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 ... Read more
Author: JoAnne Norton | Picayune Item
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
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. ... Read more
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more