When Pascagoula High School Principal Dr. Caterria Payton was a child, she discovered who she wanted to grow up and…

(Editors note: This story was inadvertently omitted from publication late last week. Some of these results are not updated. We apologize for the delay.) South Mississippi will be well represented in the South State Softball Semifinals which get underway (last) Thursday night. Division 8-5A leads the way with 3 teams still alive while 8-6A has […]

The rubber match between Stone High and perennial state baseball power Purvis takes place on the baseball diamond this week as the Class 4A South State semifinals get underway. The Tomcats host the Tornadoes Tuesday night to open the best of three series Tuesday night at Kevin Conard Field. This marks the third straight season […]

The Class 5A South State semifinal round has a definitive “Southern Six” flavor to it this season. Three of the four remaining teams alive are from the six most southern counties in the state, as East Central faces Picayune and Vancleave meets West Jones. The next round of play starts Tuesday night with games in […]

GULFPORT — For the first time in five years, Gulfport is headed to the Class 6A South State semifinals on the baseball diamond. The Admirals slipped past visiting Warren Central 10-9 in a wild and wooly affair Monday night at Herbert Wilson Field to clinch a two-game sweep in the second-round series and move on. […]

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A total of six squads in Class 6A in th “Southern Six” began the Class 6A South State playoffs almost two weeks ago. And as of today, only one is left still standing. The Gulfport Admirals host Warren Central in game two of their best-of-three series’ Monday nighta t herbert Wilson Field. Veteran head coach […]

The pair of Catholic high schools left alive in the “Southern Six” advanced to the South State semifinals in their respective classifications in fine fashion with some solid individual performances last week. In Class 1A, defending state champion Resurrection moved on after sweeping Sebastapol in two straight games as the Eagles under the direction of […]

When Louise Smith graduated from Pascagoula High School, she had a lot of plans and not one of them included…

We all learned about the power of plants in elementary school when we studied photosynthesis. The word itself points out…

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Summer is almost here! Take a look at all of the events happening at your local JGRLS library and mark your calendars. There is something for everyone! Visiting the library is a great way to beat the summer heat, while also enjoying fun, creative and educational activities.

The two remaining teams from Region 7-6A alive in the Class 6A South State playoffs didn’t fare well Tuesday night in the opening game of the second round of play. Home-standing D’Iberville, the region champs, fell to visiting Petal 7-3 to begin that series while second-seed Ocean Springs dropped a heart-breaking 5-4 loss on the […]

After sweeping all eight games in the opening round of the Class 4A South State playoffs, the quartet of Region 8-4A squads didn’t fare quite as well as the seond round began Tuesday night. Stone beat Mendenhall 10-4, while Pass Christian fell to Newton County 5-3 and Greene County lost by the same count to […]

Gulfport went on the road to Vicksburg Tuesday night to open the second round of the Class 6A South State playoffs and stunned home-standing Warren Central by handing the Vikings a 3-1 loss. Unfortunately, the Admirals’ longtime arch-rival Biloxi suffered the same type of predicament as visiting Northwest Rankin came in and shout down the […]