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“Are we really going to be the Gestapo?” podcaster Joe Rogan asked. “‘Where’s your papers?’ Is that what we’ve come to?”
Uproar over ICE and Border Patrol aggressive tactics has begun to breach President Donald Trump’s fortress.
“Hate to say it, but they are all lying,” posted lifelong Mississippi Republican Pete Perry on Facebook. “Denial of what we have seen, what has been put in front of us – them and us – and ignored and lied about. We saw it. They saw it. And they know we and everyone else have seen the truth.”
By Bill Crawford on
1 month 3 weeks ago
Over the past few years, Mississippi lawmakers have passed some critical conservative reforms. Last year, Mississippi became the first state in America to legislate to eliminate the income tax in 40 years. In 2022, we implemented flat tax reform. A few years before that, we passed important labor market reforms. In 2024, we reformed school funding to get more money into the classroom.
It is thanks to these flagship conservative reforms that Mississippi has enjoyed more economic growth in the past five years than over the previous fifteen combined.
By Douglas Carswell - Mississippi Center for Public Policy on
1 month 3 weeks ago
Spin the truth, spin the youth,
confound the status quo
so they worry, fear and
Not understand
Do you trust your propaganda?
Those who owned the news
knew they could abuse
manipulate disenfranchised discord weaponized with indignant terrified urgency
Do you trust your propaganda?
The personally wounded, entitled,
idealistic, masters of displaced liability
and lacking self accountability
Do you trust your propaganda?
It is us against them, them against us
By Suzannah McGowan on
1 month 3 weeks ago
Louisiana’s U.S. Senator John Kennedy has written a national best-seller, “How to Test Negative for Stupid And Why Washington Never Will.” The preposterous conceit that drives the book is that everybody, or almost everybody, in the nation’s capital is stupid, with the exception of Senator Kennedy.
By Luther Munford on
1 month 3 weeks ago
Funeral homes may submit obituaries to obits@hubcityspokes.com. Death notices are printed free of charge; obituaries with photos and detailed information will incur a charge. For assistance, call (601)-268-2331.
Ray Brian Baker, Jr. (87) of Hattiesburg passed away on January 26, 2026. Moore Funeral Service handled the arrangements.
Doris Jeanette Boyer (95) of Sumrall passed away on January 29, 2026. Hulett-Winstead Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.
Ellen Elizabeth Clayton (82) of Brooklyn passed away on January 27, 2026. Moore Funeral Service handled the arrangements.
By Staff reports on
1 month 3 weeks ago
Jail dockets for Forrest and Lamar counties are provided to the Pine Belt News as a public records service. Arrest records are current for the week prior to publication.
Hattiesburg Police:
Khinde Donnell Allen- possession of paraphernalia, speeding
Meredith Austin- burglary (commercial buildings, cars, etc.)
Taniyah Sharelle Brown- domestic violence (simple assault), violation of home detention/house arrest program
Dentiny N. Carr- school attendance requirement
Santana Davenport- arson (first degree)
Peyton Douglas Duncan- DUI (first offense)
By Staff reports on
1 month 3 weeks ago
Photo special to the Pine Belt News from Southern Miss Athletics
It was a familiar story — until it wasn’t.
Southern Miss women’s basketball once again staged a fierce rally after trailing by as many as 17 points, but this time the comeback fell short. The Lady Eagles dropped an 83-72 decision to James Madison on Wednesday night at Reed Green Coliseum.
By DIMA MIXON on
1 month 3 weeks ago
There have been recent reports of large job cuts across the country. E-commerce and technology giant Amazon, for example, is eliminating 16,000 corporate jobs, partly to reduce its organizational structure — but also because it expects “efficiency gains” as artificial intelligence is used more extensively across the company.
Almost at the same time, United Parcel Service said it will eliminate 30,000 delivery jobs — in part because it is getting less business from Amazon.
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Dr. Catherine Rand, director of bands at The University of Southern Mississippi, recently represented the university at a national band music education conference in Colombia, where she taught masterclasses, conducted ensembles and helped deliver a donated instrument to a youth band program supported entirely by volunteers.
By Mike Lopinto on
1 month 3 weeks ago
The Mississippi Capitol in Jackson is where state lawmakers debate insurance regulations and policy changes that affect homeowners and drivers statewide.
Mississippi has the highest rate of uninsured drivers in the country, according to the Insurance Research Council — a long-running issue lawmakers say undermines roadway safety and leaves crash victims at financial risk.
