Three Oak Grove High School students are among 76 students across the state chosen as candidates for the 2019 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.
Students are Carly G. Kendrick, Anne M. Miller and Michael Pitts.
Culinary Arts students from Oak Grove High School recently won first place at the state Jr. Chef competition in Raymond. The team is made up of Aleiyah Luenig-McGee, Bethanie Pheal, Vikayla Oatis and Donovan Reid.
Benny J. Hornsby has traveled the world, visiting more than 100 countries during his 36 years on active duty in the Navy and Marine Corps, 18 of them at sea.
Chris Lockwood, divisional vice president of Waste Pro’s South Mississippi divisions, has received the prestigious Waste 360 40 Under 40 Award.
The Lumberton Board of Aldermen has received another application for chief of the Lumberton Police Department, but board members are still in talks regarding who will be the next person to serve in that position.
It’s no surprise with the back-and-forth weather that Mississippi has been receiving for the last few weeks – 70 degrees one day, 40 the next – that cases of the sniffles and other ailments have taken their toll on Pine Belt residents.
Although the proposal of a new 150-house subdivision adjacent to Sumrall Elementary School has given concerns to several residents, developers of the project say the neighborhood would increase the town’s tax base, bring in new residents and possibly attract new businesses.
Area officials are reminding residents that it’s perfectly fine – and even encouraged – to display yard signs for political candidates in the upcoming elections, so long as those signs are put up during the proper time and in the correct location.
Taste of the South, a Washington D.C. charity, will honor Hattiesburg’s Extra Table at its annual black-tie gala Saturday, April 6, in the nation’s capitol. This year’s theme is “Community Resilience.”
This year’s motto for National School Counseling Week is “School Counselors: Providing Lessons for Life.”
Seventy years ago, a group met to form Parkway Heights Methodist Church. On Feb.
The fifth week of the 2019 legislative session proved to be the busiest thus far.
