The Area 17 Special Olympic Spring Games will be held Thursday, March 28th, at Jones College in Ellisville, MS. Registration for athletes begins at 8 a.m., and opening ceremonies begin at 9:00 a.m. at JC’s Bobcat Stadium/Sim Cooley Field. Athletes from Jones, Wayne, Jasper, Smith, and Covi…
West Jones students Carter Townsend and Jameson Rayner recently won the Student Angler Federation MS State Bass Fishing Tournament on Ross Barnett. Not only did it qualify them to go to Lake Hartwell South Carolina in June to fish in the National Championship and possibly qualify for the wor…
ELLISVILLE – In the Jones College Winterguard’s second year of existence, they are beginning the season on solid footing by winning “Bronze” or third place at the WGI Huntsville show in the Independent “A” classification, the last weekend of February. This was the team’s first regional compe…
ELLISVILLE – Southern District Transportation Commissioner, Charles Busby hand delivered a check to Jones College President, Dr. Jesse Smith and Assistant to the President for Facilities Management, Michael Bradshaw to begin a sixth project using the federal Transportation Alternative Progra…
ELLISVILLE - Jones College’s Math department along with the Mississippi Council of Teachers of Mathematics recently sponsored the district level MCTM Math Contest for Jr. High School students. Twenty-eight students from seven Pine Belt area schools spent the morning working out various math …
Laurel Mayor Johnny Magee signed a proclamation to recognize Girl Scout Week on March 11th. Troop leader Matika Wilson expounded on the significance this week holds for the Girl Scouts.
South Central Regional Medical Center held a press conference on March 5th announcing a new partnership with William Carey University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine to launch a Hubsite at SCRMC.
Laurel Mayor Johnny Magee signed a proclamation on March 5th in honor of Intellectual Disabilities Month and presented it to supporters from organizations such as The Arc of the Pine Belt Region, Southern Civitan, and the Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services.
The Jones County Chamber of Commerce held its fourth annual Leadership Forum on Thursday, February 29th at Life Church in Laurel featuring author, content creator, and influencer of LandonTalks, Jones County native Landon Bryant who spoke on leading with consistency and authenticity.
The Laurel City Council this week addressed several properties matters during its meeting at Laurel City Hall.
ELLISVILLE –Jones College’s Clarke County Center in Stonewall has added two new workforce programs this spring to its already growing number of programs offered to the region. Area health care clinics and hospitals have asked Clarke County Center Dean Reggie Richardson to offer the healthcar…
Hattiesburg, MS – Spring is springing out all over at the Hattiesburg Zoo, and the animals and staff are ready to welcome back guests with regular days and hours of operation which are Tuesdays through Sundays from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Hattiesburg, MS - An incredible night of music and fun is headed to the Saenger Theatre in Hattiesburg on Monday evening, May 6. Country music legend Ronnie McDowell and members of the Coral Reefer Band will headline a celebration of Mississippi born artists, here in the birthplace of “Amer…
Hattiesburg, MS - The Hattiesburg Pocket Museum Alley has a new installation, Hattiesburg’s Rainbow Bridge. “Our Rainbow Bridge is a place to honor and recognize our four-legged family members,” said Rick Taylor, Executive Director of the Hattiesburg Convention Commission, which oversees an…
Carey Dinner Theatre’s 50th anniversary season opens in July – and the first step in this long tradition is choosing performers, backstage designers/technicians, and front-of-house workers.
ELLISVILLE – This year’s Spring Recital Series will fill the air with a variety of music for four weeks in March and April on the Jones College campus. The musical “feast,” featuring musicians from the region and music from around the world and composed centuries ago, can be heard on Fridays…
Local event planner, Jennifer Clark, owner of Emerge Events, is bringing the Pine Belt Women’s Expo back to Downtown Hattiesburg, where it started back in 2011!
ELLISVILLE – Jones College’s community-wide spring blood drive was a big success. Eighty-one units of blood was collected over two days, Monday, February 26, and on Tuesday, February 27. Students like Petal’s James Leggett gave for the first time while sophomore David Garner of Mize said he …
After going three-for-three Saturday, neither the Bay Springs boys and girls nor the Heidelberg Lady Oilers could make their way to Friday’s State Championship contests, however, all three went down fighting much like they played throughout the 2023-2024 season,
As part of Black History Month, Laurel Mayor Johnny Magee signed a proclamation on Monday, February 26th to recognize two EMS professionals, Ernest Hollingsworth and Thomas R. Hosey, for their dedicated service.
