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