Choctaws cut 570 jobs, partial shutdown of casino (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians says it will operate its Golden Moon Hotel and Casino only three days a week and is eliminating 570 non-tribal staff positions as part of a broad restructuring plan intended to save money.

Caterpillar plant brings 600 new jobs to Arkansas (FOX 16 Little Rock)

Some of the first economic news of the year is good news for central Arkansas. Caterpillar says it’s moving its North American manufacturing of road grader vehicles to Arkansas.

Foxboro students aiding Hurricane Katrina victims in Mississippi (The Sun Chronicle)

FOXBORO - Ten seniors in Foxboro High School's National Honor Society will forfeit the comforts of home as they head to Ocean Springs, Miss., this February vacation to lend a hand in the on-going reconstruction of a Gulf Coast town still suffering from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.

A Swell Night at the Crossing (Flower Mound Leader)

On a recent Saturday night, I bought my way into the Allen Arts Alliance annual fund raiser.

It's time for Alabama to address its needs (TideSports.com)

NEW ORLEANS | When the University of Alabama played poorly during Nick Saban's first season at the University of Alabama, he tried to motivate his players with posters of the Louisiana-Monroe and Mississippi State losses to serve as daily reminders.