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Since retiring from the Ocean Springs School District, Dr. Robert E. Hirsch has become a best-selling author of six historical…

When Dr. Robert E. Hirsch landed his first teaching job at a Catholic school, he was a wide-eyed, hippy dreamer.…

Chef and restaurateur Austin Sumrall can now add Food Network champion and $15,000’s worth of bragging rights to his list…

Renowned and prevalent retired Superintendent Dr. Robert E. Hirsch is well-known for his eclectic sense of humor and jovial nature,…

Great teachers set out each day to shape the next generation of leaders by inspiring and taking their students on…

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

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

Teaching is a complex art form and when you add a little musical nurturing, it can be a supportive pillar…

Whether it’s raising kids in his blended family with his wife, building any kind of structure from wood, or writing…

A community effort is underway to make sure everyone at Gautier High School who wants a dress for the upcoming…

Ms. Undra Cox-Varnado is one of my daughter’s first grade teachers at Woodley Elementary School in Hattiesburg. Cox-Varnado, who teaches…

Carl the Downtown Rooster is still stealing people’s hearts in Ocean Springs,The Magnolia State, and beyond in a new children’s…

If you live anywhere in the Magnolia State, chances are you know, or have at least met, Ray Bellande. He…

Meet Janne Swearengen, a 77-year-old author from Madison, Mississippi, who wrote and published her first book at 75 years old.…

Look out world, here comes Jimmy Chilimigras, a 15-year-old from Bay St. Louis who already holds two accounting degrees and…

I met John Thames years ago, as my now-husband was coaching football with him at Oak Grove Middle School. From…