Pearl River County News

The Pearl River County Alumni Association will host a scholarship fundraising dinner from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Italian Grill and Pizzeria in Picayune.

It's a bird, it's a plant, it's Super Flower! Picture a flock of exotic parrots twisting their... Public Service Commission Chairman Leonard Bentz announced Thursday that the Public Service Commission has set a hearing regarding Wildwood Utilities, LLC and RockRock Utilities, LLC, both of Pearl River County.

Two alleged managers from a multi-city identity theft and false document production scheme were sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court.

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

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.

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

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.

Pearl River Community College offers free GED classes in Forrest, Lamar, Marion, Jeff Davis, Pearl River and Hancock counties with day and night classes.

The National Weather Service has issued a flood advisory for much of St. Tammany Parish, including Slidell and Mandeville, and for Hancock and Pearl River counties in Mississippi, until 4 p.m. At 1:55 p.m., slow-moving thunderstorms extended from just west of Kiln to Slidell and near Mandeville, forecasters said.

The Republican senator who led the redistricting effort, Merle Flowers of Southaven, said he's confident it will be adopted with bipartisan support.

Mississippi Department of Transportation workers picked up cigarette butts, soda bottles, fast-food bags and other rubbish along the major roads of Hancock County Tuesday as part of the 22nd annual Trash Bash.