2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (279+ words) Published 6:00 pm Thursday, September 10, 2026 At Pearl River Community College, the legacy of the late Dub “Pawpaw” Herring continues to live on- not only through the family he loved, but through the countless lives he touched through faith, service, compassion, generosity,…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (503+ words) Published 10:00 am Thursday, September 10, 2026 On this lovely summer morning the hummers are flitting around my feeder in their familiar feeding frenzy. This time of year I so enjoy these colorful little birds juicing up for their travels to a warmer…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (431+ words) Published 8:00 pm Wednesday, September 9, 2026 All of us who lived through 9/11 can recount the moment we heard the news. That morning, I had attended breakfast at the Pentagon with Defense Secretary Rumsfeld. By the time I left, I had learned that…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (182+ words) Published 6:00 pm Tuesday, September 8, 2026 U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today highlighted the U.S. Department of Agriculture decision to purchase up to $20 million in surplus wild-caught shrimp products for distribution to schools and food banks. The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is purchasing…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (186+ words) Published 4:00 pm Tuesday, September 8, 2026 Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch joined a coalition of 15 state attorneys general raising concerns over climate-related financial activism in a letter sent to the “Big 4” accounting firms: Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG, and PricewaterhouseCoopers. “For years, climate…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (216+ words) Published 8:00 pm Friday, August 28, 2026 These statistics prove that words like “Mississippi Momentum” are more than slogans. But if anyone still doubts that Mississippi is on the move, they might consider these examples, which I witnessed firsthand over the past few…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (155+ words) Published 6:00 pm Tuesday, August 25, 2026 On behalf of the Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Council, Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced new materials are now available for the 2026 Opioid Settlement Fund grant cycle on her website and on a comprehensive new portal for…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (158+ words) Published 4:00 pm Tuesday, August 25, 2026 The Mississippi Library Association is pleased to announce the winners in the categories of Fiction, Non-Fiction, Youth, and Children’s Literature for the 2026 Mississippi Author Awards. The Mississippi Authors Awards seek to recognize and encourage Mississippi authors…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (490+ words) Picayune Item LOC22 to bring military suicide awareness to Picayune Published 6:00 pm Friday, August 21, 2026 LOC22 is organizing its first annual Military Suicide Awareness Prevention event on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026, from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Crosby Commons. LOC22 is a new organization founded in Picayune by Mejia…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (491+ words) Picayune Item Wicker celebrates Gulf Coast rail success Published 4:00 pm Friday, August 21, 2026 Passenger rail returned to the Gulf Coast a year ago, and what a success it has been. Demand has shattered expectations. Officials hoped to sell 71,000 tickets in the…...