News
Senior center reopens doors to public
The Senior Center of South Pearl River County resumed serving hot lunches in the facility on Monday and will hold its first event in months, ...
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Football championship could send Pearl River County fans to a ‘hotbed’ of COVID
With holiday gatherings, flu season and changing weather, COVID-19 cases have begun to spike in Pearl River County. ...
Suspect in domestic assault turns self in, booked on upgraded charge
The man who was being sought for allegedly shooting his ex significant other in the arm turned himself ...
Council accepts second round of funding for more parking
A $40,000 grant will be used to create additional parking in the city of Picayune. The city received ...
Aldermen choose new school board member
The Pearl River County Sheriff’s Department helped staff the Poplarville Fire Department while firefighters had to be quarantined ...
News
City to disband election commission
The city of Poplarville may soon eliminate its municipal election commission and rely instead on the county election commission to run city elections. Poplarville’s Board ...
by Cathy Cook.
Education
PRCC receives $201,800 childcare grant
PRCC Public Relations Pearl River Community College has been awarded $201,800 over four years as part of the Child Care Access Means Parents in School ...
by Special to the Item, Thursday, December 3, 2020 12:00 pm
Sports
Ole Miss’ Corral Named to Davey O’Brien QB Class of 2020
FORT WORTH, Texas – Ole Miss quarterback Matt Corral was one of 35 quarterbacks named to the Davey O’Brien QB Class of 2020, the Davey O’Brien Foundation announced Tuesday. ...
by Special to the Item, Thursday, December 3, 2020 7:00 am
Sports
Picayune soccer using last non-district games as a time to get healthy
The Picayune Maroon Tide soccer teams took on Harrison Central Monday evening with both teams losing in their first game back from Thanksgiving break. Girls ...
by Jonathan Mitchell, Thursday, December 3, 2020 7:00 am
Sports
Poplarville basketball plays final game before district schedule begins
The Poplarville Hornets lost to the Vancleave Bulldogs 53-29 Tuesday evening in the squad’s final tune up for district play. Riley Josey led the Hornets ...
by Jonathan Mitchell, Thursday, December 3, 2020 7:00 am
Sports
Charlie Ewing Named Mississippi State’s Seventh Women’s Golf Head Coach
STARKVILLE – Charlie Ewing, considered one of the top rising coaches in golf, was named Mississippi State’s seventh head women’s golf coach, Director of Athletics John ...
by Special to the Item, Thursday, December 3, 2020 7:00 am
Sports
Snudda Collins Named SEC Freshman of the Week
OXFORD, Miss. – After an impressive showing in her debut, Ole Miss forward Snudda Collins has been named SEC Freshman of the Week. Collins – ...
by Special to the Item, Thursday, December 3, 2020 7:00 am
Sports
Men’s Hoops Adds Two Home Games to Schedule
OXFORD, Miss. – The Ole Miss men’s basketball team has added a pair of games to its 2020-21 slate, rescheduling a pair of matchups originally set ...
by Special to the Item, Wednesday, December 2, 2020 2:18 pm
Sports
National title on the line Saturday
ERKINSTON — When Mississippi Gulf Coast and Northwest Mississippi meet Saturday, it won’t be just the MACCC Championship on the line. As participants in the ...
by Special to the Item, Wednesday, December 2, 2020 2:17 pm
Sports
Pearl River’s Zigi Ahortor, Ronald Baker honored for academic excellence
POPLARVILLE, Miss. — Pearl River women’s soccer’s Zigi Ahortor (Accra, Ghana) and football’s Ronald Baker (Prentiss; Jefferson Davis) are the 2020 recipients of the David M. ...
by Special to the Item, Wednesday, December 2, 2020 7:00 am
Sports
Picayune baseball building up squad
Picayune Maroon Tide baseball is nearing full strength as athletes from other sports have been able to finally join up with the squad and begin ...
by Jonathan Mitchell, Wednesday, December 2, 2020 7:00 am
Sports
Poplarville ready to bring home a championship
The Poplarville Hornets varsity football team is one win away from being named 4A state champions after defeating Mendenhall 35-6 last week. Poplarville was helped ...
