Picayune News

A Mississippi woman says her 21-year-old son suffered such a devastating injury from a bullet fired by a juvenile in Louisiana that he is paralyzed and having to learn even how to swallow again.

Organizers are calling the 3rd Annual Bayou Country Superfest a huge success. They said about 75,000 people attended the 3-day event in Tiger Stadium.

PetSmart Charities started the program in 2004 and the local SPCA has been participating since 2009.

A Mississippi Senate staff member has confirmed that former state Sen. Ezell Lee of Picayune died Monday, May 21, after battling cancer, The Associated Press has reported as well as the Jackson Clarion Ledger .

PICAYUNE - Picayune Mayor Ed Pinero Jr. has endorsed a proposal for a 1-cent countywide sales tax, which would also be applied in the Pearl River County's two municipalities, Picayune and Poplarville.

State police say a 51-year-old Mississippi woman has been charged in the death of a 42-year-old woman she struck in her pickup truck when she drove down the wrong lanes on Interstate 59.

State police say a 51-year-old Mississippi woman has been charged in the death of a 42-year-old woman she struck in her pickup truck when she drove down the wrong lanes on Interstate 59.

D'IBERVILLE -- Sacred Heart Catholic Church will honor law enforcement officers in South Mississippi today with a Blue Mass.

My wife, Helen, was born in Purvis to a railroad family: her father, a telegraph operator and station manager; his father a pumper - that's the guy who fills the steam engines with water from those rail-side tanks.

PICAYUNE, Miss. -- Picayune Mayor Ed Pinero Jr. has endorsed a proposal for a 1-cent countywide sales tax, which would also be applied in the Pearl River County's two municipalities, Picayune and Poplarville.

During a recent visit to a food festival in South Carolina, I was lucky enough to be invited to the... Troy Chaupette, 47, of Picayune was found guilty by a Pearl River County jury of one count of fondling, according to a press release from District Attorney Hal Kittrell's office.

PICAYUNE, Miss. -- The city of Picayune will give amnesty from legal action to any resident who has been stealing gas or water service, if the resident comes forward.

A 32-year-old Mississippi man agreed to a five-year prison sentence for causing an October 2010 car accident that killed his best friend.

Citizenship Awards for academic transfer students went to Gineca Garriga of Catahoula and Billy Rush of Carriere; to Summer King of Poplarville for career-technical students; and to Jarrett Lee of Lakeshore for the Hancock Center.