Local News

• Bar fight ends in man being run over

  A bar fight Friday morning resulted in one man being run over by the other with a pickup truck.
  The fight was reported to Picayune Police officers Friday morning at about 1:44 at the American Legion Hall on Union School Road, said Capt. Chad Dorn.

  February 4, 2012

• Arson suspected at possible murder site

  Pearl River County Sheriff’s Department investigators suspect arson was involved in a structure fire that occurred at a home where James Raine was killed last year.
  The home at 24 Emma Lane was the scene of what investigators believe was the murder of the 37-year-old Raine in October, 2011.

  February 4, 2012 1 Photo

• Inmate escapes leaving father’s wake

  Johnny Hall Jr., 30,  escaped from Mississippi Department of Corrections custody Friday afternoon while attending his father’s wake in Picayune.

  February 4, 2012

• Inmate escapes from funeral procession

  State inmate Johnny Hall, Jr., escaped from two Wilkinson County Correctional Facility officers’ custody today at approximately 12:30 p.m. while being escorted from his father’s wake at the Picayune Funeral Home in Picayune, Miss.

  February 3, 2012

• REPAIRING GAS LEAK

  Contract and city workers were at this gas leak on Beech Street installing a clamp.

  February 3, 2012 1 Photo

Sports

• League tourneys set

  With regular season play wrapping up over the weekend, local prep basketball teams now look forward to their respective district tournaments which begin this week.
  All area teams will begin postseason play on Tuesday night, with two local teams hosting tournaments.

  February 4, 2012

• Super Bowl today
• Picayune sweeps Pearl River Central
• Green County beats Lady Hornets
• Blue Devils face forfeitures

Lifestyles

• History brought to life: Local woman portrays African-American abolitionist Harriet Tubman

  Gwen Williams, a.k.a Miss Chocolate, is portraying famous ‘conductor’ for the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman, for local children in recognition of Black History Month.
  She says, “In high school we always did Negro Spirituals, but never really appreciated what they were about or how significant they were in the Underground Railroad.

  February 4, 2012 1 Photo

• Pawdi Gras coming to Picayune February 25
• Mary Ellen Bright
• Tis the season to obliterate the candidate
• PRCC Women’s Health Symposium gives women information and pampering

State News

• New rules, tests proposed for public aid in Miss.

  People who receive public assistance would be subject to random testing for drugs or nicotine and would have to perform community service under new requirements being considered by Mississippi lawmakers.

  February 4, 2012

• Home strengthening may lower insurance
• Inmate asks courts to stop execution
• Pardoned killer to fight return to Mississippi
• Universities say financial aid fund running short

International

• Seafarers outraged that captain jumped ship

  Seafaring tradition holds that the captain should be last to leave a sinking ship, but is it realistic to expect skippers to suppress their survival instinct amid the horror of a maritime disaster? To ask them to stare down death from the bridge, as the lights go out and the water rises, until everyone else has made it to safety?

  January 20, 2012

• Thousands enjoy merry Christmas in Bethlehem
• Theory of relativity called into question
• Syrian protesters attack US embassy
• US aid cutoff followed by drone strike in Pakistan

Opinion

• Numbers suggest priorities

  By Sid Salter/Syndicated columnist
  As the new Republican majority controlling state government claimed victory by passing the Children’s Protection Act with ease in the House, it’s clear that even more fundamental — and more politically difficult — challenges loom down the public policy road.

  February 4, 2012

• Romney has Massachusetts problem
• Woman escaped killing machine
• Restored restaurant signals renewal
• Woman escaped killing machine

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