The City of Laurel held a press conference on Friday, February 23rd to announce funding for Phase 2 of the Central Avenue Roadway Improvement Project in downtown Laurel. Mayor Johnny Magee began by expressing appreciation for the partnership between the City of Laurel and the Mississippi Dep…
More than 150 elementary students gathered at William Carey University on Feb. 9 for the annual Young Authors Celebration.
At the same time the 40 acre burn off Barnes Road was blazing, Moselle, Southwest and South Jones battled an approximately 30 acre woods fire off Ben Thompson Road. The Forestry Commission also assisted with this fire. All in all, there were more than 10 woods/brush fires on February 25th, m…
At 1:52 pm on February 25th, Soso received a call for assistance at 72 Barnes Drive for a woods fire. On arrival, the first firefighters at the scene found an extremely large woods fire with multiple structures in danger. The fire spanned an area from 72 Barnes Drive to north at Shady Schoo…
A sea of blue took over Holmes Community College’s bleachers where Bay Springs and Heidelberg crashed their opponents’ dreams of going to the Big House, with the nightcap ending in an emotional thriller.
William Carey University has made a home on the Mississippi Gulf Coast for almost 50 years. It all began in 1976, when Carey purchased the former Gulf Coast Military Academy property in Gulfport. Known as “Carey on the Coast,” the lovely 20-acre beachfront campus was devastated by Hurricane …
ELLISVILLE – The first musical theater production held in Jones College’s newly remodeled M.P. Bush Auditorium will be the iconic Broadway hit and movie, “Grease” on Friday, April 5 & 6, at 7 p.m., with a Sunday April 7, matinee at 2 p.m. Jones College students who performed in the produ…
With roughly 2,500 locations nationwide, Planet Fitness celebrated the opening of its brand-new location in downtown Laurel on Wednesday, February 21st. Mayor Johnny Magee welcomed the new business to the city.
Laurel Mayor Johnny Magee signed a proclamation at City Hall on Wednesday, February 21st declaring the following two weeks as Tuna Season for the City of Laurel in their participation in the March of Mayors food drive event hosted by Extra Table.
ELLISVILLE – During a recent episode of HGTV’s Home Town, featuring the renovation of Jones College’s Old President’s House on the Ellisville campus by two of JC’s famous alumni, Ben and Erin Napier of Laurel, Jones College President, Dr. Jesse Smith announced a new program to be named in th…
While the Y was founded in 1914, our building was not complete here in Downtown Laurel until 1924!
ELLISVILLE - Twelve of the thirteen Jones College students that competed in the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) State competition in Senatobia, Mississippi, came home winners. They all placed first or second in their competitive events, qualifying them for national competition in J…
Pictured left to right are Cathy Corley Padgett and Joanna Corley Burt, owners of Corley and Co. On Wednesday, February 14th, at the regular monthly meeting of Northwood Garden Club, the pair presented a program focusing on the use of plants and natural materials from your own yard in order…
Scholarship opportunities available to all participants
Laurel, Miss---Howard Johnson Properties HoJoPro is pleased to announce that in January 2024, Richard Green became the firm’s Managing Broker. Joe Johnson, son of firm founder, Howard Johnson, makes the announcement saying, “Richard joined our firm in 2021 and has shown the capabilities and…
JACKSON, MS – MDWFP’s Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (MMNS) is gearing up for an unforgettable Spring Break filled with scientific wonders, outdoor adventures, and artistic flair! Families, art and nature enthusiasts, teachers, and Scouts are invited to dive into a celebration of curi…
ELLISVILLE – Jones College’s community-wide spring blood drive will be held on Monday, February 26, at the Industrial Services Center Building parking lot and the Allied Health Center’s parking lot from 8:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. The Blood Mobile Units will also be available for donations on…
Keys2Wellness celebrated the opening of its new location with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on February 14th. Owned by DNP Felicia Keys, the business was launched out of a heart to share with others what helped her overcome her health struggles. She shared more about her story:
ELLISVILLE, MISS – Ellisville State School (ESS) and the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) School of Humanities are partnering together for the ESS Cemetery Preservation Project (CPP).
Laurel, Miss – Laurel Main Street is taking it to the streets for downtown Laurel’s only 3 on 3 basketball tournament – First State Bank Laurel Leap! Sponsored by First State Bank, this community event takes place March 2nd from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. in downtown Laurel. Laurel Leap is free for spe…
For Stringer head coach Mason Grissom, he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the Red Devil bats come alive in the final two innings of a bi…