There’s yet another big week of prep baseball action on tap this week as early season action continues to unfold on the diamonds across the “Southern Six” while a half-dozen gold balls will be presented in Jackson over the weekend to wrap up yet another basketball season. One of the bigger match-ups to follow this […]

 “We had joy. We had fun. We had seasons in the sun…” Certain stanzas of that old 1970s song came to mind recently as the last printed edition of The Mississippi Press rolled off the press.

The Picayune boys return to The Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson for the second straight season Tuesday night with a trip to the Class 5A state championship game on the line. The Maroon Tide, under the direction of head coach Eric Vianney, face perennial state power Jackson Provine in the nightcap of a four-game slate at […]

have been a correspondent for 20 years. I wrote for The Mississippi Press from 2003-2015. After writing for another forum for about three years, I joined the Our Mississippi Home family in 2018.

Sculptor Thomas Jay Warren has spent the balance of his career casting striking images of historical figures that captivate the…

The 2023 live music series presented by Grand Magnolia Music kicks off Friday, March 3rd with the legendary classic country…

This is the Mississippi Press. We are a COAST paper and our coverage don’t stop at the bridge – maybe, ok, fine, sometimes. We are the voice of this corner of Mississippi. This is the big time.

While The Mississippi Press was a small paper in size, it left a big impact on the community.

I was never supposed to spend a single moment typing away on the bizarrely Soviet-looking “One System” computers in The Mississippi Press newsroom.

The Biloxi boys enjoyed one of the most successful prep basketball seasons in the state of Mississippi this season. But that campaign came to a crashing conclusion on the playing floor in Poplarville Saturday night. Northwest Rankin put up an outstanding defensive effort and upset the Indians 57-44 in the Class 6A South State quarterfinals […]

Region 8-6A was considered by many as the toughest girls’ league in the state of Mississippi this season in prep basketball. And for good reason. Because half of the four teams in that region will be the only representatives from South Mississippi in the overall Class 6A Final Four at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson. […]

Five decades ago, a dozen ladies sparked a flame still carried by Torchlighters.

And now that The Mississippi Press will be printed no more, there is a sadness. But these people who I worked with, day in and day out? They WERE my family; they ARE my family; and will FOREVER be my family. And that sense of family, however weird and quirky we all are, is something that no one can ever take away from me.  

On Jan. 3, 2000, I had the honor of becoming a reporter for my hometown newspaper, The Mississippi Press, and I cherish the many friends and memories I had there for more than nine years.

Picayune is apparently not only the best boys’ hoops squad in Pearl River County but Jones County as well. The Maroon Tide punched their ticket to the Class 5A state championship and earned a trip to the Big House in Jackson with a 62-42 win over West Jones Friday night in the quarterfinal round at […]

By Bruce Thornton 228Sports Contributing Writer The 2nd week of the 2023 softball season wraps up this weekend as local community colleges in the area host multi-day tournaments. Pearl River Community College and Jones County Junior College hosted events with local teams participating over the Mardi Gras break. Gulfport High also hosted an all-day event […]