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Longtime Southern Miss Women’s Basketball Coach Joye Lee-McNelis Dies

Cancer · Hattiesburg

Longtime Southern Miss Women’s Basketball Coach Joye Lee-McNelis Dies

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HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) - Southern Miss Athletics announced former women’s basketball coach Joye Lee-McNelis has died. We are saddened to announce the passing of Lady Eagle legend, Coach Joye Lee-McNelis. Southern Miss Athletics Lee-McNelis retired at the end of the 2024-25 season. She spent 34 seasons as a Division I head coach at Memphis and Southern Miss. She was a 1997 inductee into the Southern Miss M-Club Hall of Fame, the 2024 Pat Summ…See the Story

What new Mississippi laws take effect July 1? Tax changes and more; here's a rundown

Hattiesburg · Hattiesburg

What new Mississippi laws take effect July 1? Tax changes and more; here's a rundown

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State lawmakers passed a slew of bills in both regular and special sessions in 2025 that become laws on July 1.Read Article

SuperTalk Eagle Hour 6/27/2025 - SuperTalk Mississippi

Soccer · Hattiesburg

SuperTalk Eagle Hour 6/27/2025 - SuperTalk Mississippi

Sumrall High School soccer player and Southern Miss soccer commit, Addie Siders. Patrick Magee, sports editor for The Times-Picayune, talks changes in Sun Belt alignment. Heath Hinton talks changes at BigGoldNation.See the Story

Funeral arrangements announced for legendary Southern Miss women's basketball coach - SuperTalk Mississippi

Funeral arrangements have been announced for legendary Southern Miss women’s basketball coach Joye Lee-McNelis. Services for McNelis, who passed away Tuesday at 63 after a long battle with lung cancer, will be held in Picayune and in Hattiesburg – where her journey through college basketball spanned nearly 45 years. Visitation is scheduled for Friday at Temple Baptist Church in Hattiesburg from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. A funeral service will be held Sat…Basketball · Hattiesburg Read Article

Southern Miss Computing Sciences & Computer Engineering Graduates Earn Awards at the Innovative Design for Computing Competition

Southern Miss Computing Sciences & Computer Engineering Graduates Earn Awards at the Innovative Design for Computing Competition cpierce Fri, 06/27/2025Hattiesburg · Hattiesburg Read Article

SuperTalk Eagle Hour 6/26/2025 - SuperTalk Mississippi

Spencer Bridges, Southern Miss Deputy Athletic Director, talks 2025 football season and former Southern Miss baseball 3rd baseman (1999-2001) Brett Conerly, talks connection to and memories of Joye Lee McNellis.Hattiesburg · Hattiesburg Read Article

116 campers learning about military life at Camp Shelby’s ‘Kids AT’

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Dozen of children from all over Mississippi are participating in a unique summer camp at Camp Shelby.Hattiesburg · Hattiesburg Read Article

Man dies after early morning shooting in Forrest County

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Open the article to view the coverage from WJTVHattiesburg · Hattiesburg Read Article

Two Hundred Fifty-Nine Student-Athletes Earn Spring Semester Academic Accolades - Southern Miss

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Southern Miss boasted 259 student-athletes earning at least a 3.000 grade point average for the Spring 2025 semester.Hattiesburg · Hattiesburg Read Article

Teaching the Holocaust Just Got Harder in Mississippi

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(Composite by Hannah Yoest / Photos: GettyImages)AS A WRITER, EDUCATOR, AND THE DAUGHTER of a Holocaust survivor, I sometimes receive invitations to speak at schools or to teach, and this spring I was invited to teach a session on Holocaust history to lifelong-learning students. We met on a campus of the University of Southern Mississippi, where I offered candid accounts of the realities of life in Nazi-occupied Austria.We talked about how the N…Wikipedia · Germany See the Story

Forrest County attorney faces incarceration order

Cory Ferraez, a Forrest County attorney, had a warrant issued for his arrest by Perry County Chancellor Sheila Smallwood after a failure to appear at a show cause hearing on Monday, June 16 regarding a missing $450,000 from a wrongful death lawsuit of his client.Forrest County · Forrest County Read Article

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