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Sheriff’s Department looking for suspect who shot at Family Dollar in Carriere
This article has been corrected to reflect that the incident was Wednesday March 25, not Thursday. An as yet unknown suspect fired a gun at ...
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PRCC moves most classes online, dorm access limited
Pearl River Community College extended spring break until March 30, and when classes return the majority of students will be doing coursework online for the ...
by Cathy Cook, Thursday, March 26, 2020 7:00 am
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Childcare facilities adapt to life with COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has reduced business at childcare facilities and dramatically changed the routines for the children who attend them. Before children can enter her ...
by Cathy Cook, Thursday, March 26, 2020 7:00 am
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Church, volunteers sewing masks and providing childcare for medical personnel
Volunteers from a Picayune church are sewing masks to donate to hospitals and providing free childcare to the families of medical workers. First Baptist Church ...
by Cathy Cook, Wednesday, March 25, 2020 7:00 am
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School Board meets via conference call
With only three people in attendance, Poplarville School District’s board room was almost empty during Monday’s Board of Trustees meeting to discuss COVID-19. Superintendent Konya ...
by Cathy Cook, Wednesday, March 25, 2020 7:00 am
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All school districts now offer meals during closure
During the ongoing school closures, free meals are being made available for children 18 and under from local school districts. The Pearl River County School ...
by Cathy Cook, Tuesday, March 24, 2020 7:00 am
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Restaurants asked to close dining rooms, but can provide take out
Restaurants are being ordered to close dining rooms, some businesses are being ordered to close and social gatherings are being limited to 10 people in ...
by Cathy Cook, Monday, March 23, 2020 4:30 pm
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Local restaurants being affected by decline in business
Restaurants in Poplarville were advised to stop offering dine-in service by 3 p.m. Friday to slow the spread of COVID-19, while other locally owned restaurants ...
by Cathy Cook, Saturday, March 21, 2020 7:00 am
Lifestyles
From podcast to community service
A Poplarville High School graduate has been supporting his community in Dallas with a nonprofit that brings books to students and hygiene products to those ...
by Cathy Cook, Saturday, March 21, 2020 7:00 am
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Grocery stores respond to panic buying, adjust hours
A line of shoppers stretched past the building at Claiborne Hill in Picayune Friday morning, but by afternoon the line was gone. The store was ...
by Cathy Cook, Saturday, March 21, 2020 7:00 am
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How to Watch AAC Women’s College Basketball Games – Wednesday, January 8
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The Penn State Nittany Lions and the Illinois Fighting Illini hit the court for one of seven games…