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Never Too Late to Create: Beginner’s watercolor class at SCHC
VICKSBURG, MS. – The Southern Cultural Heritage Center presents “Never Too Late to Create,” a beginner’s watercolor class with Karen Biedenharn on September 17, at 5:30 p.m. The class will be held in the SCHC Academy building. The fee for Never Too Late to Create is...
HS Football Preview: Holmes County
Holmes County Central football has gotten better every season since Marcus Rogers started as head coach in 2018. The Jags went 12-1 last year, but lost to West Point in the playoffs for the third time in four years. This year, the team says it is playing for something bigger in honor of their teammate […]
Here are the perks of Lane Kiffin's Ole Miss football contract, including private air travel
OXFORD ― Lane Kiffin's contract with the Ole Miss Athletic Foundation entitles the Rebels' football coach to use private air transportation for recruiting activities, according to documents obtained by the Clarion Ledger. The contract does not set a limit on Kiffin's usage of private air transportation for recruiting purposes. According to the same contract, the OMAF is also obligated to offer Kiffin, who is scheduled to earn $8.85 million in base pay this year, up to...
Mississippi State football coach Jeff Lebby not flashy, but if offense is, he can be a winner
STARKVILLE — Jeff Lebby is nine months into being the Mississippi State football coach, and fans are beginning to learn about him just as much as he is learning about the community. He's a first-time head football coach, an ascended offensive wizard that legendary Alabama coach Nick Saban even tried to hire at one point. He's no Lane Kiffin on social media and has a very business-like approach at the press conference podium where the 40-year-old almost always...
First Alert Forecast: Daily rain chances return
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Today: Showers return later this afternoon along with increasing humidity. Feel-like temperatures are expected to reach triple digits as our actual air temperatures reach the mid 90s. Showers will begin to develop after the lunch hour and continue through the early evening before fizzling out later tonight. Not everyone will see the rain, but it will be welcomed as we haven’t seen much rain for the month of August. Partly cloudy skies continue throughout the overnight hours with lows in the mid 70s.
Biloxi firefighters battle house fire in Woolmarket
Biloxi Fire Department responded to a house fire on Shorecrest Road on Tuesday night. The call went out about 11 p.m. When crews arrived, the flames already were through the roof of the home. Chief Nicolaus Geiser said three engines, a ladder truck and about 20 firefighters responded. Firefighters were...
Mississippi wildlife officer and K-9 receive medal for finding 3 missing children
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks has awarded its medal of valor to an officer and one of its law enforcement dogs for finding three missing children. The department said Wednesday that it gave the award last week to Cpl. Bradley Starling and...
Excitement building for upcoming Amtrak stop in Gulfport
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - Senator Roger Wicker, Mayor Billy Hewes, and business owners in Gulfport gathered at Pop Brothers on Tuesday to talk about their excitement for the return of the Amtrak services. One of the four Mississippi stops is in downtown Gulfport. Mayor Hewes says that’s big because tourism...
Two teens injured after being hit by police car, Bay St. Louis chief says
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (WLOX) - Two teenagers were hit by a Bay St. Louis Police car while it was patrolling early Wednesday morning, according to Bay St. Louis Police Chief Toby Schwartz. Chief Schwartz says before 1 a.m., a Bay St. Louis officer was conducting a routine patrol area...
Fence Post Caps Made to Order
When Sawmill Landing Park is finally opened this fall, there will be lots to learn about the natural and cultural heritage of this piece of land that was central to the late 18th and early 19th century lumber and shipbuilding industry of Moss Point and coastal Mississippi. But among the interpretive signs that tell those stories there will be one that speaks to the present day and the young people that helped build this park.
WCU hosts opening convocation for new academic year
PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - William Carey University President Ben Burnett addressed students, faculty and staff during an opening convocation Wednesday morning at Thomas Fine Arts Auditorium. Burnett talked about student growth at the university, introduced new faculty members and presented the theme for the 2024-2025 academic year. This year’s...
Countdown to Kickoff: Hancock Hawks
KILN, Miss. (WLOX) - Heading into the 2024 season, Hancock head coach Neil Lollar enters his eighth year at the helm of the Hawks. With five returners on offense and eight on defense this season, he says he’s looking forward to keeping the momentum that landed them in the playoffs last year.
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