http://www.picayuneitem.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:26:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/homepage/local_story_324102720.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/homepage/local_story_324102720.html Veterans who have been in action will tell you that it was their equipment that kept them alive, whether it was a weapon or a well-tuned vehicle that got them back to their lines and safety. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:09:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/homepage/local_story_324100938.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/homepage/local_story_324100938.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/homepage/local_story_324100554.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/homepage/local_story_324100554.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:28:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/homepage/local_story_323102917.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/homepage/local_story_323102917.html Picayune Firefighters put some festive touches on the Historic City Hall Wednesday morning in preparation for Christmas. Decorations were installed on the building’s windows and the peak of the façade. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:18:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/homepage/local_story_323101954.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/homepage/local_story_323101954.html Dr. James M. Riser said on Wednesday that about 500 school students here were vaccinated on Monday and Tuesday by health care officials, and that an additional round of vaccinations is planned for Dec. 14 to give students here another chance to get the swine flu shot. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:27:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/homepage/local_story_322192738.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/homepage/local_story_322192738.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:37:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/homepage/local_story_322103543.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/homepage/local_story_322103543.html The second place featured for the Civic Woman’s Club annual Christmas Pilgrimage is the First Baptist Church of Picayune. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:27:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/homepage/local_story_322102542.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/homepage/local_story_322102542.html The Crosby Arboretum held its annual Heritage Festival this past weekend. Friday was set aside for children, while the events on Saturday were for the whole family. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:19:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/homepage/local_story_322101724.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/homepage/local_story_322101724.html Six bridge locations along Interstate 59 in Pearl River County are being widened.Those six locations will involve the widening of 12 bridges. Workers are currently working on the bridge that goes across the Hobolochitto Creek between the Picayune exits. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:53:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/homepage/local_story_321114623.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/homepage/local_story_321114623.html The most recent listening session of two environmental agencies held in Picayune was heavily attended, but not by local residents. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:11:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/homepage/local_story_318191004.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/homepage/local_story_318191004.html In a town hall meeting here on Friday, Congressman Gene Taylor charged the insurance companies colluded after Katrina and that they should have their anti-trust exemption revoked by Congress. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:07:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/homepage/local_story_318190358.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/homepage/local_story_318190358.html To say that forestry experts and scientists are devastated by the invasion of an Asian beetle that might be instrumental in changing forever the ecology of Southern forests is an understatement. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:51:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/homepage/local_story_318184921.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/homepage/local_story_318184921.html Representatives from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and the Environmental Protection Agency made a visit to the Picayune’s city hall and also to the city’s Superfund site. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:47:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/homepage/local_story_318184537.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/homepage/local_story_318184537.html Officials of the Picayune high school Navy Jr. ROTC and the Mississippi Coast Watchers pronounced Saturday’s Veterans Day Parade a success. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:39:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/homepage/local_story_318183731.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/homepage/local_story_318183731.html Have you ever seen a house and wished you could go inside and see what it looks like — to stroll through the living room and see how it is decorated, stop in the kitchen and study the color scheme and layout, poke your head in the bedroom and wonder what it would be like to sleep there?