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POPLARVILLE, Miss. — An 18-8 loss in the opener put No. 2 Pearl River in an early hole Friday, but by the end of the night — none of that mattered. Against NJCAA Division I No. 19 Gulf Coast State, the Wildcats had a hero once again — and for the second time in seven days, it was Jackson Beddoe (Sulphur, La.).
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Jackson Flora was everything he was advertised to be in his 2026 debut. He pitched six innings, allowing just three hits with no runs and no walks.
“Got to give credit where credit is due,” Southern Miss head coach Christian Ostrander said. “Their guy pitched really well, as advertised. That’s a really good arm. We kept it close for the most part until that two-run home run there in the ninth inning.”
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – William Carey men's basketball dropped a key SSAC matchup Thursday night, falling to Faulkner University 105–88 at Tine Davis Gym.
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Conville is professor emeritus of communication studies and service-learning at The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg where he is a long-time resident and member of University Baptist Church. He can be reached at rlconville@yahoo.com.
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund was founded in 1940 by Thurgood Marshall. It was America’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice. Justice is a legal term as well as a moral term—legal as seen in the statues of Lady Justice found around the world--blindfolded and holding scales--in Frankfurt, Brisbane, Tehran, Hong Kong.
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Both bills are works in progress as lawmakers continue to move legislation out of committees for consideration.
The Mississippi Senate Education Committee passed two bills on Monday that could have far reaching implications.
One measure would create a small student transfer program for students in the lowest ranking school districts while a separate bill would mandate school districts receive notification within 24 hours of a student’s felony arrest.
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“Republicans should know better than to believe that miracles only happen when the government runs something.” In a stinging rebuke of the Senate’s decision to kill the popular conservative policy, The Wall Street Journal’s Editorial Board said Hosemann got the issue “exactly wrong.”
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Rep. Clay Mansell, center left, and Rep. Shanda Yates, right, co-chairs of the Select Committee on Capital and Metro Revitalization, listen as Jackson Mayor John Horhn speaks during a meeting at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Miss., on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Jackson’s water and sewer systems would be under the control of an authority separate from the city government under a bill the state House passed Wednesday. The change would take place once U.S. District Court Judge Henry Wingate releases the city from its current receivership
House Bill 1677 would create the “Metro Jackson Water Authority” that would be led by a nine-member board. Those members would be comprised of:
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Two former law enforcement officers pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges tied to a federal crackdown on drug trafficking in the Mississippi Delta
Former Humphreys County deputy Dequarian Smith, 29, pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges for conspiring to protect a transport of illegal drugs through portions of the Mississippi Delta between August and September of 2022. At the time, Smith was also an officer with the Isola Police Department.
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A protester voices his support for getting the marijuana initiative back on the ballot for 2022 during the We are the 74 Rally held outside the Supreme Court building Tuesday in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
Citing fears of dark money and special interests usurping the state’s constitutional republic, the Senate on Wednesday tabled a bill aimed at restoring Mississippi voters’ right to put issues directly on a ballot and sidestep the Legislature
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The Mississippi House passed a bill Wednesday that would allow prayer during school, adding Mississippi to a list of states challenging the Supreme Court edict that church and state remain separate.
House Bill 1310 would mandate in state law that public schools provide students and employees with time to pray or read religious text during the school day.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — William Carey women's basketball came up short on the road Thursday night, falling to Faulkner University 90–82 inside Tine Davis Gymnasium.
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(Left to right) Major General Bobby Ginn applauds as Colonel Ashley Sullivan shakes hands with Colonel Lee Henry following the change of command ceremony. They are also joined by Command Sergeant Major Carl Dean.
Camp Shelby hosted a change of command ceremony on last Friday morning to celebrate the passing of the torch of leadership from Colonel Lee Henry, the thirty seventh commander, to Colonel Ashley Sullivan. Henry was the first Perry County native to lead Camp Shelby, 70% of which lies in Perry County. Sullivan is the first aviation commander of the base and looks forward to many years of building onto the strong foundation Henry and those who came before him laid.
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The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration granted the approval on February 9, 2026.
The governor’s office announced Tuesday that Mississippi has received final federal approval for its comprehensive plan to expand broadband infrastructure to every area of the state that still lacks access to high‑speed internet, a milestone for Mississippi under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program.
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Missouri Baptist outlasted William Carey, earning a 3–1 victory Thursday night at Milton Wheeler Field.
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City, county and State leaders break ground on the new $30 million Recreation and Sports Event Center at Monday morning’s groundbreaking ceremony.
City, county and State leaders gathered on Monday morning to break ground on the new Recreation and Sports Event Center, located in Tatum Park. Upon completion of the project, the facility will be donated to the City of Hattiesburg for public use. Funding for this project is provided by anonymous donors through the Pinebelt Foundation.
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Community leaders gather around Donny Rouse (center) as he cuts the ribbon on the new grocery store.
After seven days of turn-around time after the closing of Winn-Dixie’s doors, Rouses Market officially opened their doors with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday morning. Community leaders and citizens excitedly gathered to celebrate Hattiesburg’s newest grocer and to see what they had to offer.
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The sky must have fallen. I never thought it could happen. But it did. I actually agreed with most of what liberal Robert Wise wrote in the NSS on January 30. He criticized Trump for his statements on taking over Greenland. Trump antagonized the Danes {owners of Greenland) and also NATO with his brash approach. If he had taken a softer approach, he would have gained friends instead of generating bad feelings. They would have been grateful to him and to the USA for setting up a "golden dome" defense for them (and also for us) at the northernmost extremity of their Greenland island.
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Even amidst a new legislative session and mid-term elections, Republican rumblings about next year’s elections grow as precipitous events loom.
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Perhaps I heard the phrase “can’t see the forest for the trees” prior to “Different Drum” (1967) by the Stone Poneys (which song launched Linda Ronstadt to superstardom) —
“But honey child I’ve got my doubts
You can’t see the forest for the trees”
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A college classmate who lives in Minneapolis and has been in the state legislature recently shared an account of Immigration and Customs Enforcement policing in Willmar, Minnesota, a town of 21,000 in the center of the state. It is not a happy story.
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