by Jonathan Mitchell, Wednesday, December 2, 2020 7:00 am
News
Suspect in shooting on Rosa Street turns himself in
A Picayune man wanted for attempted murder turned himself in to law enforcement on Friday. The Picayune Police Department arrested 22-year-old Horatio Walton Jr. for ...
by Cathy Cook, Tuesday, December 1, 2020 10:09 am
Breaking News
Suspect sought in domestic shooting
A Poplarville man is being sought for his alleged involvement in the shooting a former significant other Sunday evening. Pearl River County Sheriff’s Department Maj. ...
by Jeremy Pittari, Tuesday, December 1, 2020 9:52 am
Sports
Fresh Faces Flourish in Dominant 99-44 Rebel Win Over McNeese State
OXFORD, Miss. – After 271 days of no competition and another small delay following a cancellation last week, a revamped Ole Miss women’s basketball roster put ...
by Special to the Item, Tuesday, December 1, 2020 8:48 am
Sports
Howland Collects 500th Win as Men’s Hoops Dumps Texas State, 68-51
STARKVILLE – D.J. Stewart Jr. racked up 13 of his career-high 23 points in the second half as Mississippi State stretched a two-point halftime edge into a ...
by Special to the Item, Tuesday, December 1, 2020 8:48 am
Sports
PRC softball getting young players acclimated
Pearl River Central’s Lady Blue Devil softball team has been hard at work this offseason making up for time lost after last season’s premature cancellation. ...
by Jonathan Mitchell, Tuesday, December 1, 2020 7:00 am
Sports
PRC soccer in final stretch before district play
Pearl River Central’s soccer teams took on the Hancock Hawks prior to Thanksgiving break with neither team able to pull out a win. Boys The ...
by Jonathan Mitchell, Tuesday, December 1, 2020 7:00 am
Sports
Pearl River Wildcats show out on first week of NCAA basketball
POPLARVILLE, Miss. — As the NCAA opened the 2020-21 season during Thanksgiving week, the schedule was littered with former Pearl River student athletes who honed their ...
by Special to the Item, Tuesday, December 1, 2020 7:00 am
News
COVID-19 cases in county, state as of Nov. 29, 2020
Cases of COVID-19 within Pearl River County now total 1,541 since the start of the pandemic, of which 68 deaths were attributed as of Sunday. ...
by Staff Report, Monday, November 30, 2020 4:10 pm
Sports
Southern Miss Falls in Season Opener at Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Golden Eagles could not get much luck on the offensive end and fell 66-51 to Jacksonville on Saturday in their season opener. ...
by Special to the Item, Monday, November 30, 2020 10:08 am
Sports
No. 5 Aggies Win Defensive Tussle, 20-7
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Defense and special teams carried fifth-ranked Texas A&M Saturday night to a 20-7 victory over LSU on a rainy evening at ...
by Special to the Item, Monday, November 30, 2020 10:07 am
Sports
The Trophy Returns: Rebels Take Egg Bowl, 31-24
OXFORD, Miss. – The Golden Egg will be sitting in the Manning Athletics Performance Center for the next 365 days. The Rebels (4-4) started fast ...
by Special to the Item, Monday, November 30, 2020 10:06 am
Sports
Bulldogs Win Big In McCray-Penson’s Mississippi State Debut
STARKVILLE – Mississippi State rang in a new era Sunday, as the Bulldogs earned a wire-to-wire 88-58 victory against Jackson State in head coach Nikki McCray-Penson’s ...
by Special to the Item, Monday, November 30, 2020 10:06 am
Columns
Light freeze possible Monday and Tuesday nights
By Skip Rigney December is the first month of meteorological winter, and it looks like it will get off to an appropriately cold start in ...
by Special to the Item, Saturday, November 28, 2020 7:00 am
Sports
Poplarville defeats Mendenhall to move on to state championship
The Poplarville Hornets and Mendenahall Tigers battled last night with a spot in the 4A state championship on the line and Poplarville came out on ...
by Jonathan Mitchell, Saturday, November 28, 2020 7:00 am
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