Pass Christian News

Pass Christian High School was ranked the top high school in Mississippi and earned a silver medal from U.S. News & World Report in its 2013 Best High Schools report, and an educational association named Pass Christian Middle School Principal Joe Nelson its Mississippi Middle Level Principal of the Year.

Five Mississippi Coast yacht clubs competed in this one-design team racing event.

Common Core Standards have been the subject of a lot of misinformation in the past few months: They will cost money we don't have; they will force students to read insulation manuals in English class; they represent a federal takeover of schools.

When we lose a parent, the sadness never completely vanishes. We move ahead with our lives, cherish their memories, maybe even their foibles, but the parent void is impossible to completely fill with other people, family and experiences.

"My father, Jessie Gaines Sr., is not my biological father, but he is my Dad," Scroggins wrote in an email to the Sun Herald.

Newly-minted city leaders in Diamondhead, Bay St. Louis, and Pass Christian will be sworn soon at respective ceremonies in each city.

Common Core Standards have been the subject of a lot of misinformation in the past few months: They will cost money we don't have; they will force students to read insulation manuals in English class; they represent a federal takeover of schools.

Jarrord Michael Ladner of Long Beach and Jaden Schmalzried of Gulfport were about 1½ miles south of Long Beach in a recreational fishing boat Tuesday, said Jamie Miller, executive director of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources.

Some of the shrimpers who set out at dawn Tuesday with high hopes for a huge catch came in hours later with just enough of the spiny crustaceans for a decent shrimp boil.

When I was 15 years old I started working in the flower business and continued it in my time off when I started teaching school in Pascagoula.

Some of South Mississippi’s best-known small businesses seem to be well positioned as the Patient Production and Affordable Care Act implementation marches closer.

Over the past three months, the county used two methods of keeping sand off the highway and both worked, supervisors learned Monday.

The Mardi Gras Museum in Bay St. Louis will present "Midsummer Night's Dream" from 6 to 10 p.m. June 22 under the oaks in the Depot District.

TIM ISBELL/SUN HERALDThe Sun Herald South Mississippi Girls Softball team is, front row from left, St. Martin' Alyssa Hardy and Jay Harris, Poplarville's Rachel Hickman, Harrison Central's Madison Burge and Kim Gilbert and West Harrison's Katelyn Raffeo; second row, East Central's Rachel Rogers, George County's Julianna Rouse, Biloxi's Olivia ... (more)

In the hours leading up to the vote count, McDermott said he was taking the advice of an old politician: "At this point, if you've done things right, your enemies can't hurt you.

Republican Chipper McDermott won reelection in Pass Christian Tuesday night with 69 percent of the vote.

Art classes for teens, ages 12 to 18, will start 2 p.m. June 6 at Pass Christian Public Library, 111 Hiern Ave., Pass Christian.

Summer Feeding Programs have been a great help to parents over the past few years.

From left, Eagle Scout Steven Schneider , Jerrid Nault, center, and Paul Nault .

Commercial and recreational boat slips are under construction or repair in almost every city across South Mississippi.