We hope you think it's important to vote in the Primary Elections. Important enough that your vote will be among those counted next Tuesday night. Not a vote that was not cast and never counted.
They are calling it a new Coastal Gem. We look forward to the opening of this educational, fun and entertaining venue turning what was for a long time, a vacant property into a true attraction for Coastal Mississippi.
We hope you are counted among the safe. We also hope you are also counted among those taking a moment to pause and honor our fallen troops this Memorial Day weekend.
We salute Officer McKeithen for his ultimate sacrifice. And we salute all law enforcement officers who put on the uniform every day to serve and protect us.
We will have the chance to see some of the world's best precision fighter pilots, the Thunderbirds flying that diamond formation just a few feet apart at 500 miles per hour.
Helping to fight childhood cancer should be enough reason to donate to St. Jude Children's hospital. Another way is buy a $100 ticket to a drawing for a $370,000 dream home giveaway.
Early tourism numbers are already looking up for 2019. We hope these changes will push visitation even higher improving the economy for all of South Mississippi.
There's a federal law prohibiting the phone number spoofing, but no such state law. Now the lawmakers in Jackson are moving to enact a state law so local and state agencies can go after these criminals as well.
Mississippi teachers are saying it and we agree. Teaching students how to take and pass too many tests is taking too much class time away from real learning.
Trees growing in South Mississippi will soon help make the lights come on in parts of Europe. That’s good news for Europeans and good news for Jackson and George counties.
We hear about many bad things that happen in our world and sometimes in our communities. But we contend there's a whole lot more good things happening.
The Mississippi State Crime Lab is doing better on its backlog of cases, and we are glad to see it. One improvement is significant since it involves shooting cases.
While the President's visit last week to South Mississippi was for the most part a political rally, there was some attention drawn to prison reform with a round table discussion in Gulfport.
If you are a pet owner, be responsible. And for those of you who are already responsible and want to help, the Humane Society could use donations as it deals with so many abandoned pets.
More restoration projects were just announced for the BP Money from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster in the gulf.Additional spending is $37.8 million.
The city of Biloxi is on its way to borrowing $14 million for infrastructure projects. The money will go to storm drainage, street repairs and other projects. There is no doubt the work is sorely needed.
We are glad to see that the federal efforts in the former Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Christopher Epps corruption case didn't stop with the criminal convictions and jail time.
This is the time to pay it forward and give where you can. Help our hurting neighbors to the east as they face this natural disaster that did not hurt us.
We find it deeply concerning that guards at the South Mississippi Correctional Institute in Leakesville are working 16 and 24 hour shifts because more than 40 percent of the staff jobs are vacant.
Well it finally happened. The state legislature agreed on how to spend the $750 million coming to the state from the BP oil disaster settlement and the governor signed the bill into law. Now 75 percent of the settlement money will come to the six southernmost Mississippi counties.
Labor Day was founded in the 1800s. Unions pushed to reduce work hours which often were 60 to 80 hours per week. They wanted fewer hours, more time off, and a holiday recognizing working men and women. They got the holiday and for most, the scheduled workweek went to 40 hours.
The wheels are in motion for improving Mississippi's failing roads and bridges with the creation of the state lottery just approved by the state legislature. The first $80 million per year going to roads and bridges. Anything over 80 million per year goes to education. We agree with this move.
There's an unusual lawsuit in the Mississippi court system. Attorney General Jim Hood brought the suit in Lowndes County a year and a half ago against Google, the tech company worth more than $500 billion. The suit claims the company was targeting advertisements toward school children in violation of Mississippi law.
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