Subscribe to Daily Recap hcs feed
3 months 1 week ago
Photo by Jesse Johnson, © 2025 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
In a way, the New Orleans Bowl transpired just like the 2025 season did for Southern Miss — it started dominant and ended in collapse.
Southern Miss controlled the opening half, holding a 13-6 lead at halftime with the score closer than the actual game flow indicated. But everything shifted late in the second quarter when Western Kentucky starting quarterback Tisdale was injured.
By DIMA MIXON on
3 months 1 week ago
Got winter garden color, beyond foliage and December-blooming flowers?
Not that we Southerners can’t easily have something blooming every week of the year, including early- and mid-winter with camellias, early paperwhite daffodils, and mahonia; then there are bright variegated plants like Gold Spot aucuba, Color Guard yucca and crimson red barberry, and berries galore.
By Felder Rushing on
3 months 1 week ago
The Mississippi Department of Education is located in the former Central High School at 359 N. West Street in Jackson, Friday, Mar. 11, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
Nearly 4,000 teaching positions remain unfilled in Mississippi, hundreds more than last year.
By Devna Bose - Mississippi Today on
3 months 1 week ago
Virginia Kittelson does office work at El Pueblo in Biloxi on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Julia Chavez picked up when her phone rings in the middle of the night. This scenario has played out several times, but during this late-night phone call, the person on the other end urgently asked her to translate.
“They’re at the hospital, and you can hear that they’re scared,” said Chavez, the founder and CEO of Columbus-based nonprofit Saving Grace Mission, remembering one of several such calls she has received. “They’re intimidated, and you can hear the frustration from the doctors on the other end.”
By Gwen Dilworth - Mississippi Today on
3 months 1 week ago
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan said he has directed the acquisition of a new frigate class based on HII’s Ingalls-built Legend-class National Security Cutter (NSC), “a proven American built ship.”
The U.S. Navy announced early Friday morning that Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, a division of HII, has been selected to design and build the future small surface combatant ship.
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
3 months 1 week ago
Aidan Girod at her northeast Jackson home with water bills she's called JXN Water 21 times about since Oct. 15 and received only two responses. Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
Days before this past Halloween, Aidan Girod received a frightening note atop her water bill: “FINAL NOTICE.” The letter said Girod had three weeks to pay her outstanding balance before JXN Water would turn off her tap.
At the start of the year, the north Jackson waitress received a $2,000 statement that included the several previous months she hadn’t gotten a bill for. As the utility revamps its historically plagued billing system, residents throughout the city have recently received an invoice for the first time in months, if not years.
By Alex Rozier - Mississippi Today on
3 months 1 week ago
The confirmation of Kruger and Leary on Thursday came as part of a large tranche of nominees that had been held up in the confirmation process for weeks.
The U.S. Senate has now confirmed James “Baxter” Kruger of Jackson and Scott Leary of Water Valley to serve as the United States Attorneys for Mississippi’s southern and northern districts, respectively.
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
3 months 1 week ago
Greenwood police secure the scene at Crestview Apartments after three officers were injured in a shooting there.
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating a Monday night shooting in Greenwood in which three police officers were injured, according to a statement released Tuesday from the Mississippi Department of Public Safety.
MBI is assessing the incident and gathering evidence and will then share that information with the state Attorney General’s Office, according to the statement.
By GERARD EDIC - The Greenwood Commonwealth on
3 months 1 week ago
The company said the acquisition of the Crawford facility significantly expands its manufacturing capacity and marks a major milestone toward full-rate production of end-to-end rocket systems.
Firehawk Aerospace, a defense technology company specializing in advanced energetics and propulsion, announced Friday that they have reached an agreement to acquire a DCMA-rated integration facility in Crawford, Mississippi.
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
3 months 1 week ago
Mississippi Treasurer David McRae is the 55th Treasurer for the State of Mississippi. In this role, he helps manage the state’s cash flow, oversees College and Career Savings Mississippi, and has returned more than $140 million in unclaimed money to Mississippians. For more information, visit Treasury.MS.gov.
