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PSC issues new rule on no-call legislation that omits rule objectional to telephone companies

The Mississippi Public Service Commission will be making a change to its no-call regulations that won’t put responsibility on telephone . . .

Sumrall rallies to defeat Vancleave 7-6

SUMRALL – Andy Davis swore he wasn’t starting to panic when his Sumrall Bobcats fell behind 6-1 in the third . . .

Southern Miss drops midweek matchup against SLU 5-3

With each game becoming more crucial to stay in the conversation for hosting a regional as well as keeping alive . . .

Brett Favre hasn’t returned welfare funds as promised a year ago

Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Brett Favre has not repaid $600,000 he received in Mississippi welfare money after promising one . . .

Pay raises for state employees yet to be determined

How many of Mississippi’s roughly 26,000 state employees will receive raises and the amounts they receive will not be known . . .

Though officials have not accused him of a crime, Brett Favre said he would refund the welfare money and made an initial payment of $500,000.

PSC issues new rule on no-call legislation that omits rule objectional to telephone companies
By Steve Wilson, 3,346 Reads
Tue, 05/04/2021 - 04:21 PM
The Mississippi Public Service Commission will be making a change to its no-call regulations that won’t put responsibility on telephone companies to stop the unwanted calls.
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Sumrall rallies to defeat Vancleave 7-6
By Stan Caldwell, 2,520 Reads
Thu, 05/06/2021 - 11:25 PM
SUMRALL – Andy Davis swore he wasn’t starting to panic when his Sumrall Bobcats fell behind 6-1 in the third inning Thursday night.

But he would have had good reason to panic if he had, because he’d just watched his best pitcher give up his third two-run home run of the game – after not giving up a single longball all season.
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Southern Miss pitcher Blake Wehunt opened Wednesday's game by striking out the side. Photo by Andrew Abadie for The Pine Belt News.

Southern Miss drops midweek matchup against SLU 5-3
By Andrew Abadie, 1,970 Reads
Wed, 05/05/2021 - 09:57 PM
With each game becoming more crucial to stay in the conversation for hosting a regional as well as keeping alive the hope of earning an at-large bit to the NCAA tournament alive, Southern Miss found itself not helping its cause with a 5-3 loss to Southeastern on Wednesday night.
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Though officials have not accused him of a crime, Brett Favre said he would refund the welfare money and made an initial payment of $500,000.

Brett Favre hasn’t returned welfare funds as promised a year ago
By Anna Wolfe - Mississippi Today, 1,571 Reads
Thu, 05/06/2021 - 03:51 PM
Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Brett Favre has not repaid $600,000 he received in Mississippi welfare money after promising one year ago that he would.
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Pay raises for state employees yet to be determined
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 1,489 Reads
Wed, 05/05/2021 - 11:32 AM
How many of Mississippi’s roughly 26,000 state employees will receive raises and the amounts they receive will not be known until later this year.
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Gov. Tate Reeves walks out of the Governor's Mansion in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, March 26, 2020, as he prepares to speak to media about the coronavirus during a press conference. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For America

College board, unable to work without Reeves appointments, calls emergency meeting
By Molly Minta - Mississippi Today, 1,435 Reads
Thu, 05/06/2021 - 10:07 AM
The board of trustees of the Institutions of Higher Learning is scrambling to hold a special emergency meeting this Friday to consider several university agenda items — a meeting that wouldn’t be necessary had Gov. Tate Reeves made four new college board appointments on time.
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Clarksdale's only hospital is located at 1970 Hospital Dr. Credit: Aallyah Wright, Mississippi Today

Hospitals to kick off Medicaid expansion ballot drive
By Geoff Pender - Mississippi Today, 1,384 Reads
Wed, 05/05/2021 - 05:01 PM
A nonprofit backed by the Mississippi Hospital Association plans next week to kick off its petition drive to put Medicaid expansion before voters on the 2022 midterm ballot, hoping to override a recalcitrant Legislature and put expansion in the state constitution.
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Council member discuss how to use $13M in American Rescue Plan funding
By Haskel Burns, 1,164 Reads
Tue, 05/04/2021 - 01:01 PM
Hattiesburg City Council members took the opportunity during a May 3 work session to discuss how to utilize approximately $13 million the city is expected to receive from the American Rescue Plan, a stimulus package issued by the federal government to offset revenue losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Infant/toddler playground at Hinton Park gets green light
By Haskel Burns, 1,029 Reads
Fri, 05/07/2021 - 06:30 PM
Almost two years ago, officials from Petal Excel By 5, the Petal Area Chamber of Commerce, the Petal Education Foundation and the Coleman Center for Families and Children discussed the possibility of adding an infant/toddler playground at Hinton Park in Petal to supplement the existing play areas for older children at the park.
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