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Columns

Arboretum Paths: Selected plant species that will attract hummingbirds to your home landscape!

By Pat Drackett The Crosby Arboretum/MSU Extension Service   Come out to the Arboretum this Saturday, July 20 for an entertaining and informative program on ... Read more

by Special to the Item, Monday, July 15, 2024 10:22 am

Columns

Dak’s ‘home,’ BBQ, books, sports and shopping await in Frisco, Texas

By Kara Kimbrough Elements of home in the form of Mississippi State University alum Dak Prescott’s large presence in the Dallas Cowboys’ world headquarters in ... Read more

by Special to the Item, Friday, July 12, 2024 1:01 pm

News

How a NASA Engineer Supports the Commercialization of Space

By NASA   Chris Barnett-Woods’ favorite movie growing up – Back to the Future – led him to dream of one day building a DeLorean ... Read more

by Special to the Item, Thursday, July 11, 2024 9:47 am

Columns

The Pearl River’s Future is at Stake

By Andrew Whitehurst Since 2013, the Pearl River in Jackson, Mississippi, has been at the center of a heated debate over flood risk management. The ... Read more

by Special to the Item, Friday, July 5, 2024 11:39 am

Columns

Volunteer plants add surprises to gardens

By Eddie Smith MSU Extension Service One of my favorite gardening experiences is seeing plants spontaneously appear in various spots in my home garden and ... Read more

by Special to the Item, Monday, July 1, 2024 10:47 pm

Columnists

Best food and travel items of 2024…so far, anyway

 By Kara Kimbrough I’m not sure how – or when – it happened, but 2024 is more than halfway done. Before more time elapses, here ... Read more

by Special to the Item, Friday, June 28, 2024 4:36 pm

News

No. 3 Pearl River captures sixth MACCC Championship

By PRCC Athletics Needing a victory in its season finale against Northwest, No. 3 Pearl River’s possibility of winning the MACCC Championship rested on the ... Read more

by Special to the Item, Monday, April 29, 2024 9:32 am

News

Advancing STEM Education: PRCC Students Earn Stipend Awards from Mississippi Space Grant Consortium

By PRCC Five Pearl River Community College students have been selected to receive the Mississippi Space Grant Consortium (MSSGC) STEM Student Stipend Award for 2024.   ... Read more

by Special to the Item, Thursday, April 25, 2024 12:05 pm

National Guard

Miss. National Guard to honor fallen aviator

FULTON, Miss. – The Mississippi National Guard is holding a public funeral service for fallen Army aviator Chief Warrant Officer 4 Derek Joshua Abbott at ... Read more

by Special to the Item, Friday, March 15, 2024 2:44 pm

Editorial

It’s time to modernize public notice rates in Mississippi

Mississippi’s newspapers have been trusted with publishing legally required government notices for decades — centuries, in fact. Of course we publish news about cities, counties, ... Read more

by Special to the Item, Friday, February 23, 2024 9:39 am

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