2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (602+ words) Published 8:00 pm Thursday, September 10, 2026 Pearl River Community College is celebrating another historic enrollment milestone, welcoming 7,142 students to the Wildcat Family for fall 2026. According to a preliminary headcount report released last week by the Mississippi Community College Board, PRCC’s headcount increased…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (100+ words) Picayune Item Septembers with the most precipitation in Mississippi since 1895 Published 7:08 pm Thursday, September 10, 2026 Stacker compiled a ranking of the Septembers with the most precipitation in Mississippi since 1895 using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information. Rankings are based…...

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…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (205+ words) Picayune Item Poplarville High School homecoming court Published 6:00 pm Wednesday, September 9, 2026 Poplarville High School is excited to announce the members of the 2026 Homecoming Court. Freshman maid: Brinklee Jo Schrader; Sophomore maids: Gracie Layne Steil and Kinzlee Preston Rodriguez; Junior maids:…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (372+ words) Picayune Item Nourishing skin as temperatures drop Published 4:00 pm Wednesday, September 9, 2026 As temperatures drop and fall arrives, it is important to protect skin against drastic weather changes. Wearing sunscreen daily throughout the fall and winter is essential, especially mineral sunscreen,…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (126+ words) Picayune Item Statement on college atheltics Published 8:00 am Wednesday, September 9, 2026 “The University of Mississippi and Mississippi State University run two of the very best football programs in the country. I support their right to do what is necessary to protect…...

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…...