County, Poplarville officials dedicate new, enlarged city gazebo and park
When former District Three Supervisor Hudson Holliday was touring Mississippi last year, running for the GOP nomination for governor of Mississippi, he noticed something different between his hometown of Poplarville and a lot of small cities all over Mississippi he was campaigning in.
http://picayuneitem.com/local/x915979928/County-Poplarville-officials-dedicate-new-enlarged-city-gazebo-and-park
Published: Wed, 16 May 2012 07:57:48 -0700
Mississippi legislators back to work today with deadlines looming for budget bills
Mississippi lawmakers return to the Capitol early today to begin considering final versions of budget bills with a Monday deadline looming
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2012/04/mississippi_legislators_back_t.html
Published: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 05:54:32 -0700
Mississippi budget negotiators set details of $5.6B plan
JACKSON, Mississippi -- Mississippi lawmakers return to the Capitol early Saturday to begin considering final versions of budget bills.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2012/04/mississippi_budget_negotiators.html
Published: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:24:33 -0700
Nyman named MAC 5A Player of Year, Tillman is Coach of Year
Pascagoula's Chase Nyman has been named the Mississippi Association of Coaches Class 5A Baseball Player of the Year while Pascagoula's Richie Tillman has been named the MAC 5A Baseball Coach of the Year.
http://www.sunherald.com/2012/05/24/3968605/nyman-named-mac-5a-player-of-the.html
Published: Thu, 24 May 2012 12:11:26 -0700
Reeves speaks at PRCC ceremony
HATTIESBURG -- Robert Beck of Poplarville had two reasons to celebrate on Tuesday. His son, Sean, and future daughter-in-law, Jillian Hendrix, received degrees during Pearl River Community College’s graduation ceremony at the James Lynn Cartlidge Forrest County Multipurpose Center. Beck and Hendrix were among 525 students who participated in the ceremony.
http://www.sunherald.com/2012/05/15/3950070/reeves-speaks-at-prcc-ceremony.html
Published: Tue, 15 May 2012 21:26:40 -0700
Construction to begin on PRCC coliseum
POPLARVILLE - Construction on Pearl River Community College's new $8.9 million Marvin R. White Coliseum begins this week, seven years after Hurricane Katrina destroyed the original facility in August 2005.
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20120503/SPORTS/120503001/-1/rss01
Published: Thu, 03 May 2012 03:36:11 -0700
Councilwoman Bumpers quizzes chief on what to do if you are “blue-lighted”
Two murders in North Mississippi, believed perpetrated by a killer posing as a police officer, prompted councilwoman Lynn Bogan Bumpers to quiz Picayune Police Chief Bryan Dawsey at Tuesday’s Picayune City Council meeting about what residents should do if they see a blue flickering light in their mirror and a policeman wants them to pull over.
http://picayuneitem.com/local/x234160833/Councilwoman-Bumpers-quizzes-chief-on-what-to-do-if-you-are-blue-lighted
Published: Thu, 17 May 2012 07:42:58 -0700
Pinero endorses one cent sales tax
In Tuesday’s City Council meeting, Picayune Mayor Ed Pinero, Jr., publicly endorsed Supervisor Anthony Hales Sr.’s proposal for a one cent countywide sales tax, which would also be applied in the county’s two municipalities, Picayune and Poplarville.
http://picayuneitem.com/local/x1561283691/Pinero-endorses-one-cent-sales-tax
Published: Thu, 17 May 2012 07:42:48 -0700
Mississippi’s Bulldogs beat Southern Miss
Mississippi State continued its recent dominance over in-state rival Southern Mississippi on the baseball diamond Tuesday night.
http://picayuneitem.com/sports/x1378301298/Mississippi-s-Bulldogs-beat-Southern-Miss
Published: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:34:45 -0700
PICAYUNE DAY
From left Pearl River County’s Miss Hospitality Kelcey Whitfield and Mississippi’s Miss Hospitality Ann Claire Reynolds chat with local artists Dorothy Case and Harriet Greulich at the Welcome Center on Interstate 59 Wednesday morning during Picayune Day.
http://picayuneitem.com/local/x241728888/PICAYUNE-DAY
Published: Thu, 10 May 2012 11:58:16 -0700