CHOCTAW, Miss., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Pearl River Resort, the Southeast's premier luxury gaming and entertainment destination, will host the first annual Blues at The Moon music festival presented by Ground Zero Blues Club, at the Golden Moon Hotel ...

The City of McAlester did not issue any building permits for new commercial building for the month of September — nor any for commercial additions or remodeling. However, it looks likely that October might be a bit more active. In July, the city ...

Or at least it was true on Labor Day weekend, when I could hardly find a slot machine to take my money at the Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant. Most of the quarter slots were occupied. (I'm neither a high-stakes nor penny-ante gambler, though I did ...

DURANT— The Choctaw Casino Resort will be hosting a wellness fair for its employees Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Choctaw Conference Center. In keeping with the national initiative America on the Move, Choctaw Casino has organized its first Free ...

Rikki Rockett, the story went, raped a cocktail waitress at a casino owned by the Choctaw Indian tribe. Interesting tabloid grist, of course, if you remember that Rockett is the big-haired drummer for 1980s glam band Poison, and more incredible, if ...

1958 Jack Abramoff is born in Atlantic City. Family moves to California and he grows up in Beverly Hills. 1981 Abramoff graduates from Brandeis University, comes to Washington and runs for national chairman of the College Republicans, where he forges ...

With the city’s fifth casino set to open late next month, Vicksburg is the third largest revenue-producing gambling market in Mississippi, the nation’s third-largest gambling state. And while the national gaming industry has slumped with the ...

Rikki Rockett, the story went, raped a cocktail waitress at a casino owned by the Choctaw Indian tribe. Interesting tabloid grist, of course, if you remember Rikki is the big-haired drummer for '80s glam band Poison, and more incredible, if you ...

The Republican lobbyist and the center of the decade's most notorious political corruption case was sentenced last week. Jack Abramoff got four years as punishment for his conviction in federal court. Abramoff was one of a handful of young ...