2012-05-17T19:54:57-05:00 urn:uuid:d362c24c-1901-46cd-b317-44daf017e8c0 urn:uuid:50fc3ff9-2852-43a5-b40f-482db234b8ba 2012-05-17T09:36:37-05:00

<p> Construction crews are at work quickly erecting the Alliance sand plant between Picayune and Nicholson along the Norfolk-Southern tracks.</p>

urn:uuid:5f82691b-c796-453e-9f64-bba95e496a2d 2012-05-16T09:59:45-05:00

<p> Pearl River Community College held its 2012 graduation commencement exercise on Tuesday.</p>

By Will Sullivan, Managing Editor urn:uuid:f56c44cb-4b05-41e2-abd4-e7f4a8dfaf91 2012-05-16T09:55:25-05:00

<p> A county work crew demolished a blighted house and cleaned up a lot at 117 Inside Rd. on Tuesday.<br /> The property, listed on county property rolls as belonging to Stacey Bradley, is one of three properties on which the county recently held a hearing, said Ed Pinero, county Planning and Development director and whose office is in charge of cleaning up properties determined by the county to be blighted.</p>

By David A. Farrell, Item Staff Writer urn:uuid:028cfca0-34c0-4a60-bac9-fab775cfc441 2012-05-16T09:43:40-05:00

<p> When former District Three Supervisor Hudson Holliday was touring Mississippi last year, running for the GOP nomination for governor of Mississippi, he noticed something different between his hometown of Poplarville and a lot of small cities all over Mississippi he was campaigning in.</p>

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<p> At right, Sadie Thigpen adds some color to a pot before a plant will planted in it.</p>

urn:uuid:c5281e74-5651-4bc3-9bc7-f542dbc08c75 2012-05-11T09:36:44-05:00

<p> Above, Picayune head football coach Dodd Lee directs his players during spring training.</p>

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<p> A steel frame is taking shape as construction on the expansion of historic city hall progresses.</p>

urn:uuid:ab951ff8-cb72-4e44-b541-6048a15a21c1 2012-05-10T13:40:39-05:00

<p> From left Pearl River County&#8217;s Miss Hospitality Kelcey Whitfield and Mississippi&#8217;s Miss Hospitality Ann Claire Reynolds chat with local artists Dorothy Case and Harriet Greulich at the Welcome Center on Interstate 59 Wednesday morning during Picayune Day.</p>

By David A. Farrell, Item Staff Writer urn:uuid:c08c2b8f-5512-4f50-a8d2-f7bf77f4ebd0 2012-05-10T13:35:47-05:00

<p> Area seafood restaurant owners and dealers say that &#8220;most of the public,&#8221; who love their seafood, are not worried about safety as much as they are about price.</p>

urn:uuid:71583969-8b0c-4307-a270-932a0da0ed59 2012-05-09T08:57:43-05:00

<p> Work is continuing at Picayune&#8217;s Superfund Site near Rosa Street.</p>