-Gunn, AGPCNP-BC, of Tupelo earned an associate degree in nursing from Itawamba Community College in Fulton in 2013 and a bachelor's degree in nursing from Mississippi University for ...
Apr. 18—TUPELO — If General Motors' plans come to fruition, by 2035, its entire fleet of vehicles, which include the Chevrolet, Buick, Cadillac and GMC brands, will be all electric. "General Motors believes in an all-electric future," said GM Executive Vice President Mark Reuss in January. "Although that future won't happen overnight, GM is committed to driving increased usage and acceptance ...
Mendip District gave permission to open up the land to family campers for 56 days this summer last month.
Apr. 18—What a bind we could be in if the state Supreme Court decides to throw out our constitutional initiative process. It would leave Mississippians without a direct way to amend our constitution. It is obvious that lawmakers and other state leaders care little for the initiative process. Many — if not most — would welcome a Supreme Court decision killing it. If lawmakers wanted to ensure ...
Apr. 18—Straddling the cajon drum, Sgt. Jamie Jones joined the circle of young musicians. "OK, y'all are going to hear me offbeat, so go ahead and get your laughs in," Jones said with a chuckle. "I always wanted to learn to play the drums, but never had that rhythm. I'm just going to try to keep up with y'all." Outside the drum circle, Emily Davis watched the interaction between the Decatur ...
Apr. 18—Medicaid expansion could become a reality within two years. Exactly what that expansion looks like — and how easily it will be to adjust the system in the future — largely depends on whether lawmakers finally do it themselves or leave it up to voters. The Mississippi Hospital Association is backing a ballot initiative to expand Medicaid with a constitutional amendment. If an amendment ...
Avoidance of airline travel after 9/11 is a cautionary tale for today's vaccine skeptics.
Police in Pakistan said a hardline Islamist group had taken six security personnel hostage at its headquarters in Lahore on Sunday after a week of violent clashes following the arrest of the group's leader. The Tehrik-i-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) group had given the government an April 20 deadline to expel the French ambassador over the publication of cartoons in France depicting the Prophet Mohammad. The authorities responded by arresting its leader, prompting supporters to hold protests and sit-ins across Pakistan.
Apr. 18—The jobless rates in Lawrence, Limestone and Morgan counties have dropped to the pre-pandemic levels of a year ago, and local businesses are struggling to recruit employees. In Morgan County, the unemployment rate for March was 2.4%, compared to 2.6% a month ago and 2.3% a year ago. Lawrence County had a jobless rate of 2.6% in March, compared to 2.8% in February and 2.7% a year ago. ...
Apr. 18—Upgrades to two city parks, down-payment assistance and allocations for nonprofits are the focus for proposed fiscal 2021 uses of the federal funds Decatur receives annually for meeting the needs of low-income residents. Decatur Community Development Manager Allen Stover presented his proposal for use of $489,040 the city is receiving from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban ...
Apr. 18—TUPELO — When Gordon Russ was about 6 years old growing up in the Bay Area of California, his family accidentally left him at church one Sunday. "I just sat there on that pew in the church, looking around," Russ said. "I've wondered if that's how I got my start in this business." Russ, 65, who has Russ Studios in Tupelo, specializes in architectural stained glass. He does commission ...
Apr. 18—After the program was shuttered for a year, foreign exchange students will be able to return to Decatur City Schools next school year. At its meeting last week, the school board voted to lift the suspension of the program that has been in place since April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "I do feel comfortable lifting it," Superintendent Michael Douglas told board members. In a memo ...
Apr. 18—A facility in Trinity that has a critical role in making Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey also continues to have a robust presence in Lawrence County's primary industrial park, hiring five workers late last month to fill open positions. Jack Daniel Cooperage produces 53-gallon barrels for the company's Lynchburg, Tennessee, distillery about 70 miles away. "It's the No. 1 ingredient," ...
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