Pope News

July 9, 1959 Mrs. Loula Lucas, 86, turned the first spade of dirt in the ground breaking ceremony for the new sanctuary of the First Methodist Church Monday morning at 9:30 on the site for the new sanctuary adjacent to the church building on East Washington Street.

This is Sound Off, where you can speak your mind on anything you wish. Because of the large number of calls received, not all can be published.

The following information was taken from the log book at the David M. Bryan Justice Complex.

Alternative school students to be required to wear uniforms By Amanda McBride The Choctaw Plaindealer A recent change in the Choctaw County Alternative School rules will now require students in the Alternative School only, to wear uniforms.

GAUTIER Coffee and tea are the usual drinks served at DeLo's Heavenly House of Coffee, but when owner Delorise Nettles serves a glass of water from the tap it might look like tea.

Twenty-one South Panola School District teachers were awarded grants totaling approximately $28,000 from the South Panola Foundation for Public Education last week during programs at Batesville Intermediate School Auditorium and Pope School.

New evidence in the murder of Danny Tavares, has Kosciusko Police Chief R.J. Adams hopeful that the two-year-old case will be solved.

After each of the 171 names of the city's veterans who fell on battlefields from World War I to the current War on Terror was read, a bell was tolled, dully echoing Monday morning through the Jackie Dole Sherrill Community Center in downtown Hattiesburg.

The Mississippi River is expected to reach 53.5 feet on Monday at the Natchez/Vidalia, La., gauge, more than five feet above flood stage.

ARC to fund study on C&G corridor U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker and Appalachian Regional Commission Federal Co-Chair Anne Pope have announced a $100,000 grant to Mississippi State University to conduct a study that will assess the feasibility of re-establishing rail service along a major section of the Columbus and Greenville Railroad corridor.

A fired policeman is back at work in Gautier, but city officials have voted to appeal the Civil Service Commission's decision to reinstate him with back pay.

Former Hattiesburg mayors will join Mayor Johnny DuPree from 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday for a book signing and reception at Main Street Books, 210 Main St.

GAUTIER Maj. Michael Green, who was killed in Afghanistan in January 2008 by a roadside bomb explosion, was honored Friday with the dedication of the Maj.

Northeast Jones High School and the surrounding community celebrated an important and unique day Tuesday - Shad White Day.

Richard Howorth couldn't fight city hall, so he joined it. After losing a battle against the Board of Aldermen eight years ago, the bookstore owner ran for mayor of Oxford.

Plans are underway for the 26th annual Run for the Roses 5K Run & Walk. The event begins at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 11.

Results from the opening weekend of the youth turkey season appear to indicate that Saturday's start of the regular spring season should be good.

Psacagoula Mayor Matthew Avara says he will not seek a second term in the upcoming city election.

A dilapidated trailer park that's been called "unsafe and unhealthy" is finally getting cleaned-up. Gulf Breeze trailer park in Gautier has been a neglected eyesore for years.

A friend with strange ideas about right and wrong suggested that I try to make an error in the Mighty Daily Journal.