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Biloxi Shuckers Corporate Partnerships Coordinator Stephanie Chapman has been awarded the Women in Baseball Leadership Scholarship, one of four scholarship recipients among female executives in Minor League Baseball. Chapman was selected for the scholarship from a pool of female executives from various levels and leagues across Minor League Baseball. 

Toni and Roberto Zito, and their restaurant Cannella were an institution in Bay St Louis. It was an odd combination of Italian and German food, a combination I have never seen before, but they pulled it off beautifully.

Jamestown Metal is expanding in Pascagoula to accommodate new contracts with shipbuilder VT Halter Marine. The project is a $375,000 corporate investment and will create 100 full-time jobs.

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.

For the past 31 years, Pascagoula Pride has worked to beautify the city of Pascagoula. As part of these efforts, the group recognizes the beautification efforts of community members with monthly and annual awards. Annual awards were given last week out to a number of community locations that have made a commitment to beautifying their property.

The Kiwanis Club of Pascagoula installed officers for the 2019-2020 administrative year during the organization’s annual banquet at on Sept. 17, 2019.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected the Gulf – Caribbean Oceanographic Consortium, cooperatively led by The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) and the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON), to operate the third new oceanographic research ship to carry out regional scale research in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean.

During University Forum at Southern Miss, Samantha Fuentes spoke out about her experience with gun violence and answered questions from the audience.

Paul Overstreet will be inducted into the Hall of Fame at the 10th Annual Mississippi Songwriters Festival.

The University of Southern Mississippi’s online MBA program has been designated the state’s best in 2019 rankings by higher education…

Since Emily Shaffer turned 16 years old, she has worked two jobs and back-to-back 12-hour shifts to make ends meet. Up until recently, she thought that her future would be much of the same.

Coastal Mississippi goes back in time as its streets are inundated with classic and hot rod vehicles and the sounds of nostalgic music fills the air during the 23rd Annual Cruisin’ The Coast, Oct. 6-13.

The Dale Center for the Study of War & Society at the University of Southern Mississippi is pleased to announce that legendary journalist and war correspondent Dan Rather will deliver the 2019 Lt. Col. John H. Dale Sr. Distinguished Lecture in International Security and Global Policy on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, at 7 p.m.

Gautier’s Seth Borries becomes “Forged in Fire” champion with Napoleon’s Saber.

Incoming seniors Sarah Hults of Resurrection High School, Carly Jones of East Central High School, Madisyn Peterson of St. Martin High School, and Jeb Wells of Vancleave High School represented Singing River Electric at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s Youth Tour of Washington, D.C. on June 15-21.

The Jackson County Board of Supervisors announced this week that the County has become certified as an ACT® Work Ready Community. This national designation demonstrates the quality of the workforce in a community and uses real testing data to help close the skills gap and produce a workforce ready to meet the needs of current and future employers.