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Singing River Electric recently awarded a $2,470 Neighbors Helping Neighbors (NHN) Community Grant to the Jackson County Technology Center. The grant funds purchased a solar bundle kit with solar panels, battery charger and seven starting batteries.

Courtney Poole and Casey Marie Floyd, two volunteers on the beautification committee at Resurrection Catholic Elementary School, decided that the bathrooms at the school needed some extra love and beautification, so after viewing ideas on Pinterest, they were inspired and pitched their idea to Principal Frederic who happily agreed. And then the fun began.

If you’ve seen the brightly colored Y on the Fly van on the roads, it’s full of equipment, staff and volunteers taking games and activities to children.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s registered nursing program has been ranked as the best community college program in Mississippi

Three sixth graders from Resurrection Catholic Elementary School wanted to do something nice for someone in the community and found a very worthy recipient — baby Brooklyn, a two-year-old child from Gautier who was diagnosed with DIPG, an inoperable brain tumor.

With a goal of constructing a new building to provide the more than 1,700 student veterans, service members and their families with a home of their own on The University of Southern Mississippi’s Hattiesburg campus that is commensurate with the honor of which they are so deserving, the USM Foundation announces a $2.4 million fundraising initiative to make the facility a reality.

Sirena Cantrell wants University of Southern Mississippi (USM) students to use their education to succeed personally, professionally and in service to their communities – and support their alma mater by sharing their example of success with those who follow them

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College has been recognized as a 2019 Great College to Work For®. This year, 236 institutions participated in the survey, with 85 institutions recognized. Of those, 25 were two-year institutions.

Chevron U.S.A. Inc. announced the launch of its 2019 Fuel Your School program on the Mississippi Gulf Coast with a special delivery of hands-on science experiment kits to West Hancock County Elementary in Hancock County on Sept. 30.

Field trips are not just for children in traditional school settings, especially when the outing has so much educational value.

One of six senior maids will be crowned Gautier High School Homecoming Queen during pre-game ceremonies 6:25 p.m., Friday, Sept. 27, as the Gautier Gators take on the Long Beach Bearcats in football action.

One of seven seniors maids will be crowned Pascagoula High School Homecoming Queen during pre-game ceremonies, Friday, Sept. 27, as the Panthers take on the Pearl River Central Blue Devils.

With colored chalk in hand, Singing River Academy fifth graders spent Wednesday, Sept. 18, writing positive messages of encouragement and inspiration on the sidewalks surrounding their school.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Jefferson Davis Food Pantry and Professional Closet on Tuesday, Sept. 17, in front of the food pantry, located in the Eula Switzer Allied Health Building. The pantry and closet will provide food and other items to students in need, along with professional attire they may need for interviews, academic competitions and other events.

MSU President Mark E. Keenum and MGCCC President Mary S. Graham announced Sept. 5 that a joint industrial engineering program will be added to the electrical and mechanical engineering majors already available at Gulf Coast’s Jackson County Campus in Gautier.

Morgan Rich, a student at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Jackson County Campus, is one of 10 students in the nation selected to receive a Pearson Scholarship for Higher Education, a $5,000 award.