Downtown boutique hotel, Hotel Tupelo, to open in December 2021
The four-story, 80-room boutique hotel to be built in Fairpark in downtown Tupelo has an official name: Hotel Tupelo, and it should be completed by December 2021. The Tupelo Redevelopment Agency and...
View ArticleTuesday Morning files Chapter 11, to close 230 stores
Off-price retailer Tuesday Morning has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and is closing nearly a third of its stores starting next month. The company had closed its stores, like so many other...
View ArticleJC Penney to reopen location at The Mall at Barnes Crossing next week
J.C. Penney is reopening its location at The Mall at Barnes Crossing on Wednesday, June 3, followed by SEPHORA on Friday June 5. There have been some fears about J.C. Penney reopening, as the retailer...
View ArticleMovie theaters to reopen in July as blockbusters roll out again
Moviegoers have been missing out on blockbusters since mid-March due to the coronavirus, but the nation’s biggest theater chains are working to reopen. Cinemark, the nation’s third-largest theater...
View ArticleJack’s opening second Tupelo location on South Gloster Street
Jack’s Family Restaurants has long been planning to build two locations in Tupelo, and the Birmingham, Alabama-based restaurant chain is following through on that promise. It opened its first location...
View ArticleSecond Fairpark Tower building plans for downtown Tupelo revealed
A proposed four-story building in Fairpark – part of the overall Fairpark Towers project in downtown Tupelo launched three years ago – will contain commercial and residential space. An earlier version...
View ArticleMississippi 30 Day Fund launches to help small businesses with forgivable loans
Small businesses in Mississippi can apply for as much as $3,000 through the newly formed Mississippi 30 Day Fund, which was created to provide immediate financial help to those battling through the...
View ArticleTupelo Regional Airport looks to add some covered parking, solar panels
If it lands a $550,000 multi-modal grant from the Mississippi Department of Transportation, the Tupelo Regional Airport will add covered parking next to the terminal. In addition, it will add solar...
View ArticleMalco Theatres to begin reopening locations on Monday, June 15
Memphis-based Malco Theatres has set Monday, June 15, as the targeted reopening date for an initial round of locations in Tennessee, Mississippi and Kentucky. Mississippi Malco locations reopening...
View ArticleRenasant name one of the world’s best banks by Forbes
Forbes has named Renasant Bank as one of the best banks in the world in its World’s Best Banks 2020 report. Forbes partnered with market research company Statista to conduct a study of approximately...
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