University of Southern Mississippi News

William Landrum of Hattiesburg is earning his stripes as a soldier in the Mississippi Army National Guard and cadet in the University of Southern Mississippi's U.S. Army Reserve Officers' Training Corp. A sophomore criminal justice major at Southern Miss, Landrum was recently named the State Guard's Soldier of the Year after besting the ... (more)

There was the guy with the shamrock-green hair and mustache, passing by a younger gent proudly styling a grass skirt in Emerald Isle hues.

A couple with ties to the Hattiesburg area and the four children they adopted amid the violence in Ukraine safely reunited Friday in Atlanta's main airport.

Teachers and administrators face losing their jobs if their schools fail, but the state's 141 operating school boards that have a hand in student achievement and control billions in taxpayer money are rarely held accountable.

Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding division announces Mike Lipski as the company's vice president of business development, effective April 1. He will be responsible for coordinating team efforts for new contracts and managing all business development activities.

Pass Christian Mayor Leo "Chipper" McDermott will be named 2014 ambassador of Goodwill Industries of South Mississippi and Mississippi Goodworks in recognition of his outstanding work in the Gulf Coast community.

It's the smell of leather bindings and crisp pages worn soft by readers' hands, of glue gone brittle with time and ink rusting away its paper.

University of Southern Mississippi officials believe when major upgrades are completed popular Lake Byron, the landmark will be more accessible and more attractive than at any time during its 80-year history.

The whereabouts of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 could be, a Mississippi expert in charting and mapping large bodies of water says, the most mind-boggling disappearance of a plane since the ill-fated 1937 flight of Amelia Earhart.

The University of Southern Mississippi School of Mass Communication and Journalism is accepting applications for a multimedia journalism workshop June 15-22 on the university's Hattiesburg campus.

Long Beach - The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Library commemorates Women's History Month throughout the month of March with an exhibit honoring Mississippi women of achievement.

University of West Florida Provost Martha Saunders, the last of three finalists for the job of president of the College of Charleston, addressed and responded to questions from faculty members today in Randolph Hall.

Jackson - The University of Southern Mississippi Institute for Disability Studies will hold a homeownership application fair on from 3-6 p.m. on Tuesday, March.

The University of Southern Mississippi radio station got a taste of the big apple after placing first in a national broadcasting competition in New York City.

Dr. Michael R. McMullan has returned to the University of Mississippi Medical Center to direct a program offering specialized care to adults with hereditary heart disease.

Stephanie McCracken, a junior at the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast, has moved a significant step closer to becoming the school's fourth winner of the prestigious Truman Scholarship.

Circuit Court Judge Bob Helfrich sentenced 23-year-old Adrel Ryan Tutwiler on Wednesday to 20 years in prison with two years suspended.

If there's one thing that Raul Munguia wants the community to know about tonight's performance of the Southeast Kansas Symphony, it's this: don't expect it to be boring.

Belinda Green, co-owner of Gibson Electric Motors, talks with a guest at the Industrial Trade Show at the Jackson County Civic Center in Pascagoula in 2013.

Saunders , Encarnation, Card, and McConnell were announced to have been on the CofC Board of Trustees' short list Of the three remaining candidates for CofC president, Martha D. Saunders brings the most experience in the world of - you know - education.