Lifestyles
Picayune native crowned Miss University of Southern Mississippi
Kaelyn Wolfe has some lofty goals. In the short term, she wants to graduate from college. Then she wants to become Miss Mississippi. Then there’s ...
JoAnne Norton, Author at Picayune Item
News
Local power companies sending aid
(Update 10-7-16, 1 p.m.) Crews In Florida requesting aid from Coast Electric Power Association fortunately did not suffer the brunt of the storm, so aid ...
by JoAnne Norton, Friday, October 7, 2016 7:00 am
News
Poplarville to investigate modernizing city computer system
Poplarville’s city government will move its computers to the modern era, the Board of Aldermen decided Tuesday. City Clerk Jane O’Neal told the aldermen she ...
by JoAnne Norton, Wednesday, October 5, 2016 9:04 am
News
Accident in shopping center lot leaves driver hospitalized
A car crashed into three parked vehicles and a building Saturday afternoon at a shopping center just east of Walmart Supercenter, seriously injuring the driver. ...
by JoAnne Norton, Tuesday, October 4, 2016 7:00 am
Lifestyles
Painting the town pink all through October
From a gala party in Picayune to a football field in Hattiesburg, Saturday will prove that pink is truly a fall color. October is Breast ...
by JoAnne Norton, Saturday, October 1, 2016 7:00 am
Editorial
Fight breast cancer with campaigns and one on one
October is a time of bringing in the fall harvest, hitting the hunting grounds, carving pumpkins or trick-or-treating. For many women, it’s also a reminder ...
by JoAnne Norton, Saturday, October 1, 2016 7:00 am
News
Poplarville leads in county spending per student
Two of the three school districts in Pearl River County spend more than the $8,263 state average per student, statistics show. The Poplarville School District ...
by JoAnne Norton, Friday, September 30, 2016 10:03 am
Columns
Bells, whistles, horns and alarms: the art and science of ringtones
My husband has one of those jobs that, when things go wrong, no matter what time of day–or night, and it’s mostly night–he will get ...
by JoAnne Norton, Thursday, September 29, 2016 9:10 am
News
Being a voice: Resource officers urge students to speak up on bullying
The Voice, a new program by the Picayune Police Department in elementary and junior high schools, aims to reduce bullying by making students accountable to ...
by JoAnne Norton, Thursday, September 29, 2016 9:08 am
Lifestyles
Centenarian dances her way through the decades
Like all guests of honor, she was fashionably late Saturday night. When she arrived, she made a grand entrance, and as a band played hopping ...