Poplarville News

Holmes County Sheriff Willie March says that his department is treating the death of an inmate, 24-year-old Kelvin R. Hollimon of Rawls Springs, as a homicide.

Pearl River Community College will host the fourth annual Women's Health Symposium next month with a variety of health screenings, informational sessions and an appearance by an Alabama humorist.

Rhizoctonia , a fungal disease that can be found in many ornamental plants, can be eliminated in azalea by placing plant cuttings in a hot water treatment, an Agricultural Research Service scientist and his university collaborator have found.

For the last meeting of 2009, Mayor Billy Spiers and the Poplarville Board of Aldermen were treated to a Christmas performance by the Poplarville High School Ladies' Pop Quartet under the direction of choral director Janet Kennedy.

In Picayune, city offices will be closed Thursday through Sunday and will reopen for regular business at 7 a.m. on Monday.

A Pearl River County jail correctional officer was arrested for allegedly smuggling cell phones to inmates.

Dixie Utilities was in need of repairs when the Utility Authority took it over about a year ago, earning a very low Health Department rating of 0.7 out of a possible 5. A recent inspection by the Health Department has reflected that the repair work conducted on the aging water system by the Pearl River County Utility Authority has improved the ...

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.

The childhood home of playwright Tennessee Williams will undergo $108,000 in renovations with a grant from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

The Horizon Casino, the only gaming house in downtown Vicksburg, has cut back its operations and let some employees go.

The Poplarville Police Department and Pearl River County's Crime Stoppers are asking for the public's help in solving a case that may involve a Laurel man.

A New York firm doesn't want its Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts confused with the Lincoln Center in Brookhaven.

The state Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of Wanda Blakeney for her role in the 2006 murders of her grandparents.

Mayor Billy Spiers announced last week to Poplarville aldermen that Main and Michigan Streets and a portion of Martin Luther King Drive will be getting a facelift before Christmas.

The Poplarville Area Chamber of Commerce's Christmas parade, with its special visit from Santa Claus, is getting ready to fill the streets with holiday cheer Friday, and Mark Bridgers, parade coordinator said there is still time to sign up for the parade.

Poplarville resident Charles Byrd will be featured in a documentary produced by Mississippi Public Broadcasting.

Do you remember the G.H. Ford family who for years owned Ford Cleaners here in Picayune at 404 West Canal Street? Well, G.H. had a brother named Julian E. Ford, a corporal in the U.S. Army Air Corps, who died when his B-24 Liberator was shot down over Austria in 1944.

A federal judge handed down three years of probation for a Mississippi man who, after the election of President Barack Obama, threatened to kill African Americans through a Facebook account, according to U.S. Attorney Jim Letten.

An election to fill statewide offices will not be held until 2011, but there are already encouraging signs that South Mississippians will make legitimate runs for a number of those jobs.

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