Dr. Missy Schraeder has been named as director of the DuBard School for Language Disorders at The University of Southern Mississippi, effective Aug. 1.
Schraeder has served as interim director of the DuBard School since July 2017, following the retirement of former director Dr. Maureen Martin.
Forrest County is one of five counties in the state that has been selected to participate in the Sound Off program through the state Fire Marshal’s office.
The Petal Police Department got a boost late last month from the Petal Board of Aldermen, with board members voting to approve three promotions, along with the hiring of two new patrol officers and two new dispatchers in the department.
Since its ratification in 1789, the U. S. Constitution has been amended 27 times. The last time in 1992, when the Constitution was amended to delay any Congressional pay raise until after the next election.
There are two ways to amend the Constitution: Congress can propose an amendment with a two-thirds vote in each chamber.
I’m a big believer in the power of journaling. For years, I’ve kept a record of my day, including events, people I’ve met, and yes, my thoughts and feelings.
It’s a deeply personal activity, but it’s also amazingly therapeutic.
There was a time when I was going to get a blue star tattooed on my ear lobe.
I was 17, and my running mate and I had gone ashore in Valetta, Malta, to get tattooed.
We caught the first liberty launch over that morning to visit the most famous tattoo artist in the Mediterranean, the “fat man behind the Green Door.”
The tune I’m tappin’ my foot to this go ‘round is from a true road dog, Kris Kristofferson.
TAVERNELLE VAL D’PESA, ITALY— Years ago, when I first came to Tuscany, I wrote a few columns about how this area reminded me of home. It spoke to me like no other country or region in Europe.
Life in Tuscany moves slower, just like life in the American South. The people seem to stop and enjoy the simple things.
An audit recently conducted by Gulf Guaranty, a Jackson-based finance and insurance firm, shows that during the last 10 months Hattiesburg was charged $38,000 in off-site medical charges for city jail inmates – a number that Gulf Guaranty officials say would have only been about $6,300 under that firm’s re-pricing protocols.
The former Forrest County Agricultural High School band director who was arrested last week has been released from the Forrest County Jail because deputies failed to procure a warrant for her arrest.
