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Everyday Heroes: Officers and families of the Picayune Police Department
The Picayune Police Department held a Memorial Service on May 4th, at which Senator Tony Smith was the guest speaker.

May 26, 2012 1 Photo
Picayune Rotary Club inducts new members
The Picayune Rotary Club inducted two new members on Tuesday. They are from left: Paul DeVille of Alliance Consulting Group, LLC and Blake Travis of the Pearl River County Assessors Office, being inducted by Rotary President Mark Stockstill. Rotary is a service club who gave out $20,000 in scholarships and donations for 2011.

May 26, 2012 1 Photo
Back home in high school with memories of the summer
By Dr. Stanley Watson/Syndicated columnist
Before I hardly realized it the summer was ending and school would be starting soon. It never occurred to me to attend school any place besides Randlett. I was impatient to get back with the gang - my kind of people. I left California with a somewhat slanted view of that state. I was no doubt biased because of my limited social contacts. Also, on a few occasions I had been exposed to the bias of Californians against "Okies".

May 26, 2012
Hard work gets rewarded for Picayune High biology students
Picayune Memorial High School biology students in Coach Kristi Mitchell’s class were rewarded last week for a full year of hard work by being taken to a local snowball shop during class time.

May 23, 2012 1 Photo
Main Street June Summer Blues Out 2012 This year’s event will be June 2nd, from 5 to 10 p.m., and features exciting performances by Biloxi’s The House Katz, Wardell Williams, Becky Eymard, Barbara Lane and many more.
May 23, 2012 1 Photo
Arboretum Paths
Now is the time of year when spring blooms are a distant memory but we still aren’t firmly settled into the sultry summer days that Mississippi’s coastal residents know all too well. Many our native shrubs and smaller trees are really using this time to shine.

May 23, 2012 1 Photo
Commercial spacecraft speeds toward space station
Opening a new, entrepreneurial era in spaceflight, a ship built by a billionaire businessman sped toward the International Space Station with a load of groceries and other supplies Tuesday after a spectacular, middle-of-the-night blastoff.

May 23, 2012
Everyday Heroes
Community leaders and former students joined 8th grade students in the library of Picayune Junior High School for Career Day last Thursday. Career Day is held the last week of school each year, in conjunction with a tour of Picayune Memorial High School.

May 22, 2012 1 Photo
McNeill Fire Chief, Melvin Glidewell, retires after 38 years
McNeill Fire Department will hold a retirement party for outgoing Chief Melvin Glidewell at Central Baptist Church Fellowship Hall on Saturday, May 26th from 3 p.m. until. The community is invited to join in celebrating Glidewell’s 38 years of service through the department.

May 19, 2012 1 Photo
Lucille Gasecki:Volunteer, artist and winner of the June Summer Blues Out poster contest
Lucille Gasecki is the winner of the 2012 2nd Annual June Summer Blues Out Poster Contest and this week’s Picayune Item Super Senior.

May 19, 2012 1 Photo
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