That concern has prompted some legislators to revisit a vehicle insurance verification requirement the state eliminated nearly a decade ago.
By Justin Glowacki, Jakira Hunt and McKenna Klamm, RHCJC News on
1 month 3 weeks ago
Maybe there’s something to this notion that weather extremes are getting greater. We had record breaking high temperatures in December and record breaking low temperatures in January.
January 31 beat the all-time low for that day by one degree. This year’s low was 16 degrees, lower by one degree than January 31, 1966. The high that day this year was 28 degrees, a whopping five degrees lower than the January 31, 1996 high of 33 degrees. And the wind was blowing at 25 knots. Brrr!
By Wyatt Emmerich on
1 month 3 weeks ago
William Carey University named Dr. Amy Parker director of its physical therapy program during the fall semester.
“Dr. Parker has a servant’s heart and a steadfast commitment to Christ-centered leadership. She brings both excellence and compassion to this role, and I look forward to seeing her inspire our students and faculty to serve others,” said Dr. Alicia Purvis, dean of the College of Health Sciences.
By Staff Report on
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School buses sit parked at the Lamar County school bus barn as the district faces a shortage of drivers that has delayed routes and cut into instructional time for students.
A statewide shortage of school bus drivers is forcing Mississippi school districts to delay routes and rely on substitutes, coaches and teachers to get students to class — creating daily uncertainty for families and cutting into instructional time.
In Lamar County, Transportation Director Mitchell Smith said the district currently has seven bus routes without permanent drivers. On days when staffing falls short, students can lose minutes of their school day as routes are delayed.
By Morgan Gill, Bibhas Pantha and Nischit Sharma, RHCJC News on
1 month 3 weeks ago
Milan Hose (left) presenting the Alpha Phi Alpha Distinguished Leadership Award to Alcorn President Dr. Tracy Cook.
Individuals who go above and beyond to serve their community and state, and area high school seniors planning to attend college, were recognized at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Ecumenical and Scholarship Prayer Breakfast, held Jan. 19 at The University of Southern Mississippi’s Hattiesburg campus. The 20th annual event was hosted by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity’s local undergraduate and graduate chapters.
By David Tisdale on
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Photo by Dima Mixon, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
PCS celebrated a joyous signing day on Wednesday as six-student athletes officially signed to continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level.
Surrounded by family, teammates and coaches, the signees put pen to paper in a ceremony that highlighted not only individual accomplishments, but the continued growth of PCS athletics.
By DIMA MIXON on
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Photo by Dima Mixon, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Southern Miss commit Talik Parkman signs at Sumrall.
By DIMA MIXON on
1 month 3 weeks ago
Senate Education Committee Chairman Dennis DeBar Jr., R-Leakesville, receives a question regarding "school choice" legislation that would make it easier for students to transfer out of their assigned public school district to other public school districts, Tuesday, January 6, 2026, at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Credit: Richard Lake/Mississippi Today
The House’s education bill that includes wide expansion of school choice policies is dead, its fate decided after 84 seconds of deliberation by a Senate panel.
The Senate Education Committee met on Tuesday solely to discuss the House’s omnibus education package that included a school choice program that would’ve allowed public dollars to go toward private school tuition and homeschooling.
By Devna Bose - Mississippi Today on
1 month 3 weeks ago
The Mississippi Democratic Party took a victory lap late Tuesday, following the Senate Education Committee’s vote to killing the Mississippi Education Freedom Act, a proposal that had the support of President Donald Trump, Governor Tate Reeves, House Speaker Jason White and the Mississippi Republican Party.
Speaker Jason White’s signature education freedom package died at the hands of the Senate Education Committee on Tuesday, as Republicans joined Democrats in unanimously killing the measure.
By Jeremy Pittari and Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
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Rep. Becky Currie, R- Brookhaven, during a hearing at the Mississippi State Capitol, in 2020. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today
A reform bill that would set up an oversight committee to review each prison death comes after a joint news investigation by several local outlets.
By Mina Corpuz and Caleb Bedillion, The Marshall Project - Mississippi Today on
1 month 3 weeks ago
Some of the nation’s leading interdisciplinary researchers, writers and practitioners will serve as guest presenters for The University of Southern Mississippi’s Spring 2026 University Forum. The events, held on the Hattiesburg campus, are scheduled for Feb. 10 at the Mannoni Performing Arts Center and March 24 and April 14 in historic Bennett Auditorium. All programs begin at 6:30 p.m. and are free and open to the public.
By David Tisdale on
