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Work on the Veteran’s Memorial Walk in front of the Pearl River County Courthouse is underway. The brick walkway around the historical marker is coordinated by the Poplarville Rotary Club, Poplarville Area Chamber of Commerce and Pearl River Community College. The walkway is to honor local veterans.

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  Work on the Veteran’s Memorial Walk in front of the Pearl River County Courthouse is underway. The brick walkway around the historical marker is coordinated by the Poplarville Rotary Club, Poplarville Area Chamber of Commerce and Pearl River Community College. The walkway is to honor local veterans.

  May 21, 2013 1 Photo

• Man wants pay for snakes seized in Miss. porn case

  A man serving 30 years after pleading guilty to enticing a teenager to pose for pornographic pictures with venomous snakes has filed a federal lawsuit seeking compensation for the loss of his reptiles.

  May 21, 2013

• Highland Commons awaits reissue of permits

  The Highland Commons Parkway leads to the woods.
  Discussion of this project began four years ago, and its purpose is to expedite traffic to Highland Hospital from the interstate, but the road comes to a dead end in front of the Trinity United Methodist Church.

  May 21, 2013 1 Photo

• Primary runoff election is today

  In the only race left with more than one candidate, Council Precinct One, have incumbent Larry E. Watkins and Tammy Valente meeting in the second primary election today.

  May 21, 2013

• 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

Sports

• Season ends for Maroon Tide

  Picayune’s magical playoff run came up just short of a spot in the state finals.
  Homestanding Pascagoula, the defending Class 5A state champs, took a hard-fought 5-3 win over the Maroon Tidee in game three of the best of three South State finals here Saturday before a capacity crowd at Ingalls Field.

  May 21, 2013

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

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

• Man wants pay for snakes seized in Miss. porn case

  A man serving 30 years after pleading guilty to enticing a teenager to pose for pornographic pictures with venomous snakes has filed a federal lawsuit seeking compensation for the loss of his reptiles.

  May 21, 2013

• Tornado churns through Oklahoma City suburbs
• Tchnology can speed emergency response
• Miss. seniors get another shot to pass grad tests
• Only abortion clinic in Miss. fights to stay open

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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