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Light freeze possible Monday and Tuesday nights
By Skip Rigney December is the first month of meteorological winter, and it looks like it will get off to an appropriately cold start in ... Read more
Religion Column — For He is our peace
By Fr. Jonathan Filkins So, it begins. With expanded waistlines, we begin to stalk the various perceived holiday deals which tickle our fancies and cannot ... Read more
Religion Column – Let us keep the feast
By Fr. Jonathan Filkins It seems particularly appropriate to talk about food at this time of the year. Next Thursday being Thanksgiving Day, we are ... Read more
Cooler air on the way, but no freezes
By Skip Rigney The weather the last couple of days has been beautiful. Blue skies, low humidities, and daytime temperatures mostly in the 70s can ... Read more
Religion Column — The Covid-19 Christian
By Fr. Jonathan Filkins Unless we have lived under a rock for the past several months, few of us have not been impacted by the ... Read more
Arrest reports collected from the Pearl River County Sheriff’s Department on Nov. 13, 2020
Cayenne Louise Neal, 28, homeless; arrested Oct. 26, for two counts of possession of a controlled substance. William Jonathan Wayman, 34, 295 Slade Woodward Rd., ... Read more
Tropics still active as warm weather persists
By Skip Rigney Our weather will be on the warm side of normal during most of the second week of November. If the temperatures aren’t ... Read more
A nurse practitioner’s voice on medical marijuana, Tuesday’s vote
By Betty Jo Alexander On November 3rd, we will have the opportunity to vote to help thousands of sick patients across the state, including many ... Read more
Zeta was first hurricane to hit Pearl River County in October
By Skip Rigney Zeta became the first hurricane to ever move directly through Pearl River County during the month of October when the storm roared ... Read more
Warmth continues here as record cold invades U.S.
By Skip Rigney Record-breaking cold is forecast to overspread the western two-thirds of the United States over the next few days but will not have ... Read more