Picayune News

The Crosby Arboretum held its annual Heritage Festival this past weekend. Friday was set aside for children, while the events on Saturday were for the whole family.

The most recent listening session of two environmental agencies held in Picayune was heavily attended, but not by local residents.

The City of Picayune is considering its options for upgrading water infrastructure.

Residents of Pearl River and Hancock Counties should be prepared for the effects of what was Hurricane Ida, which at press time was classified as a tropical storm.

A federal grand jury this morning indicted former city technology chief Greg Meffert, his wife, Linda Meffert, and his former friend and business associate Mark St.

Federal and state environmental agency officials will tour the abandoned Wood Treating Inc.

Members of the Picayune Police Department's Senior Patrol have started looking for parking violations and are issuing warnings.

The Picayune Fall Street Fair kicked off on Saturday morning and will continue today until about 5 p.m. So you need to plan your day and hurry because it ends this afternoon.

In 1950, Clarence "Junior" Penton was working with his father at the Crosby mill in Picayune, and one day he told his dad he wanted to go join the Navy.

Ed Darling, a veteran editor and publisher at newspapers in Mississippi, Alabama and Oklahoma, has announced his retirement as publisher of the Mississippi Business Journal.

Law enforcement officers say they've arrested a gang leader wanted in a 2008 Christmas Day slaying in Mississippi.

Court sets Jan. 13 as date for Penton to enter plea The date for Pearl River County school superintendent Dennis E. Penton to enter a plea in connection with a misdemeanor charge of failure to report a crime on school property has been set in Justice Court on Wednesday, Jan.

When Tim Garrett arrived a little over a year ago to be the band director for Picayune Memorial High School, he didn't fully realize the obstacles he was facing.

The Picayune CityCouncil meets at 5 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 815 N. Beech St. Included on the agenda are: Consider the agenda.

A panel discussion of President Obama's first year in office will be held Nov. 12 at Tougaloo College.

A test call is planned on Thursday using a new communication system to ensure residents are ready to receive messages during future emergencies.

The burglary of a warehouse in Picayune led to the arrest of three suspects by the Pearl River County Sheriff's Department.

A Biloxi man has been charged with murder after police say an argument ended in gunfire.

Saying that incumbent Congressman Gene Taylor is a "closet liberal" and voted twice for Speaker of the House Nancy Polosi, 4th Congressional Republican candidate for Congress Joe Tegerdine kicked off his campaign this week on 15 whistle stops around the district, one of them in Picayune on Monday afternoon.

The 10-year lease of the Bertie Rouse building to the Greater Picayune Arts Council has been approved by the school board of the Picayune Municipal Separate School District, pending GPAC's approval of a modification in the lease's terms.