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 […]

I started writing for ourmshome.com a little over a year ago. And at that time, I was asked to contribute…

It’ll seem like old home week for Region 8-6A as a prep basketball revival unfolds Saturday afternoon at Marvin White Coliseum on the campus of Pearl River Community College. Four premiere Harrison County squads, three girls and one boys, will converge in Poplarville for the Class 6A South State quarterfinals. This round of the state […]

Whenever I meet someone who asks me where I’m from, I always say “Pascagoula, Mississippi,” though that’s not entirely true.…

My most memorable aviation trip though was the Mississippi Gulf Coast Honor Flight I went on in September 2011. We left at 5 a.m. from the Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport with a plane full of Gulf Coast veterans and community members headed to Washington, D.C.

University of Southern Mississippi head baseball coach Scott Berry saw fit to sign five student/athletes with ties to the Southern Six” to scholarships in the off-season, and the trio that still are in the midst of their prep careers seem intent on making Berry look good. T.J. Dunsford, the reigning 5A Mississippi Player of the […]

Zachariah Smith is a husband, father of three, and a Bill’s Burger employee in Amory, MS. Smith is also a…

In a battle between a pair of early-season unbeaten teams in Class 5A in the “Southern Six”, visiting Vancleave knocked off Real River Central Tuesday night 5-1 in Carriere. The win moved the Bulldogs to a solid 3-0 on the young campaign, while the loss left the Blue Devils with a 3-1 mark. The match-up […]

Moore’s Farms LLC was established in 1984 by Moses L. Moore. Since then, the farm has continued to grow and…

By HUNTER DAWKINS The GAZEBO GAZETTE PASS CHRISTIAN — Pass Christian Head Football Coach Chase Carmody officially resigned from his position recently. Carmody was hired in 2020 as the head coach leaving his former job as the defensive coordinator of Pearl High School. In his three seasons of coaching, the Pirates have a record of […]

“The Starting 5 in the Southern 6” It’s Week eight of our “Starting 5 in the Southern 6” presented by 228 Sports.com in which each week throughout the rest of the prep basketball season we will highlight five individual performances from the following week as well as five upcoming games that week in our area […]

Do you have too many beads after all the Mardi Gras festivities? What should you do with your excessive stash?…

In real life, Matthew Bounds is just a normal guy working a full-time job with a ton of unfinished home…