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CANTON - Mississippi Film Studios will be in private hands after a leasing deal between the Madison County Economic Development Authority (MCEDA) and Mad Genius Inc. CEO Rick Moore was recently finalized. Multiple media reports claimed Mississippi Film Studios was...

The 3rd Annual Madison County Celebration sponsored by the Madison County Creative Economy Council will be held on Thursday, Sept. 25, from 5-7 p.m. at the Town of Livingston located at the intersection of Highway 463 and Highway 22 in Madison County. The Madison...

By Katie Eubanks IF A MANUFACTURING company in Madison County needs safety training for its workers, chances are that training will come from the Holmes Community College Workforce Training Program. In fiscal year 2014, which ran from July 1, 2013 through June 30,...

By Katie Eubanks A SITE STUDY for a new airport in Madison County is about 75 percent complete, one official said. “I think we’ll probably see something [more definite] by the end of the month. It won’t be before then,” said Tim Coursey, executive director of the...

By Katie Eubanks BESIDES THE NISSAN PLANT in Canton, which will start paying full taxes on some assets this year, Gluckstadt saw the most growth in assessed values in Madison County last year, said Tax Assessor Gerald Barber. Barber presented the preliminary 2014 tax...

By Katie Eubanks MADISON COUNTY has approved three road agreements with the cities of Madison and Ridgeland, with work on several Ridgeland streets to be finished by the end of the budget year. Last week the Madison County Board of Supervisors approved three...

by MBJ Staff Published: September 19, 2014 Tags: Business, film, Mississippi, NEWS, technology Film reel_webRIDGELAND — Mad Genius Inc. and Eyevox Entertainment, LLC owner Rick Moore has acquired Mississippi Film Studios in Canton. Terms of the deal were not...

Area Organizations Prepare for Third Annual Creative Economy Council Gathering Susan Marquez, Susan Marquez Consulting; Jessica Gosa, MCEDA; Mary Beth Wilkerson, Ridgeland Tourism; Elizabeth Bryant, Madison the City Chamber of Commerce; and Paige Petersen, Madison...

Mississippi ranked in Top 5 for women-owned business growth by MBJ Staff Published: September 18,2014 Cute business woman with colleagues in discussion at the backgroundThe Magnolia Business Alliance (MBA) announced today that Mississippi’s women-owned business firms...

NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS Five of Madison Central's 21 National Merit Semifinalists gathered Tuesday to talk about the school's PSAT Program.  Seniors Wesley Zhang, Avery Jordan, Azmain Alamgir, Benjamin Seiss, Margaret Lawson. Tyler Cleveland Madison Central High...