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Lawn care takes hit from higher gasoline prices

wpmi.com     May 9, 2008    Send to a friend

With gas prices averaging around $3.56 a gallon, and predicted to reach $4 this summer, drivers aren't the only ones having a hard time keeping their tanks filled. ... HATTIESBURG, Miss. "I just got a bill from my lawn care gentleman, and he's adding a fuel surcharge,"...

Family pleads for help from the public

leadercall.com     May 9, 2008    Send to a friend

By Eloria Newell James, community@leadercall.com HATTIESBURG — Mother’s Day is Sunday and the daughter of a Wayne County woman is pleading to the public for help in finding her mother’s killer. Rena Wishum and her family conducted a press conference at the Mississippi...

Southern Miss preparing for graduation ceremonies

leadercall.com     May 7, 2008    Send to a friend

Photo/submitted (Steve Rouse, USM) Jamerrill McGilvery, a grounds crew foreman at the University of Southern Mississippi, sprays one of many flower beds at the university’s All-American Rose Garden on the Hattiesburg campus. Planted in 1973, the rose garden is a popular...

Orpha Lou Carson

thetowntalk.com     May 4, 2008    Send to a friend

Funeral services for Orpha Lou Carson will be held at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 4, 2008 in the chapel of Hixson Brothers, Alexandria with Dr. Lee Weems officiating. A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m., Monday, May 5, 2008 at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Ball. Orpha Lou Carson, 84, departed this...

Woman sentenced for terrorism hoax

kmtr.com     May 1, 2008    1 related    Send to a friend

A woman who did not want her nephew to travel from Eastern Oregon to a relative's home in Mississippi has been sentenced to five years probation for calling a Greyhound... ... HATTIESBURG, Miss. A woman who did not want her nephew to travel from Eastern Oregon to a...

Longtime USM professor dies

clarionledger.com     Apr 30, 2008    Send to a friend

Longtime University of Southern Mississippi journalism professor Art Kaul, 62, died Tuesday afternoon at his home in Hattiesburg. ... Kaul spent more than two decades at Southern Miss, joining the faculty in 1984. He had served as president of the Southern Miss faculty...

CNN - Nurses Commute 280 Miles To Help City In Need

foxreno.com     Apr 29, 2008    2 related    Send to a friend

Think Your Commute Is Bad? Imagine Driving 280 Miles Roundtrip To Work. ... Three years after Katrina, New Orleans health-care system still struggling Six major hospitals have closed; others left to pick up patient load Survey: 50 percent of area residents have had...

The First Bancshares, Inc. Reports Increased Earnings and Quarterly Dividend

finanznachrichten.de     Apr 28, 2008    3 related    Send to a friend

The First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: FBMS), holding company for The First, A National Banking Association, (www.thefirstbank.com) today reported earnings ... ... The First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: FBMS), holding company for The First, A National Banking Association,...

I passed!

tomithey.com     Apr 13, 2008    Send to a friend

I took my Real Estate exam this morning and I passed! Yays for me! I wasn’t worried about it last night or this morning, but once I started taking the Texas portion of the exam I got worried. Those questions were a little tricky… not as tricky as the practice test, but [...]

University of Southern Mississippi Honors Peavey

mixonline.com     Apr 11, 2008    Send to a friend

The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Miss. honored Hartley and Mary Peavey (pictured), the driving forces behind Peavey Electronics Corporation, with its Distinguished Entrepreneurs of the Year Award on April 10. ... Hartley and Mary Peavey are the...