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The Hattiesburg Zoo is now home to four juvenile spider monkeys, two males and two females. Each monkey has gone through a quarantine period and all four are being slowly introduced to their outdoor habitat with Rico, a senior adult male spider monkey who has been at the Zoo for several years.
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Grammy-nominated and internationally acclaimed Liverpool Legends will be at Hattiesburg’s Historic Saenger Theater on Saturday, August 1st. Tickets range from $45 - $90 plus fees and go on sale Friday, February 27th at 10:00 a.m. through the link: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B0064588FF68A8A.
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Southern Miss baseball continued its strong early season run this week, off to the best start in the Ostrander era at 14-2. They are ranked No. 7 in D1baseball.com, No. 10 in Baseball America, No. 6 in Perfect Game and No. 6 in The Athletic.
Another weekend is in the books, so naturally it’s time for my weekly report card for the Golden Eagles after a 4-1 week. Southern Miss beat No. 4 Mississippi State in a thriller on Tuesday night, before dropping a stunning home loss to Nicholls. They bounced back this weekend and earned the sweep of North Alabama.
By DIMA MIXON on
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Dr. Alicia Purvis, new dean of the College of Health Sciences at William Carey University, is a medical professional of wide experience – but the thing she’s most proud of is leading the development of WCU’s hybrid nursing programs.
“You have to keep up because healthcare doesn’t stand still. People working in medical fields are life-long learners because they have a drive to improve care for their patients,” Purvis said.
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Robert St. John says hospitality is hospitality, whether the table is set in Hattiesburg or on a fjord in northern Norway.
A restaurateur has no business leading tours through the frozen tundra of Scandinavia. Then again, a restaurateur has no business leading tours through Tuscany, either, and that was over 70 trips and 1,500 people ago.
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Below is a political opinion column by Russ Latino:
Sarah Adlakha is a political newcomer challenging a Trump-endorsed incumbent, Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, in Tuesday’s Republican Primary. Can she pull off the improbable? Unlikely, but her campaign could impact November.
Sarah Adlakha, an Illinois native, moved to Mississippi thirteen years ago. She registered to vote here for the first time in 2024, before the general election. Now she’s attempting to unseat incumbent U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith in Tuesday’s March 10th Republican Primary.
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The Mississippi Digital Humanities Hub (“The Hub”) at The University of Southern Mississippi will conduct a six-week Summer Residency Program on the Hattiesburg campus from June 15 to July 24. The session is geared toward undergraduate students majoring in humanities-related fields (English, history, philosophy and similar subjects) at a two- or four-year college or university in Mississippi who are returning to school in the fall.
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Republicans and Democrats head to the polls Tuesday to choose their party’s nominee ahead of the November General Election. See who is on the ballot for the midterm Primary Elections.
Polls open at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, March 10 across Mississippi as voters choose their nominees in the Republican and Democratic Midterm Primary Elections for U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives.
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
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English novelists have a fascination with history. Yet at times it must be more rewarding to create a new one, than painstakingly research the elder scrolls to get it right. Tom Holt wrote multiple novels with a magical bend before secretly historical-based fantasy as K.J. Parker. For 17 years, these identities and their output were separate, allowing Holt to continue to develop in two directions without causing whiplash in his fanbase.
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PENSACOLA, Fla. — Southern Miss’ run through the Sun Belt Conference Tournament came up one win short of the championship game.
Top-seeded Troy used strong defense in the first half and timely shooting to defeat eighth-seeded Southern Miss 78-70 in the Sun Belt semifinal Saturday evening.
For the Golden Eagles, the loss ended hopes of reaching the program’s first Sun Belt title game after winning three consecutive games earlier in the week to reach the semifinal stage.
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GULF SHORES, Ala. – The William Carey softball team split its Saturday slate at the Gulf Shores Sportsplex, falling 4–2 to No. 9 Our Lady of the Lake before bouncing back with a decisive 7–1 win over Bethel (Tenn.).
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MARIANNA, Fla. — No. 2 Pearl River softball's pitching staff excelled Saturday as the Wildcats combined for fourteen strikeouts and allowed just one run, defeating No. 8 Rock Valley 2-1 and Chipola 8-0 in run rule fashion.
"We've got three arms that are throwing just as good as the next," head coach Christie Meeks said. "We're able to just do things based on match ups. It was good to control things on the offensive side for Rock Valley like we did. Then we turned around and did the same thing to Chipola. That was huge tonight."
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POPLARVILLE, Miss. — Just when it looked like the Pearl River women's basketball team was running out of answers against Coahoma, a switch flipped in the second half.
The Wildcats erased a 12-point halftime deficit and stormed past the Tigers for a 17-point, 70-53, win in the Region 23 Quarterfinals.
Pearl River will now host rival Gulf Coast Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Region 23 Semifinals.
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WEST POINT, Ga. – William Carey completed a dominant weekend on Saturday, rolling to a 12–1 run-rule victory over Point University to secure the series sweep.
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PENSACOLA, Fla. — They are halfway to glory.
Southern Miss men’s basketball has won its third straight game in the Sun Belt Tournament with an 86-73 win over Appalachian State in the quarterfinals. It’s the first time since joining the Sun Belt that the Golden Eagles have reached the semifinal round.
Southern Miss will now face No. 1 seed Troy on Sunday with a trip to the Sun Belt championship game on the line.
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Greenwood Leflore Hospital signed a letter of intent to discuss the possibility of the University of Mississippi Medical Center taking over its services, according to state and local officials and an excerpted document obtained by Mississippi Today.
The public hospital in Greenwood has faced financial struggles for years and warned as recently as December that it was on the brink of closure because of debt owed to the Mississippi Division of Medicaid.
By Gwen Dilworth - Mississippi Today on
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Below is a political opinion column by David Ibsen:
David Ibsen says HB 1597 is unnecessary and would add additional confusion and regulation that could harm Mississippi consumers and smaller community banks.
By David Ibsen - Magnolia Tribune on
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Robert St. John highlights his podcast, Ya Gotta Eat, with co-host and production partner, Drew Wooton. The two sit down with interesting people to dive deep into their lives and careers.
My ADHD is so bad that I just forgot what I was going to write in this opening sentence.
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Conville is professor emeritus of communication studies 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.
Seventy-four years ago, on April 8, 1952, President Harry Truman went on national radio and television to announce that he had issued Executive Order 10340, authorizing the US government to seize the nation’s steel mills. Eighteen months earlier, China had entered the Korean War, UN forces there were being sorely tested, but a nationwide steel strike had been called. The EO was issued just 90 minutes before the strike was to go into effect.
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