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The Southern Miss Golden Eagles swept Louisiana Tech over the weekend to improve to 10-1 on the season. The Sunday win over Tech gave Golden Eagles head coach Christian Ostrander his 100th win at USM. Coach Oz reached 100 wins in only 137 games, which is the fastest in school history. USM will host Mississippi State on Tuesday and Nicholls State on Wednesday before North Alabama visits Friday-Sunday.
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PERKINSTON, Miss. — Showdowns between Pearl River and Gulf Coast rarely follow a script, and Monday night was no different as the Wildcats erased an early deficit to storm back and beat the Bulldogs 79-70 in the regular-season finale.
"We're not afraid of any matchup. We've talked about those tough moments throughout the year. We still had some tough moments that we have to learn from and build on. We have to try to win four more in a row."
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Services were held on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, at University Baptist Church for Sarah Alice Doss Fowler, 97, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She died the evening of February 26, 2026.
Sarah was preceded in death by her parents, Henry Grady Doss and Sarah Pryor Doss of Eupora; her husband, T. Lewis Fowler, Jr., of Hattiesburg; and her granddaughter, Lillian Graham Carson of Marks.
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One Mother at a Time: Ole Miss Pharmacy Assists Maternal Health Effort
Program expands access to prenatal services in underserved Mississippi communities
OXFORD, Miss. – Mississippi is experiencing a maternal and infant health crisis, and the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy and its alumni are stepping in to help resolve it one patient at a time.
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New MSDH Podcast Episode Focuses on Opioid Addiction
JACKSON, Miss. - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) has released the latest episode of its Health Talk MS podcast. This one focuses on opioid addiction.
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Meatballs
By Lee Ann Flemming
Food is very “trendy”. There are food fads, just as there are in fashion. Cupcakes have been around for a very long time. Usually they were reserved as treats for the children. The past few years, they have been showing up everywhere. Weddings have been featuring cupcake trees instead of wedding cakes. Specialty cupcake bakeries are popping up everywhere and have been featured in food magazines and television programs.
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Check Your Smoke Alarms As Time Springs Forward
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Snow? Increasingly ‘no’ according to new MSU research
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Faculty at Mississippi State University are continuing groundbreaking work at the intersection of mathematics, statistics and climate science with the publication of a new peer-reviewed study examining regional snow cover trends across the Northern Hemisphere. The results suggest shrinking snow coverage as well as seasonal shifts for when the wintry layer comes and goes.
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Community engagement projects recognized at MSU with annual awards
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State is honoring four community engagement projects with the university’s annual Excellence in Community Engagement Awards.
Winners and honorable mention recipients were selected for projects that demonstrate best practices in community-engaged service, as well as community-engaged teaching and learning, for work conducted throughout 2025.
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Mississippi Theatre Association honors MSU legacies with named awards
STARKVILLE, Miss.—The Mississippi Theatre Association renamed two of its annual DramaFest awards in honor of longtime Mississippi State faculty members Wayne “Dur” Durst and Betty “Jo” Durst, recognizing their decades of service and lasting impact on theater education in Mississippi.
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UMMC clinics to reopen Monday, begin rescheduling missed appointments after cyberattack
JACKSON, Miss. – University of Mississippi Medical Center clinics will resume normal operations and appointment schedules on Monday as it continues recovery efforts following a cyberattack on Feb. 19.
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Mississippi Senator Johnny Dupree (left) gets a little help from Forrest County Supervisor Gentry Mordica (right) to secure his display for Saturday’s parade.
The Black Heritage Committee in partnership with the City of Hattiesburg, Forrest General Hospital and the Forrest County Board of Supervisors hosted the 28th Annual Black Heritage Parade on Saturday. Following the parade, the celebration continued with a baseball tournament and fireworks show.
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COLUMBUS, Ga. – The Lady Crusaders closed out their weekend at the NFCA Leadoff Classic with a pair of Saturday victories over Freed-Hardeman and No. 4 Georgia Gwinnett before falling 3–1 to Coastal Georgia on Sunday afternoon.
William Carey 7, Freed-Hardeman 6
Freed-Hardeman struck first with a four-run opening inning, highlighted by an RBI single from R. Locke and a three-run homer off the bat of L. Brown. The Lions continued to threaten with base hits in the following frames but were unable to add to their early advantage.
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After three weeks of baseball, Southern Miss is 10-1 and has slid into the top 10 at No. 10 in the D1Baseball.com rankings, No. 12 by Baseball America and No. 8 by Perfect Game. The Golden Eagles have beaten Oregon State, won a series against UC Santa Barbara and are coming off a loud sweep of Louisiana Tech.
In fact, they beat Louisiana Tech so convincingly this weekend that Bulldogs head coach Lane Burroughs apologized to the Tech fan base after the series.
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After three weeks of baseball, Southern Miss is 10-1 and has slid into the top 10 at No. 10 in the D1Baseball.com rankings, No. 12 by Baseball America and No. 8 by Perfect Game. The Golden Eagles have beaten Oregon State, won a series against UC Santa Barbara and are coming off a loud sweep of Louisiana Tech.
In fact, they beat Louisiana Tech so convincingly this weekend that Bulldogs head coach Lane Burroughs apologized to the Tech fan base after the series.
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An excellent medical column in The Washington Post predicts the next target in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine campaign. At the same time, the column debunks the claim that this target is hazardous to children’s health.
Dr. Leana S. Wen, an emergency physician and clinical associate professor at George Washington University, believes Kennedy, the Health and Human Services secretary, may seek the removal of “aluminum salts” from vaccines. He claims this ingredient can cause conditions from autism to asthma to food allergies.
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An excellent medical column in The Washington Post predicts the next target in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine campaign. At the same time, the column debunks the claim that this target is hazardous to children’s health.
Dr. Leana S. Wen, an emergency physician and clinical associate professor at George Washington University, believes Kennedy, the Health and Human Services secretary, may seek the removal of “aluminum salts” from vaccines. He claims this ingredient can cause conditions from autism to asthma to food allergies.
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An excellent medical column in The Washington Post predicts the next target in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine campaign. At the same time, the column debunks the claim that this target is hazardous to children’s health.
Dr. Leana S. Wen, an emergency physician and clinical associate professor at George Washington University, believes Kennedy, the Health and Human Services secretary, may seek the removal of “aluminum salts” from vaccines. He claims this ingredient can cause conditions from autism to asthma to food allergies.
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Elijah Jones is a proud Hattiesburg native who enjoys writing. Email him at edjhubtown@aol.com.
I'll never forget the first time I cast my ballot in an election. That would have been 1975 when I voted for Republican Gil Carmichael, who ran against Democrat Cliff Finch for governor. I'm sad to say my candidate lost, but I don't remember Mr. Carmichael shouting that the reason he lost was because of voter fraud.
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