This month, I had the honor of testifying before the Mississippi Senate Universities and Colleges Committee about the strength of Mississippi’s College and Career Savings program. My message was simple and direct: Mississippi’s education savings programs are strong, stable, and built for the future.
That was not always the case. When I took office, the MPACT Legacy program, which allows families to lock in rates and prepay college tuition, was only 72 percent funded and headed toward a taxpayer-funded bailout. That was unacceptable.
By David Mcrae on
3 months 1 week ago
Cashless shopping is reducing red kettle donations across the Pine Belt Region. Here’s how you can help.
By Staff Report on
3 months 1 week ago
It was another widely successful football season in the Pine Belt.
Eight of the nine area teams reached the postseason, continuing a trend of consistent success across the region, while Hattiesburg’s run to the state championship game for the second consecutive season stood out as the defining storyline of the fall.
With the season now complete, it is time to recognize the top performers from across the Pine Belt.
By DIMA MIXON on
3 months 1 week ago
Photo courtesy of Hattiesburg Police Department
Hattiesburg Police Department is seeking information from the public in reference to a commercial burglary that took place in the 6000 block of Highway 98 on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. Anyone with information regarding the subject in the photos is urged to contact the department at (601)544-7900 or Crime Stoppers at (601)582-STOP(7867). Anonymous tips can also be made online at P3Tips.com or by texting **TIPS.
By Amanda D. Lee - Reporter on
3 months 1 week ago
Ole Miss football vs Tulane in the First Round of the College Football Playoffs in Vaught Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, MS. (Photo special to the Pine Belt News from Ole Miss Athletics.)
Sometimes I wonder when I have children if they will whine more than college football “analysts” and media personalities. Seriously, I turn on ESPN and all they are doing is whining about the Group of Five getting two teams in instead of Notre Dame being in the playoff.
I turn on Fox Sports and they are complaining that there aren’t enough “good games” in the first round. I scroll Twitter and see post after post complaining about this and complaining about that.
It makes me ask myself: IS ANYONE HAPPY?
By DIMA MIXON on
3 months 1 week ago
Everyone who follows football in the area likely assumed this season would be a transition year for Hattiesburg after legendary head coach Tony Vance announced his retirement last year.
Vance finished his career with a 157-64 coaching record, and Hattiesburg was also losing star quarterback Deuce Vance.
In February, Hattiesburg High School announced it would hire Kendall Lacey as the school’s next head coach, bringing him over from Valdosta High School in Georgia.
Most around the area believed it would certainly be a rebuilding year — everyone except Lacey.
By DIMA MIXON on
3 months 1 week ago
Photo by Joaquin Chavez, © 2025 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Smith Stringer learned early that competition was never optional.
By DIMA MIXON on
3 months 1 week ago
Photo by Amanda D. Lee, © 2025 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Shaw Ingram, owner of Wax Fantastic Records, mans the helm of the new record store.
After opening their doors on November 1, Wax Fantastic Records has been rock-and-rolling right along. Shaw Ingram, the owner of Wax Fantastic, set out to open more than just a record shop- he wanted a space where the community can come together and bond over a mutual appreciation of music. When asked about the inspiration behind opening a record store, Ingram recalled memories from his childhood in Greenville and his parents’ stereo with a turntable.
By Amanda D. Lee on
3 months 1 week ago
The Mardi Gras line, which includes stops in Pascagoula, Biloxi, Gulfport and Bay St. Louis, has drawn an average of over 420 people daily since it began in August.
Amtrak says more than 46,000 customers have ridden its Mardi Gras Service trains on the twice-daily round trips across Coastal Mississippi between New Orleans and Mobile since its official start on August 18.
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
3 months 1 week ago
Polling conducted earlier this year shows a majority of Americans support education freedom, open enrollment, true parent accountability measures, and direct funding models that give families greater control and flexibility to provide the best education possible for their children.
Lawmakers in Mississippi are not the only ones considering ways to expand education freedom and provide more parental flexibility. There is a growing national trend away from the traditional zip-code based school model.
By Jeremy Pittari - Magnolia Tribune on
3 months 1 week ago
Robert St. John says as we gather around our tables this season, let’s remember—Christmas isn’t just a day. It’s a way of life.
Author’s Note:
By Robert St. John on
