Browsing: Living

Step into Spring at The Jacskon-George Regional Library, where there is an event for every age and interest!

From art projects, to mystery meals, and even Pokemon go, the JGRL is a tremendous asset to the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

The American Cancer Society is hosting its third annual “Shuck Cancer” event. This party with a purpose will raise funds for local hospitals to use to provide lodging and transportation for cancer patients. 

Editors note: The majority of this story was written by longtime The Mississippi Press Lifestyles editor Susan Ruddiman and printed…

See you MS Press, thanks for laying the foundation and the memories!

 “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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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