Tuesday, June 18 2013 10:04 PM EDT2013-06-19 02:04:25 GMT
A Jasper County man was injured Tuesday afternoon, June 18, in a two-vehicle accident with one vehicle rolling over on its side after the collision. Shortly after 4 p.m. a 911 call came into the JonesMore >>
A Jasper County man was injured Tuesday afternoon, June 18, in a two-vehicle accident with one vehicle rolling over on its side after the collision. Shortly after 4 p.m. a 911 call came into the JonesMore >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 11:06 AM EDT2013-06-18 15:06:15 GMT
New details are emerging on the suspect and device found at Marion General Hospital Thursday. Columbia Police, Marion County investigators, ATF, MBI, and the highway patrol responded to a possible explosiveMore >>
Investigators from Columbia, Marion County, ATF, MBI, and the Highway patrol responded to a possible explosive device at Marion General Hospital on Thursday.More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 9:23 AM EDT2013-06-18 13:23:30 GMT
A 5-year-old girl set up a lemonade stand across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church compound, and now the group is targeting her. Jayden Sink raised nearly $200 on Friday while she sold lemonadeMore >>
A 5-year-old girl set up a lemonade stand across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church compound, and now the group is targeting her.More >>
Monday, June 17 2013 11:24 AM EDT2013-06-17 15:24:53 GMT
Mississippi sheriffs can ban people from openly carrying guns into courthouses, according to state Attorney General, Jim Hood. Hood released a document in anticipation of the law that starts July 1 withMore >>
Mississippi sheriffs can ban people from openly carrying guns into courthouses, according to state Attorney General Jim Hood.More >>
Parents desperate to get their troubled sleepers to bed are turning to synthetic melatonin, which is a supplement sold over the counter. But expert warn it could have adverse effects on child development.More >>
Many adults turn to sleep aids like melatonin, but now more parents are giving them to their kids, too. We talked to physicians to see what they had to say about how it could affect your child's development. More >>
Come this next school year, Hattiesburg High School students may get a little extra time to hit that snooze button.
After seeing research that high school students generally aren't quite 'morning people' - and have been shown to process and absorb information better later in the day - Hattiesburg School District officials are considering pushing the start time for classes back by about an hour at Hattiesburg High. Right now the bell rings at 7:20 a.m. and this would shift that to 8:30 a.m.
To make up for that morning hour, school would let out at 3:45 p.m., rather than the 2:45 release the school currently institutes.
"We have a number of students at the high school who have jobs - some of our seniors - and they would maybe need to have a flex schedule where they could come in a little bit earlier and leave a little bit earlier or have a class that accommodates a work schedule," said Jas N Smith, Hattiesburg School District communications director. "They're also considering what they call a zero period. Which would be a class that started at the old start time. Students could come early if they wanted to and take an English class or a class that they needed and so it would kind of be an extra class but it wouldn't be after school, it would be before school.
"Some of the concerns that students had were all their extracurricular activities or afternoon activities would be pushed back another hour and then they would be getting out later, so the students weren't real happy about it but a lot of times when we make changes to the school - regardless of what the change is, so we've seen a lot of that kind of thing," said Smith.
Due to bus routes - starting Hattiesburg High's classes later would mean the middle school getting started a little bit earlier. Smith says nothing has been decided yet and over the next months the district will be looking at bus routes and after school activities in considering whether to let the older kids get a little extra shut-eye next year.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 7:45 PM EDT2013-06-18 23:45:53 GMT
With the possibility of a special legislative session on Medicaid just around the corner, the head of a Jackson-based, non-partisan think tank is reiterating his opposition to expanding that program. ForestMore >>
Forest Thigpen, the president of the Mississippi Center for Public Policy, says expanding Medicaid as part of the Affordable Care Act would be a costly mistake for Mississippi.More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 3:32 PM EDT2013-06-18 19:32:20 GMT
The Hattiesburg Zoo officially opened its new Forrest General Animal Medical and Quarantine Facility Tuesday morning. The 4000-square-foot facility has five quarantine areas and a medical emergency treatmentMore >>
The Hattiesburg Zoo officially opened its new Forrest General Animal Medical and Quarantine Facility Tuesday morning. More >>
