The Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) Division of Tourism today announces that five acclaimed courses in the state have been voted onto Golfweek’s “America’s Best Course You Can Play” by state for 2009.

Best-of awards from international, national and key regional media outlets are what high-quality resorts, golf courses and destinations desire. Garnering them provides instant credibility to discerning consumers and other media. Hence, the state of Mississippi’s golf-and-gaming destination has never been so popular and well-ranked.

The results of the Mississippi primary show that Barack Obama is the winner of the Mississippi primary.

Mississippi is increasingly being recognized as the nation's best golf-and-gaming destination thanks to top-notch courses at value-laden prices and casually elegant resort casino accommodations.

When times are good and fortune smiles, Americans sometimes say they're in Fat City. It's a state of mind more than a place. Fat City, man.

Although the Bush Administration has not signed the Kyoto Protocol — a UN-sponsored treaty ratified by 176 other countries to reduce harmful carbon emissions — hundreds of American cities are voluntarily taking action on their own. More than 770 communities have joined a program known as Cool Cities. Erika Celeste visits one of the latest cities considering signing up: Tupelo, Mississippi.

Two Mississippi young people have died from the flu, that is the start of what could be a tough flu season, the state health department's spokesman said.

KFG Resources (TSX.V: KFG) announced on Oct 26th that its subsidiary KFG Petroleum will participate in the drilling of 6,550 ft oil test in the Wilcox Formation in Adams County, Mississippi. If this well is successful, the company will retain a 15.375% working interest and an 11.5% net revenue interest in the well and surrounding acreage.

Voltaire, the great French Rationalist philosopher, described business as “the salt of life”. Perhaps he may have got it backwards – as far as KFG Resources’ (TSX.V:KFG) management is concerned, “salt is the life of business”.

Writer and adventurer Jacob van der Merwe is well on his way to conquer the Mighty Mississippi in a kayak. Van der Merwe, a.k.a. The Crazy Kayaker, started his adventure in St. Paul on May 13th. He hopes to reach New Orleans by the end of August.