Sadie Pohl, a junior at Bay High School, has been accepted into the Summer Leadership Institute for High School Students. The program is a partnership between the University of Mississippi’s Lott Leadership Institute and the Division of Outreach’s Summer College for High School Students.

“I’m so delighted I’m going to be 100-years-old,” Nelwyn Ducomb of Hancock County said of her upcoming April 10 milestone.

Students at Holy Trinity Catholic School in Bay St. Louis collected more than 1,610 bags of beans for the March of the Mayors food drive.

A few times a year, the iconic Second Saturday Art Walk event in Old Town Bay St. Louis adopts a theme. The “SOUPer Mudfest Second Saturday Art walk” - one of the most popular events of the year in Bay St. Louis - will take place March 13, rain or shine.

Hancock Youth for Positive Efforts (HYPE) on Saturday helped spruce up and add its own colorful touch to Ruth’s Roots Community Garden in Bay St. Louis.

Editor’s Note: Maurice Singleton is a veteran

The Hancock County branch of the NAACP on Monday unveiled the first of three new murals at Martin Luther King Park in Bay St. Louis. 

Last week, the residents of Pearlington celebrated the opening of the Pearlington Walking Trail.

Last month, Hurricane Zeta’s winds whipped through Hancock County, leaving downed trees, downed power lines, and shingles in its path.

The Rotary Club of Bay St. Louis on Wednesday donated four checks to local non-profit organizations. 

This Saturday, Oct. 24, Retrofit, the Hancock County NAACP, and the Waveland Helping Hands Community Organization are joining the non-profit Constance Cares for Cancer to sponsor a car parade for cancer awareness.

Michael has truly been a blessing to me,” Elaine Parker of Bay St. Louis said. “He does it from his heart. Love is an action word. And if you don’t show it, it is in vain. People throw that word around so easily.” 

On Sept. 19, several families drove through the Pass Christian Library’s Drive By Children’s Reading Program, “We Are All Ears,” to say hello to the Visiting Pet Teams of South Mississippi, including Bobby the Pug and Heather Deaton of Diamondhead. 

The elders on Dunbar Village in Bay Louis on Monday celebrated the observance of the International Day of Peace by “Taking it back to Woodstock.” 

Bob McGraw’s first piece of public artwork is now on display at Ruth’s Roots community garden and also honors the victims of Hurricane Laura, which made landfall on Aug. 26 in Louisiana. 

The rain on Independence Day may have thinned out the crowd a bit, but it didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of a group of local women who marched on Coleman Avenue In Waveland to commemorate a century of women earning the right to vote.

Last Wednesday, Helen Mestayer celebrated her 97th birthday with an unexpected surprise. 

The Hancock County NAACP on Saturday hosted the annual Juneteenth celebration at Martin Luther King Park in Waveland.

Congressman Steven Palazzo (MS-4) on Thursday announced Taylor Wypyski of Our Lady Academy as the winner of the 2020 Congressional Art Competition for Mississippi's Fourth Congressional District. Wypyski's mixed media art will hang in the United States Capitol for a year alongside other winn…

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Ruth’s Roots community garden on Friday received a special delivery, a new butterfly house. 

Searching the USA for new examples of a specific art form is not only an educational adventure, but an exciting one as well. This exploration discoversPastel, an art medium in the form of a stick, consisting of pure powdered

On Friday, Holy Trinity Catholic School hosted its annual Mardi Gras parade. In addition to parading through the streets of downtown Bay St. Louis, the members from the Krewe of Nereids 2020 royal court also paid a visit to the school and toasted the school’s own royalty. This year’s court i…

Hancock County Relay for Life on Friday kicked off this year's events at the Hollywood Casino with its second annual Dancing with the Stars. 

The seniors citizens at Memorial Woodland Village Nursing Center in Diamondhead on Tuesday received an early Christmas surprise. 

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"No resting place should be in such a shape, and the people buried there deserve to be honored," Vanessa Mitchell Polk said about Spring Branch Church Cemetery. 

Habitat for Humanity has announced the opportunity to win a designer she-shed. Profits benefit seniors and Veterans in the Hancock County Community.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Bay St. Louis. It’s the intent of some downtown locals to make sure that each year, the city becomes more and more welcoming and decked out in holiday cheer, encouraging locals and visitors to shop, eat, and stay here as part of their annual tra…

Attorney Marcie Fyke Baria of Bay St. Louis recently became chair of the Board of Bar Admissions. Attorney Pieter Teeuwissen of Jackson was selected by the Board as vice-chairman. The Board of Bar Admissions elected officers on Nov. 15 at its meeting in Jackson. Attorney Jeffery A. Styres of…