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The myths and legends of a small town start as stories and are then regarded as history. Other times, stories are simply created when not enough history is known.  That is the case in the legendary home that overlooks Gurlie Bayou in Moss Point, a tributary of the Pascagoula River that leads into Krebs Lake. 

Mississippi State softball punched its first-ever ticket to the Women’s College World Series by pulling off a massive upset against powerhouse Oklahoma in the Norman Super Regional. After a loss in the second matchup, the unseeded Bulldogs rallied and won game three, shutting out the Sooners to end a near-decade-long streak of appearances in Oklahoma City. 

Long before backyard barbecues and red-white-and-blue sales, Memorial Day began in the silence after the war—a silence heavy with names unspoken and dreams unfinished.

Chevron is receiving international recognition after being named one of TIME magazine’s “10 Most Influential Energy Companies of 2026,” placing the company among a select group shaping the future of the global energy industry.

Some businesses begin with spreadsheets and business plans. Others begin with a feeling.

For Lindsay Caminita, James Gray Hat Co. started with a simple idea that arrived almost out of nowhere — a creative spark that felt fun, fresh, and completely different from anything else around her.

The 2026 Mississippi High School Baseball Championship tournament starts this week in Pearl, Mississippi, at Trustmark Park. The tournament will run from Tuesday, May 19, through Saturday, May 23, with four to five games slated each day, as needed in these “best 2 out of 3” matchups.

If you had asked Rowe Gillis in middle school what his high school experience would be like, he would never have imagined a long and winding medical journey.

There’s a moment that happens almost every day somewhere in Mississippi. A stranger holds the door open a little longer than expected. Someone waves from a two-lane backroad. A neighbor checks in after a storm, not because they have to, but because that’s simply what people around here do.

I come from a huge family of teachers. But I admit that I was a little shocked when our youngest son, Chris Lucius, decided to become a coach and a teacher.

An educational paradigm is that all male teachers are coaches, but in many cases, some male teachers remain in the classroom as an “academic” coach for the students sitting in the desks. In a predominantly women’s career, the impacts of male teachers during the formative years can have a profound impact on students–an impact that can shape their entire future.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup, hosted by the USA, Canada, and Mexico, has sparked immense interest, with more American sports fans becoming interested in soccer. And while Mississippi doesn’t have a professional soccer team, the Magnolia State does have several teams advancing to higher levels of play and making a name for our state.

Shani Dunn is a second-grade teacher at Eastlawn Elementary in Pascagoula. 

Any teacher that says summers off wasn’t a HUGE draw for becoming a teacher may not be telling the truth. It was for me.

Caring and nurturing are two traits that best describe Anna Raiola of Pascagoula whether it is working with foster families or rehabbing wildlife.

I first visited Ocean Springs with my mother in 2010. She accompanied me on a trip to New Orleans to check out some graduate schools, and we wandered down the coast and into the Walter Anderson Museum of Art. This was a very busy time of life for me, full of change and possibility. I don’t remember very much about that trip other than the Community Center murals, but I was caught up in the beginning of an unexpected turn. 

Retiring from education, for many, isn’t exactly leaving the field of education. It is simply a step into a new level of education.