Local News

• Wildcats tring to win Region 23 title

   Host Pearl River opened Region 23 Tournament play in dominating fashion here Thursday in Wildcat Stadium, demolishing top-seeded East Central 12-1 in eight innings and now faces  second-seeded LSU-Eunice (La.) in Friday’s second round at 7 p.m.

  May 18, 2013

• Veterans honored for Armed Forces Day

  In observance of United States Armed Forces Day, Picayune Memorial High School hosted the annual Jerry “Chip” Burge Jr. Memorial Armed Forces Reception on Friday.

  May 18, 2013 1 Photo

• Katrina taught Poplarville valuable lessons

  The Pop-larville area learned valuable lessons in disaster readiness from hurricane Katrina in 2005, and those lessons led to improvements which provide a greater measure of security for local residents.

  May 18, 2013

• Help senior citizens in your family or neighborhood with advance planning

  According to the United States Census Bureau, 15.1 percent of the population in Pearl River County is 65 years old or older.

  May 18, 2013

• Tchnology can speed emergency response

  Recent national tragedies have reminded us once again how important it is to stay in touch with loved ones and emergency response officials for breaking news. Being technology-ready before disaster strikes is critical to saving lives, connecting friends and family, and assisting first responders.
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  May 18, 2013

Sports

• Season ends for Maroon Tide

  The season came to an end for the Picayune baseball team Saturday afternoon with a 5-3 loss to homestanding Pascagoula here at Ingalls Field in the third and deciding game of the Class 5A South State championship series.
   

  May 18, 2013

• Tide stays alive
• Wildcats tring to win Region 23 title
• Panther pitcher shuts out Maroon Tide
• Season ends for Lady Hornets

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

• Tchnology can speed emergency response

  Recent national tragedies have reminded us once again how important it is to stay in touch with loved ones and emergency response officials for breaking news. Being technology-ready before disaster strikes is critical to saving lives, connecting friends and family, and assisting first responders.
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  May 18, 2013

• Miss. seniors get another shot to pass grad tests
• Only abortion clinic in Miss. fights to stay open
• Ex-BP engineer claims feds withheld evidence
• Amtrak unveils locomotives to replace aging fleet

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

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Jim Greeson, Indiana's state fire marshal, leads Terre Haute fifth-graders in an earthquake drill in February. The drill was held in connection with the annual Great Central U.S. ShakeOut. Here Greeson demonstrates the "Drop, Cover and Hold On" technique for surviving an earthquake inside a building.

• The Big One: Preparing for mid-America earthquake

  It’s a bleak scenario. A massive earthquake along the New Madrid fault kills or injures 60,000 people in Tennessee. A quarter of a million people are homeless.

  May 20, 2013 3 Photos 3 Stories

• 5 takeaways from the IRS report
• Warning Signs: Technology speeds disaster alerts, response
• Do school bus drivers undergo background checks?
• Texas toddler dies from self-inflicted gunshot wound

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Jim Greeson, Indiana's state fire marshal, leads Terre Haute fifth-graders in an earthquake drill in February. The drill was held in connection with the annual Great Central U.S. ShakeOut. Here Greeson demonstrates the "Drop, Cover and Hold On" technique for surviving an earthquake inside a building.

• The Big One: Preparing for mid-America earthquake

  It’s a bleak scenario. A massive earthquake along the New Madrid fault kills or injures 60,000 people in Tennessee. A quarter of a million people are homeless.

  May 19, 2013 3 Photos 3 Stories

• Technology speeds disaster alerts, response
• Warning Signs: Technology speeds disaster alerts, response
• Tips for tornado readiness
• Against the wind: Tornado veterans balance preparedness, practicality

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