Beaumont News

More than 1,300 students at the University of Southern Mississippi were candidates for degrees Dec.

RICHTON - Services are 2 p.m. today at Lovewell Freewill Baptist Church in Richton for Harvey Walley, 71, of Richton, who died Nov.

Thanksgiving is almost here, which means that some good eating is not that far behind.

Wonda Hatcher of Beaumont has been battling an illness that during the course of her treatment led to the removal of her small intestine, due to a loss of circulation.

A community safety steering group may be on the cards for Onehunga. A community meeting was held on Friday after a fight between two teenage girls at the Onehunga bus depot the week before, in which one was stabbed in the neck with a broken bottle.

Sen. Roger Wicker said Tuesday he needed to hear more public consensus before he fully supported the transformation of the Richton salt dome in Perry County into a storage facility for the nation's oil reserves.

The Mississippi Department of Transportation greeted a large crowd Tuesday night, at the second South Mississippi community meeting of the week.

U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker would have been hailed as a hero had he come to the Coast to declare that he would not support one end of the Pascagoula River over the other on the issue of turning the salt dome at Richton into an oil storage facility.

The Mississippi Department of Transportation will hold several public hearings on highway projects in the state.

The Mississippi Department of Transportation has scheduled a series of public meetings to discuss the proposed widening and relocation of Mississippi 15 and portions of Mississippi 57 from Interstate 110 in Harrison County to Mississippi 15 just north of Beaumont in Perry County.

GAUTIER Wayne Brown, southern district highway commissioner, said Wednesday that a continuous corridor northward from the coast was essential for state growth, but several residents expressed concern about the effects of the project.

Nearly $150 million will fuel construction of new roads and bridges in Jackson County.

BEAUMONT - Services are 3 p.m. Thursday at Beaumont First Baptist Church for Keith Hinton, 51, of Beaumont, who died July 6, 2009, at his home.

The state Department of Transportation is looking at an alternate route for Mississippi 15 that would take it across west Jackson County, from just above Interstate 110 to a little north of Vancleave.

Rev. and Mrs. James and Cleo Moye, Sr., of Beaumont announce the engagement of their daughter, Patricia Elaine, to Sears U. Ward II, son of the late Sears and Nancy Ward of Laurel.

A Canadian National freight train has collided with a fully loaded log truck in Perry County, but the Mississippi Department of Transportation did not report any injuries.

D'IBERVILLE - The first of three public meetings to discuss proposed improvements to Mississippi 15 is set for Tuesday.

A Vegetable Field Day will be held at the Mississippi State University Coastal Research and Extension Branch Experiment Station on Mississippi 15 north of Beaumont starting at 8 a.m. June 11.

A Vegetable Field Day will be held at the MSU Coastal Research and Extension Branch Experiment Station on Mississippi 15 north of Beaumont starting at 8 a.m. June 11.