Local News

• Boil water notice lifted

  Center Water has lifted a “boil water notice” for customers living on Hilltop Dr. and Green Meadow Drive.
  Water tests indicate that water is safe to drink.

  May 17, 2013

• Click it or ticket: Cop's watching you

  Memorial Day weekend is right around the corner and the Picayune Police Department’s patrol officers will be on the look out for seat belt violations.

  May 17, 2013

• Miss. seniors get another shot to pass grad tests

   Mississippi officials are trying to retest hundreds of high school seniors who flunked exams that are required for graduation.

  May 17, 2013

• Panther pitcher shuts out Maroon Tide

  Pascagoula’s Andrew Crane continued his dominance of Picayune Thursday night.

  May 17, 2013

• Miss Mississippi USA visits Infinity Center

  The reigning Miss Mississippi USA Paromita Mitra visited INFINITY Science Center on Thursday to promote the importance of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (S.T.E.M.) education to middle school students and Cub Scout Pack 213 from Biloxi.

  May 17, 2013 2 Photos

Sports

• Panther pitcher shuts out Maroon Tide

  Pascagoula’s Andrew Crane continued his dominance of Picayune Thursday night.

  May 17, 2013

• Season ends for Lady Hornets
• Lady Hornets face Newton County
• Polderman’s, Mitchell win titles
• Tide sweeps; Devils swept

Lifestyles

• 2013 Partners for Pearl River County By Jodi Marze

  The 10th class of Partners for Pearl River County celebrated its graduation at First Baptist Church on Friday, May 10, in the Fellowship Hall. The graduating class included: Jason Bounds, Nacole Dillon, Christy Goss, John Huck, Jeff McClain, Teenia Perry, Paul Reese, Brooke Rester, Eric Stafne, Richelle Stafne, Kristin Thibodeaux, Pat Tidmore, and Jim Walker. The staff is comprised of: Jo Woods, Tricia Knight, Shirley Wiltshire, Marilyn Bailey, Rod Lincoln and Scott Langlois (Program Chairman).

  May 18, 2013

• Tami Harris takes state
• Arboretum Paths
• Chamber Ribbon Cutting
• Historic City Hall Dedication Friday

State News

• Miss. seniors get another shot to pass grad tests

   Mississippi officials are trying to retest hundreds of high school seniors who flunked exams that are required for graduation.

  May 17, 2013

• Only abortion clinic in Miss. fights to stay open
• Ex-BP engineer claims feds withheld evidence
• Amtrak unveils locomotives to replace aging fleet
• Miss. health agency to resume pregnancy work

International

• Argentine Jorge Bergoglio elected Pope Francis

  Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope Wednesday and chose the name Francis, becoming the first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium.
  Looking stunned, Francis shyly waved to the crowd of tens of thousands of people who gathered in St. Peter’s Square, marveling that the cardinals needed to look to “the end of the earth” to find a bishop of Rome.

  March 14, 2013 1 Photo

• Pope Benedict VXI resigning
• Suicide bomber kills guard at US Embassy in Turkey
• EU summit ends without budget deal
• Govt to let Cubans travel freely

Opinion

• Not your mother’s Ladies’ Home Journal

  By Rheta Grimsely Johnson/Syndicated columnist

  I haven’t seen the Ladies’ Home Journal in about a million years, except maybe in the dentist’s office when I was trying to avoid a television permanently set on Fox News.
  Somebody’s grandchild was selling magazines for a school project, and Ladies’ Home Journal was the only one on the list I recognized. Now it comes to the house.
  Let’s just say: It’s not my mother’s Ladies’ Home Journal. This month, right behind a feature called “A Country of People Who Never Stop Eating” is one called “Nice Girls Do Get Tattoos.”

  March 29, 2013

• Health care market needs oversight
• VA’s appalling failures not recent
• Dolley Madison politically savvy
• Mississippi isn’t immune from national college tuition trends

News Distribution Network

• 5 takeaways from the IRS report

  What are the key takeaways from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration's report on the Internal Revenue Service's decision to subject conservative groups to heightened scrutiny?

  May 15, 2013 1 Photo

• Warning Signs: Technology speeds disaster alerts, response
• Do school bus drivers undergo background checks?
• Texas toddler dies from self-inflicted gunshot wound
• Tesla talking with Google about 'autopilot' systems for cars

CNHI Special Projects

Officials in Forney, Texas, used web-based software to coordinate relief after a tornado last spring. City manager Brian Brooks said he and a church organized donations using Recovers.org to limit waste.

• Warning Signs: Technology speeds disaster alerts, response

  Technology has changed the way Americans get ready for disasters and respond to them – with more precise forecasts, personalized weather warnings and more efficient recovery efforts. And it will continue to help us be more prepared.

  May 12, 2013 3 Photos

• Tips for tornado readiness
• Against the wind: Tornado veterans balance preparedness, practicality
• When the earth moves under our feet
• When in a tornado, here's what not to do

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