Monticello News

Q: Dear Jack, what is the cost per student in a public vs. private school. For example, take Madison High in Madison for the public school and Jackson Prep for the private school.

Editor's Note: This is the second of a series of stories about the Lawrence County and Laurel school districts' Safe School/Healthy Students project.

The first meeting of the new year for the Hattiesburg Area Daylily Society will be Sept.

When P.W. 'Primus' Watson, then 25, came to Camp Shelby on March 8, 1946, in order to be discharged from the U.S. Army, he missed the last bus to his home in Monticello .

A woman charged for using excessive force while placing a vulnerable adult on a mechanical lift admitted to the crime, according to Attorney General Jim Hood Thursday.

Nathan and Bonnie McGee of Denham Springs, LA, announce the engagement of their daughter, Candace Ruth Robbins, to Brandon Joseph Pitts, son of Bert and Phyllis Pitts of Oak Grove.

Will Pace, owner of Circle Seven, folds shirts at the new clothing store in Madison.

When Kimberly Smith-Russ was growing up, the parental admonition to "sit up straight" and "don't eat with your hands" wasn't an idle command, it was the family mantra.

The ballroom at the Lake Terrace Convention Center was packed with long rows of tables filled with rainbows.

Forty-five dollar ticket to the show at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum, $3 fee and a two-hour wait in traffic just to park, $2 bottle of water due to the half mile jog from your parking spot, missing the first 15-30 minutes of the show due to the inadequate parking/traffic planning .