Carriere News

The Pearl River Central High School NJROTC collected over 200 toys in their annual Toys for Tots Drive.

The Pearl River County school board in an executive ssion at theend of its meeting last Tuesday terminated Nathan Farmer's services as attorney for the board.

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

Carriere Postmaster Sheila Mitchell takes a moment with customer Jordan Bourgault to discuss the various shipping prices for flat rate boxes Monday morning.

On Tuesday just before noon, John Pervell Jr. of Picayune lost control of his 2008 Ford F-250 after he dropped his cell phone and took his eyes off the road to pick it up.

Dr. James M. Riser said that Picayune school children will be given H1N1 swine flu shots on Saturday at the Picayune high school gym from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. He said all grades kindergarten through 12 will be served.

Several cases are still under investigation by the Poplarville Police and Pearl River County Sheriff's Departments.

The Pearl River County school board on Tuesday night voted 3 to 2 to adopt a motion requesting that school superintendent Dennis E. Penton resign, citing "personnel and accountability issues." The move came after some parliamentary maneuvering by board members to amend the agenda and get the item covering the issue on the agenda.

The Early Head Start program has received $2.65 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to expand the program by 72 children ages 0-3 years and pregnant teenagers.

This weekend, Pearl River County comes alive for the holiday season with a number of events planned with something for almost everyone.

Separate cases involving abandoned shoes left at the scene of an automobile burglary and stolen electricity used to manufacture methamphetamine brought about the arrest of several suspects by the Pearl River County Sheriff's Department.

Authorities said a Carriere man died after crashing his pickup truck into a tractor-trailer at the intersection of 25th Avenue and Pass Road Tuesday morning.

Picayune narcotics officers arrested eight suspects in connection with possession of drugs in consecutive arrests on Thursday, Nov.

The Poplarville Board of Aldermen is asking local business owners to make sure their neon advertising signs do not flash.

Dr. James M. Riser said on Wednesday that about 500 school students here were vaccinated on Monday and Tuesday by health care officials, and that an additional round of vaccinations is planned for Dec.

Ashley Allen, the daughter of Dennis and Phyllis Allen of Long Beach, recently received her white coat during a White Coat Ceremony at Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy.

The City of Picayune is considering its options for upgrading water infrastructure.

An ongoing dispute escalated into a fight Monday afternoon at a home in Hide-A-Way Lake.

A report of suspected drug activity led to the arrest of two suspects alleged to have been engaged in the manufacture of methamphetamine.

On the heels of the Emergency Operations director's retirement last week, Hinds County supervisors today will interview candidates to fill the head disaster responder's role.