JoAnne Norton, Author at Picayune Item

Lifestyles

Picayune native crowned Miss University of Southern Mississippi

Kaelyn Wolfe has some lofty goals. In the short term, she wants to graduate from college. Then she wants to become Miss Mississippi. Then there’s ... Read more

by JoAnne Norton, Saturday, October 22, 2016 7:00 am

News

Local power companies sending aid

(Update 10-7-16, 1 p.m.) Crews In Florida requesting aid from Coast Electric Power Association fortunately did not suffer the brunt of the storm, so aid ... Read more

by JoAnne Norton, Friday, October 7, 2016 7:00 am

News

Poplarville to investigate modernizing city computer system

Poplarville’s city government will move its computers to the modern era, the Board of Aldermen decided Tuesday. City Clerk Jane O’Neal told the aldermen she ... Read more

by JoAnne Norton, Wednesday, October 5, 2016 9:04 am

News

Accident in shopping center lot leaves driver hospitalized

A car crashed into three parked vehicles and a building Saturday afternoon at a shopping center just east of Walmart Supercenter, seriously injuring the driver. ... Read more

by JoAnne Norton, Tuesday, October 4, 2016 7:00 am

Lifestyles

Painting the town pink all through October

From a gala party in Picayune to a football field in Hattiesburg, Saturday will prove that pink is truly a fall color. October is Breast ... Read more

by JoAnne Norton, Saturday, October 1, 2016 7:00 am

Editorial

Fight breast cancer with campaigns and one on one

October is a time of bringing in the fall harvest, hitting the hunting grounds, carving pumpkins or trick-or-treating. For many women, it’s also a reminder ... Read more

by JoAnne Norton, Saturday, October 1, 2016 7:00 am

News

Poplarville leads in county spending per student

Two of the three school districts in Pearl River County spend more than the $8,263 state average per student, statistics show. The Poplarville School District ... Read more

by JoAnne Norton, Friday, September 30, 2016 10:03 am

Columns

Bells, whistles, horns and alarms: the art and science of ringtones

My husband has one of those jobs that, when things go wrong, no matter what time of day–or night­, and it’s mostly night–he will get ... Read more

by JoAnne Norton, Thursday, September 29, 2016 9:10 am

News

Being a voice: Resource officers urge students to speak up on bullying

The Voice, a new program by the Picayune Police Department in elementary and junior high schools, aims to reduce bullying by making students accountable to ... Read more

by JoAnne Norton, Thursday, September 29, 2016 9:08 am

Lifestyles

Centenarian dances her way through the decades

Like all guests of honor, she was fashionably late Saturday night. When she arrived, she made a grand entrance, and as a band played hopping ... Read more

by JoAnne Norton, Wednesday, September 28, 2016 7:02 am

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