Independent Book Stores Thriving Across State 

Locally-owned shops holding their own against Amazon, big box stores  Being a locally-owned business is tough anywhere within any service today, regardless of the type of product or products being sold.  However, perhaps no such business or industry has faced the challenges that the independent bookstore has over the past 25 years. From dealing to […]

Amtrak to Provide Passenger Travel  

Rail service expansion announced in state  Amtrak is about to make traveling by rail possible between Vicksburg and Meridian along the I-20 corridor, and along the Mississippi Gulf Coast I-10 corridor linking Mobile, AL., to New Orleans.  The Coastal Route Beginning this summer, Amtrak’s new rail service will operate twice daily, morning and evening, with […]