Wednesday, May 15 2013 10:08 AM EDT2013-05-15 14:08:44 GMT
ORLANDO (WFTV/CNN) – Hurricane season is almost here and the National Hurricane Center has released its annual list of storm names. The list alternates between boy and girl names. The list kicks off withMore >>
Hurricane season is almost here and the National Hurricane Center has released its annual list of storm names.More >>
Monday, May 13 2013 12:24 PM EDT2013-05-13 16:24:04 GMT
MARION COUNTY, MS (WDAM) - A weekend-long drug raid left 22 individuals behind bars, and more arrests to come. According to Marion County Sheriff Berkley Hall, the drug raid is the result of severalMore >>
A weekend-long drug raid left 22 individuals behind bars, and more arrests to come.More >>
Friday, May 17 2013 11:23 PM EDT2013-05-18 03:23:44 GMT
A Hattiesburg High School senior will soon be on his way to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Parker Krag has received an appointment to the academy. He got his acceptance packet Friday morning.More >>
A Hattiesburg High School senior will soon be on his way to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.More >>
Friday, May 17 2013 4:04 PM EDT2013-05-17 20:04:23 GMT
Grant Matheny with Arinder Logging says, "Used to it was all cut down by saws and pulled up with cable skidders. It's changed a lot but its still easy to get hurt if you don't pay attention." No betterMore >>
No better start to Pinebelt Tough than its own namesake. Agriculture is the number one Mississippi industry and forestry brought in more than $1.3 billion to the state in 2012. Our story begins with the loggers.More >>
South Korea says North Korea has fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters. Pyongyang routinely test-launches such missiles.More >>
North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy...More >>
Five years ago this week South Mississippi was tested by what has been dubbed the greatest natural disaster to hit the United States. Hurricane Katrina scored a bull's eye on the Mississippi Gulf Coast with terrible winds, rain, and a 30 foot storm surge. Some of the towns on the coast were literally wiped off the map and the terrible storm made a beeline 60 or 70 miles north and pummeled the Pine-Belt area even worse than Camille did decades before.
Everyone one seems to associate Katrina most with New Orleans. All the glitterati in Hollywood and New York apparently think they bore the brunt. What happened in New Orleans was the fault of inept and corrupt politicians past and present. They took federal money designated to shore up the levies and diverted it to their own interests. They failed to evacuate their people when warned and begged to do so. From the Governor to the Mayor of New Orleans they seemed paralyzed by fear and lack of leadership ability.
The people of New Orleans suffered greatly because of it. But had the local and state government done their job both prior to and during the storm…New Orleans would not have had the tragedy they experienced…heart-breaking though it was.
Mississippi bore the true brunt of the actual storm. Everything that could be done…was done before, during and after. We stuck together and built back. I've never been prouder of Mississippi and her people than in the aftermath of Katrina. We didn't wait for someone else…we helped each other. Yet even the President is commemorating Katrina in New Orleans—where they had a levy problem while we were hit by the hurricane. I just don't understand. I'm Jim Cameron…and we'd like to hear what from you.
Friday, May 17 2013 11:51 PM EDT2013-05-18 03:51:48 GMT
HOUSTON – Bradley Roney and Blake Brown each hit two-run homers for Southern Miss but that was not enough as Houston defeated the Golden Eagles 7-5 here Friday night at Cougar Field for the second consecutiveMore >>
HOUSTON – Bradley Roney and Blake Brown each hit two-run homers for Southern Miss but that was not enough as Houston defeated the Golden Eagles 7-5 here Friday night at Cougar Field for the second consecutiveMore >>
Friday, May 17 2013 11:23 PM EDT2013-05-18 03:23:44 GMT
A Hattiesburg High School senior will soon be on his way to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Parker Krag has received an appointment to the academy. He got his acceptance packet Friday morning.More >>
A Hattiesburg High School senior will soon be on his way to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.More >>
Friday, May 17 2013 10:39 PM EDT2013-05-18 02:39:42 GMT
The South Mississippi Chapter of the American Red Cross hosted an inaugural fund-raising event Friday night which honored several Hattiesburg-area military retirees. The first Stars and Stripes: SaluteMore >>
The South Mississippi Chapter of the American Red Cross hosted an inaugural fund-raising event Friday night which honored several Hattiesburg-area military retirees.More >>
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