For Lee English Jr., the sound of a ringing phone probably sounds a lot like the roar of a rocket engine test at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. During the 1970s, when 9-year-old English Jr. picked up the ringing phone, someone from the...
By: Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune Typically, alleyways are dark, scary places between buildings that are littered with garbage. Certainly not a place people would walk through on purpose. But in Hattiesburg, people are flocking to an alley located next to the...
On May 14, 2024, the Mississippi Agriculture and Livestock Theft Bureau (MALTB) recovered a stolen excavator in Pearl River County. The 2017 John Deere 50G excavator was stolen in Alabama in 2021. The property was valued at $50,000 when it was stolen. The MALTB...
Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission is pleased to announce it has been awarded a $3 million grant from the Mississippi Department of Transportation’s Strategic Multimodal Investments Fund. This funding will be for Stennis International Airport’s North Apron...
Elijah’s Closet, a nonprofit located in Biloxi, has been awarded the inaugural $20,000 GivHer Circle Grant from Gulf Coast Community Foundation. The award was presented at the Granting Success with the GivHer Circle breakfast held May 21 at the Knight Nonprofit...
William Carey University announces the promotion of Dr. Cassandra Conner to associate provost for distance learning. As she assumes this new role, she will also remain vice president of the Tradition campus, a position she has held since 2021. As associate provost,...
