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It’s that time of the week again for my weekly Southern Miss baseball report card, and this one comes with a bit more nuance than usual.
Southern Miss remained steady in the major polls, moving up to No. 11 in D1Baseball and No. 12 in Perfect Game. The Golden Eagles came in at No. 13 in the NCBWA and USA Today polls and No. 16 in Baseball America after a 3-1 week.
The Golden Eagles picked up a midweek win over Nicholls before taking two of three from Troy over the weekend at Pete Taylor Park. On paper, it looks like another strong week for Southern Miss.
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1 week 5 days ago
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Ethan McCraw, front man of Shakedown South, entertains the crowd at Saturday’s celebration.
To honor 100 years of McElhaney Plumbing, the McElhaney family hosted a celebration on Saturday afternoon at Town Square Park in downtown Hattiesburg.
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1 week 5 days ago
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City and university leaders gather to cut the ribbon on the new criminal justice building.
The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) held a dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open their new criminal justice building, the Paul H. “Bud” Holmes Criminal Justice Building. The new building, complete with a mock courtroom and forensic labs, will house the university’s criminal justice programs.
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1 week 5 days ago
On Saturday, April 4th the Hattiesburg Zoo will host its annual EGGZ-OTIC - Not Your Average - Egg Hunt!
The Hattiesburg Zoo’s Egg Hunt is not your average, run-of-the-mill, hide-and-go-seek egg grab! As usual, the Hattiesburg Zoo is putting their own eggz-citing spin on an annual tradition. No need to bring an egg basket, but you will need to bring your eggz-tra special hunting skills to find one of the 250 well-hidden eggz.
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1 week 5 days ago
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Conville is Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies and Service Learning at the University of Southern Mississippi and a long-time resident of Hattiesburg, where he is a member of University Baptist Church. He can be reached at rlconville@yahoo.com.
James Talarico has figured prominently in the news and on social media lately, especially so after he defeated incumbent Democratic US Representative, Jasmine Crockett, in the Texas Democratic primary. In the November general election, he will face either incumbent Republican US Senator, John Cornyn or the current Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton.
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1 week 6 days ago
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Southern Miss rallied all weekend, and it was fitting that it needed another one to win the series against a gritty Troy ball club.
The No. 12 Golden Eagles didn’t panic.
Not when they fell behind by four runs early. Not after dropping Friday night’s opener. And not in a tense, back-and-forth finish against a Troy team that looked every bit like a Sun Belt contender, despite its record.
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1 week 6 days ago
POPLARVILLE, Miss. — The No. 3 Pearl River baseball team turned in early fireworks and late-game heroics Saturday afternoon to sweep East Mississippi. The Wildcats took game one 11-7 before winning the nightcap 4-3.
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SCOOBA, Miss. — No. 1 Pearl River softball erupted for 23 runs Saturday afternoon to sweep East Mississippi. The Wildcats took game one 7-3 before winning game two 16-2 in five innings.
"In the first game, it was tough to get our timing down and string some things together, but we started to open things up late," head coach Christie Meeks said. "That carried over into the second game, where we really broke things open. I'm extremely proud of our hitters for making adjustments at the plate."
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The William Carey baseball team completed a three-game sweep of Brewton-Parker on Saturday, taking both games of the doubleheader by scores of 8–1 and 6–5 at Milton Wheeler Field.
Game 1: Carey 8, Brewton-Parker 1
William Carey struck early and never looked back in the opener, using a decisive third inning to pull away for an 8–1 victory.
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The William Carey softball team closed out the weekend in dominant fashion, earning a pair of shutout victories over Point University on Saturday at Joseph & Nancy Fail Field. The Lady Crusaders took game one, 4–0, before cruising to an 11–0 run-rule win in game two.
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2 weeks ago
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When doubts were coming in about the Southern Miss lineup, they responded with their best hitting day since the North Alabama series two weeks ago. The Golden Eagles used 11 hits and 11 runs to cruise past Troy 11-5 to even the weekend series.
“I’m not sitting here telling you these last five games we have played our best,” Ostrander said. “It’s hard to play your best for 56 of them. You’ve got to hang in there and kind of roll with the punches sometimes. You have to stay locked in and stay together. It was good today to do what we needed to do and had to do.”
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2 weeks ago
Director Gary McCullum (back left) and Hattiesburg Mayor Toby Barker (back right) meet up backstage after their performance at Carnegie Hall.
The Hattiesburg High School (HHS) Choir finally took the stage at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday evening after months of preparations and fund-raising. What the group wasn’t expecting was to look out into the crowd and see none other than their own Mayor Toby Barker.
Barker, who was on business in Washington D.C., was able to make it to the performance as a surprise to the HHS students.
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2 weeks ago
William Carey rolled to an 11–1 run-rule victory over Brewton Parker on Friday night, breaking the game open with a seven-run surge over the final three innings at Milton Wheeler Field.
Brewton Parker struck first in the opening inning, capitalizing on a pair of singles. Zach Carlton reached base and moved into scoring position before Caleb Strott lined an RBI single to right field to give the Barons an early 1–0 advantage.
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2 weeks ago
William Carey rode dominant pitching to a doubleheader sweep of Thomas on Friday at Joseph & Nancy Fail Field, squeezing out a 1–0 victory in game one before cruising to a 5–0 win in the finale.
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2 weeks 1 day ago
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Christian Ostrander and Southern Miss baseball have a real issue, and at the moment there isn’t much of an answer for it.
The hitting over the last several games has been downright atrocious.
Tonight, against the ninth-worst pitching team in the Sun Belt, Southern Miss mustered just seven hits, eight baserunners and went 1-for-3 with runners in scoring position in a series-opening 6-5 loss to Troy for the No. 12 Golden Eagles.
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Many people believe in the transformative power of education, but not all can claim to be living proof. Dr. Adam Breerwood, President of Pearl River Community College, is in the latter group, having arrived at The River as a first-generation college student with no idea that his two years would lead to a decades-long career helping others find their futures. Now, his journey has come full circle as he receives the Shirley B.
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Kicking off Hattiesburg’s participation in the statewide celebration of America 250 Mississippi, the City of Hattiesburg will present “Swingin’ the Stars and Stripes: An All-American Night of Jazz, Soul, and Patriotism” on Friday, March 27, 2026, from 5:30–7 p.m. on the Craig Wiseman Stage in Midtown Green Park.
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2 weeks 1 day ago
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Petal pharmacy owner, Duke Kimbrall Rodgers, pled guilty to tax fraud on March 11 and is scheduled for sentencing on June 18, 2026. He could face a statutory maximum of 5 years in prison in addition to the $2 million Rodgers has already agreed to pay in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
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Gipson said the California law could impact agricultural and food industry entities headquartered in Mississippi, “mainly our big poultry and egg companies.”
Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson (R) signed an administrative order on Monday aimed at shielding the state’s agribusinesses from California’s new climate reporting mandates.
“Gavin Newsome should tend to his own State’s business, rather than trying to meddle with ours,” Gipson said on social media.
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