The luxury event took place Friday night at Temple Baptist Church on Friday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. to celebrate people with special needs and disabilities.

The superintendent of Jefferson Davis County schools said, “If there is ever a magical solution in education, then it would be literacy.”The district is changing lives in their schools and communities after earning the award of a competitive $2 million grant.

Hattiesburg adds more streets to this spring's paving schedule.

Brees posted his letter on Instagram explaining that he took the past week to navigate his heartache and disappointment from the game.

Despite having cerebral palsy and optic nerve damage in one eye, Aaron Smith hiked 20 miles to be one badge closer to becoming an Eagle Scout.

It’s the American dream to see a vision, work and grind it out until you watch that vision come to fruition.

Officials have been working to curb juvenile crime by reaching out to those at risk, and police say no child homicides shows that outreach is having an impact.

Forrest County is opening its community shelter because of expected cold temperatures Sunday night.

Two years ago, a tornado destroyed Lashonda Johnson’s home in Petal. A nonprofit organization is now stepping in to pick up the pieces for a victim of alleged fraud.

An organization that renovates homes for wounded veterans with disabilities is hoping to start a permanent chapter in Hattiesburg.

Mississippi Power announced Tuesday the names of 19 South Mississippi teachers that will receive grant money to help fund environmental education programs.

She made the decision to retire from the elite level in order to become a college athlete. When she made this decision, she had been competing with a fractured back and two torn shoulders.

Organizers of a Marion County Veterans Day fundraising event have donated $4,000 to an organization that provides financial help to wounded Mississippi veterans.

The 9-year-old was in the backseat of the car, waiting for his grandfather to start it up and head out for some pizza, when something went wrong.

The 11th annual Doodle for Google competition is underway and the winner will walk away with a $30,000 college scholarship and $50,000 in new technology.

One video posted by a Bowling Green mom is so cute, it’s been shared more than one million times. Yeah, million.

The Hattiesburg Public School District received a $2.1 million early-education grant.

Dawn Gillis didn’t know that her own battle with breast cancer would lead her to be a fighter for other women suffering with the disease.

The city of Hattiesburg is offering a series of adult life classes teaching skills that some may not be familiar with.

The University of Southern Mississippi is ranked as one of the top colleges in the nation for veterans, according to a survey done by Military Times.

After battling kidney failure for three years, an Alabama woman’s miracle came from an unexpected place: the grocery store.

The new year is already turning into one of good fortune for a Biloxi woman. Anquanette Sterling walked away with $16,700 on New Year’s Eve after winning big on Wheel of Fortune.

“My little brother died in the beginning of October, for Christmas I got my parents a build a bear in a police uniform (he was a cop) with his voice,” Tanner's sister Brittany wrote on Twitter.

After an 8-year-old asked Santa to borrow money for kids with cancer, word spread quickly among family friends and colleagues, and the boy found $1,200 under the tree Christmas morning.

A Mississippi family’s Christmas was extra-special this year after the return of a beloved older brother.

It’s not every day you make a phone call and get patched into the White House.

As recovery continues two months after Hurricane Michael hit the Florida panhandle, but some people lost more than just their homes.

The bonuses will be based on longevity of service and shared through cash bonuses and special gifts to employees' retirement accounts.

Even after double-checking the girl’s brain scans to confirm the results, doctors could find no trace of her tumor, which they say they can’t explain.

At Gulfport's Harbor Lights Winter Festival, the twinkling lights and feeling of Christmas magic provide the perfect backdrop for couples, especially to those wanting to pop the question.

William Carey University saw enrollment grow by about 4.6 percent this fall.

Just last week, 8-year-old Drake Quibodeaux, a Vinton boy fighting a terminal brain tumor had a simple request to get 190 cards for what could be his last Christmas. Little did he and his family know the overwhelming amount of support they’d get.

A young Saints fan had quite the reaction when punter Thomas Morstead handed her a very special keepsake after Sunday’s game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The annual event is coming up this week at Pearlridge Center.

The home essentials, including furniture, electronics, tools and more, will help dozens of firefighters whose homes burned down in the Camp Fire.

GOOD NEWS: Supporters help cyclist’s dream to raise money for cancer stay alive

New Orleans Saints owner Gayle Benson is making it a very merry Christmas for hundreds of people.

The money was turned over to police, but since no one claimed it, the food bank will be able to use it to expand their building.

The Salvation Army is looking for some much-needed help in its annual Red Kettle Campaign.

Despite the law banning snowball fights, the town's mayor said no one had ever been cited for throwing snowballs.

Ten-year-old Ashtabula girl gets hand delivered letter from the President.

A fan, Falynn Phillipello, tweeted that she was looking for a specific sweatshirt for her husband, who is currently deployed overseas.

Almost 40,000 people registered to help the soon-to-be mother of five find her 100 percent bone marrow donor match.

Since their surgeries, the two former strangers have become very close and talk every day, checking in on each other’s recovery.

The baby's family panicked when the 7-month-old started choking on mashed potatoes, but a fellow restaurant customer managed to save the little girl.

The family says they’re very grateful the good Samaritan returned the urn and bags of cremated remains.

The car that hit the dog didn’t stop, but the homeless man rushed to the dog’s rescue.

A Clemson Tiger walk-on running back got a big surprise before his team’s win on Saturday vs. Duke.

A Petal Panther is headed to an Ivy League school with a scholarship.

‘Tis the season of giving and an organization in Petal is giving back to the community one box at a time through its annual food drive.

The video shows Bulldogs coach Sekoe White passionately communicating to the team in American Sign Language during a timeout, as they tried to mount a comeback against Jackson Preparatory School

A local police sergeant sang a gospel song to the people taking shelter for the night out of the cold at the Stewpot Opportunity Center in Jackson.

A 5-year-old battling brain cancer has a birthday coming up and her family is hoping to make her day extra special with help from the community.

The community also provided the funeral home with the proper paperwork to ensure the Marine veteran got military honors at the service.

When it comes to a man and his service dog, well... that bond can be a life-line.

A barista is being praised by the son of a WWII veteran for his kindness. v

The Laurel Police Department is holding its 4th annual Fill-a-Truck Food Drive benefiting The Good Samaritan Center’s Food Pantry and Soup Kitchen on Saturday.

This wasn’t the way it was suppose to happen. Lindsay Miller wasn’t suppose to marry her fiance, Keith Lewandowski, until 2020.