http://www.picayuneitem.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sat, 10 May 2008 20:14:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_131201521.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_131201521.html Community members are invited to participate in a crawfish boil that will celebrate a wall raising of two more Habitat for Humanity homes. Sat, 10 May 2008 19:49:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_131194555.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_131194555.html Pearl River County’s cancer survivors gathered at Jack Reed park to celebrate their second lease on life and remember those who fell to cancer. Fri, 09 May 2008 12:31:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_130123222.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_130123222.html The last in the first series of nine tests concluded Thursday as NASA personnel collected data that will help them design the next engine that will take man to the moon and beyond. Thu, 08 May 2008 14:23:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_129142444.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_129142444.html Picayune’s annual clean-up event to rid the city of litter is scheduled for Saturday and the city is requesting that community members come out and clean up their neighborhoods. Thu, 08 May 2008 14:21:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_129142308.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_129142308.html CPR training a student received during his freshman year of high school may have saved his father’s life. Thu, 08 May 2008 14:19:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_129142054.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_129142054.html Four of the eight astronauts that were on the Space Shuttle Endeavour during its March trip to the International Space Station visited Stennis Space Center on Wednesday. Thu, 08 May 2008 12:52:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_129141828.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_129141828.html The S.S. Hurricane Camille tugboat is no more after demolition crews tore it down. Wed, 07 May 2008 15:53:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_128155508.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_128155508.html A civil suit has been filed against Pearl River County’s jail, sheriff, wardens, Hancock County’s sheriff, Southern Health Partners, both counties through their board of supervisors and a number of other entities and individuals. Wed, 07 May 2008 15:53:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_128155111.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_128155111.html The preliminary plat for a residential development tentatively slated to be built next to Picayune’s new hospital was sent back to the Planning Commission. Wed, 07 May 2008 15:46:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_128154932.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_128154932.html Michael Atkins found both himself and his wife Cheryl charged with DUI and public drunk respectively after he asked a police officer for help with his wife, who was unconscious in his car. Wed, 07 May 2008 15:45:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_128154629.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_128154629.html The Poplarville Board of Aldermen put its seal of approval on measures to enforce the property maintenance ordinance within the city limits. Wed, 07 May 2008 15:44:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_128154423.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_128154423.html Theresa Penton was named president of Poplarville’s Chamber of Commerce last Saturday after having served as secretary and then vice-president for the past two terms. Her first order of business as new president was to meet with Mayor Billy Spiers and the board of aldermen to discuss plans for a downtown park proposed by the Chamber. Wed, 07 May 2008 15:41:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_128154246.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_128154246.html A 30-year-old Oktibbeha County man has been sentenced to life in prison for a 2005 shooting death. Wed, 07 May 2008 15:38:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_128153952.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_128153952.html Four people, including the alleged shooter, have died in Saucier on Tuesday in what authorities are calling a murder-suicide. Wed, 07 May 2008 15:36:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_128153734.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_128153734.html The trial of a Tennessee man accused of pocketing money that was to buy equipment for a failed beef plant in Yalobusha County has been rescheduled for June 23.