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County Engineer Les Dungan explains the realignment plans for Richardson-Ozona Road in Picayune to Board of Supervisors President J. Patrick Lee and members of the community at a public hearing on Tuesday morning at the board room in Poplarville.

• Supervisors hold hearing on road realignment

  The Pearl River County Board of Supervisors held a public hearing after the regular meeting Monday morning to discuss the realignment of the southern portion of Richardson-Ozona Road and its intersection with U.S. Highway 11.

  June 18, 2013 2 Photos

• Buccaneer Bay Water Park is back in Hancock County

  The Buccaneer Bay Water Park at Buccaneer State Park reopened on Thursday in Hancock County.

  June 18, 2013 1 Photo

• Two charged with grand larceny for stealing pick-up truck

  A pick-up truck stolen in Picayune on Thursday was recovered on Saturday in Harrison County.

  June 18, 2013 2 Photos

• Pearl River Utility Authority makes emergency repairs to system

  Circle Drive has been partially closed and detour routes set up so that the Pearl River Utility Authority can make emergency repairs to the failing 12 inch sewer line.

  June 15, 2013

• It’s been a good year for Pigott’s teams

  It's been a pretty good season for baseball teams that Picayune's Justin Pigott used to play for.

  June 15, 2013

Sports

• Back home, Heat try to stop a 5th Spurs NBA title

  The Miami Heat weren’t supposed to be in this situation. Not now, anyway.
  Coming home from Texas with their season on the line in 2011 was one thing. They were at the end of their first year together — LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh still trying to figure it all out and clearly a long way from it.

  June 18, 2013

• It’s been a good year for Pigott’s teams
• Bulldogs are Omaha bound
• Hickman earns top statewide honor
• Northrop is in All-Star game

Lifestyles

• Special Boat Team 22 helps SPCA

  Special Boat Team 22 members, based out of Stennis, visited the Pearl River County SPCA, on Saturday, to implement “Operation Rescue PRC SPCA.” The Pearl River County SPCA posted on their Facebook page that they were blessed by the team, who “swarmed” in on them from 8 a.m. until after noon. The team, who could not be identified for security issues, did board rot repairs, landscaping, and repainting some of the interior and exterior of the building.

  June 19, 2013

• Swamp Hunters to judge Post 73 Ladies Auxiliary Barbeque Cook Off
• Arboretum Paths: Owl pellets and pitcher plant bellies
• Lions Club marks seventy years of service
• Vocability

State News

• 2nd victim dies after blast at La. chemical plant

  An explosion and fire at a Louisiana chemical plant claimed a second victim Friday as federal authorities were piecing together the cause of the blast that injured dozens more.

  June 15, 2013

• 1 dead, 73 hurt in La. plant explosion
• Body of 4th drowning victim found off Gulf coast
• Levees, removable walls proposed to protect NYC
• What’s the problem with PRISM?

International

• Barbara becomes hurricane off Mexican coast

  Barbara rose to hurricane strength Wednesday as it steamed toward a sparsely populated stretch of Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, where it was expected to quickly make landfall.

  May 30, 2013

• Argentine Jorge Bergoglio elected Pope Francis
• Pope Benedict VXI resigning
• Suicide bomber kills guard at US Embassy in Turkey
• EU summit ends without budget deal

Opinion

• Mary Dorsa Guttry

  Mass of Christian Burial for Mary Dorsa Guttry, 90, of Carriere, Miss., who passed away Friday, June 14, 2013, will be held Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at 2 p.m. at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church.
  Visitation will be Wednesday, June 19, 2013 from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home.
  Burial will be in New Palestine Cemetery under the direction of McDonald Funeral Home.

  June 18, 2013 1 Photo

• We all need to be prepared for disasters
• How much spying needed for security?
• State lags in early child ed
• A hard rain is gonna fall...

News Distribution Network

• Facebook's organ donor status sends registrations soaring

  Facebook's addition of a way for its users to tell people their organ-donor status helped boost the number of people who registered as donors 21-fold in one day.

  June 18, 2013 1 Photo

• State photo-ID databases become troves for police
• Mass. madam's arrest could prove embarrassing
• Police arrest man accused of dining and then dashing
• When did sunscreen get so complicated?

CNHI Special Projects

A man check his car on Interstate 35 after a tornado ripped through Moore Monday afternoon.

• Audio: How can we better prepare for tornadoes?

  An NPR broadcast examines the question of how communities can better prepare for tornadoes like the one that struck Moore, Okla. on Monday. The broadcast features commentary from Michael Fitzgerald, who reported a five-part disaster series for the CNHI News Service.

  May 22, 2013 1 Photo

• The Big One: Preparing for mid-America earthquake
• Technology speeds disaster alerts, response
• Warning Signs: Technology speeds disaster alerts, response
• Tips for tornado readiness

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