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Independence Day Is More Than Fireworks: Pike County Celebrates America's 250th Birthday

This year on July 4th, America celebrates 250 years of independence, and this Fourth of July gives Pike County a chance to look toward that milestone with pride, gratitude, and community spirit. There is something...

July 2, 2026 · Brett Cullen Lampton

Railroad Avenue Coffee: Is Pike County's Best Coffee House in Osyka?

Railroad Avenue Coffee, a classy, casual, and cool coffee shop and community gathering place, is located at 116 West Railroad Avenue S., in downtown Osyka, facing the railroad track and Veterans Park and just south of...

July 2, 2026 · Lucius Lampton

Gazette Cartoonist Ricky Nobile at Work

GAZETTE CARTOONIST WITH GAZETTE EDITOR--- GAZETTE Editor Dr. Luke Lampton visited with his favorite cartoonist Ricky Nobile recently, and even got Ricky to craft a drawing of him. Ricky has long provided beloved...

June 25, 2026

Southern Miss Announces New Science Research Facility

The University of Southern Mississippi announced today its intention to add a sci- ence research facility in the heart of its Hattiesburg campus. The state-of-the- art facility will be con- structed south of the Walker...

June 18, 2026

Protect Your Family from Mosquitoes and Ticks This Summer

Now that sum- mer temps are luring you outside, remember to protect yourself from public enemy No. 1 in Mississippi: Mosquitoes and ticks. Both carry diseases that can make you seriously ill and even cause death. The...

June 18, 2026

South Pike School District Honor Roll 2025-2026

South Pike School District Eva Gordon Lower Elementary School Honor Roll List 2025-2026 School Year KINDERGARTEN Superintendent’s Scholar Royalti Janae Brumfield Kannon Liam Byrd Geonna Cammack Karleah A. Cockerham...

June 11, 2026

MSDH Podcast Episode Focuses on Summer Safety

School is officially out, temperatures are rising and summer is in full swing. But before you pack for the beach, the golf course, or a family barbecue, prepare to keep your loved ones safe. In the June episode of...

June 11, 2026

The Ice-Capades of 2026

How is it possible that four months have now passed since every person in north Mississippi was afflicted with the new ailment I have labeled “The PITS”... Post Icestorm Traumatic Stress Disorder? Yes, it was and...

June 11, 2026 · Dwalia South, MD

Lt. Governor Candidate and Deputy AG Speak to Walthall GOP

The Walthall Co. GOP was honored to have Richard Boyanton of Diamondhead, candidate for Lt. Governor of Mississippi, and Deputy Attorney General of Mississippi, Lindsay Cranford at our past meeting. It was a wonderful...

June 4, 2026 · Martha Sumrall

Pike County Soil & Water Conservation District Announces Call for Annual Scholarship Applications

Pike Soil and Water Conservation District, a member of the Mississippi Association of Conservation Districts (MACD), announces its annual call for applications for 7 scholarships of $10,000 to be awarded in January...

June 4, 2026

"I Believe In Angels": The Jane Ann Lampton Moore Stage Unveiled

On Thursday evening, March 26, 2026, the Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA) in Brookhaven unveiled their newly renovated Mary Jane Lampton Auditorium and rebuilt stage named after the late Jane Ann Lampton Moore, M.D....

June 4, 2026 · Cathy Chance Harvey

Another Doctor in the Lampton Family

Crawford Lampton attends commencement at the University of Mississippi Medical Center on May 22, 2026, where he was hooded by his father, Dr. Luke Lampton. Luke's father, Dr. T.D. Lampton Jr., also hooded both Luke and...

May 28, 2026

Southern Miss School of Psychology Earns 100 Percent Placement for Ph.D. Match Day

Three cohorts of doctoral students within The University of Southern Mississippi's School of Psychology applied, interviewed and were matched with pre-doctoral psychology internships readying them for life beyond the...

May 28, 2026

Kiffin and the Fallout That Followed

It's arguable which party got the worst end of the brouhaha, the University of Mississippi or Lane Kiffin, the Rebels' former head football coach. Almost everybody in the universe knows by now that Kiffin, in an...

May 28, 2026 · Mac Gordon

The Ice-Capades of 2026: Rapid Ramblings About Winter Storm Fern

How is it possible that three months have now passed since every person in north Mississippi was afflicted with the new ailment I have labeled as the PITS...Post Icestorm Traumatic Stress Disorder? Yes, it was and is...

May 28, 2026 · Dwalia South

Pike County Soil & Water Conservation District Announces Call for Annual Scholarship Applications

Pike Soil and Water Conservation District, a member of the Mississippi Association of Conservation Districts (MACD), announces its annual call for applications for 7 scholarships of $10,000 to be awarded in January...

May 21, 2026

Mississippi Makers Fest Featured State's Music, Art & Vendors Outdoors at 2MM

More than 4,000 people gathered at the Two Mississippi Museums in downtown Jackson on Saturday, May 9, for the 2026 Mississippi Makers Fest. The highly anticipated, free annual event showcased the state's creative...

May 21, 2026

MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EXPANDS ACCESS TO SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT

A novel statewide program from the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is expanding access to substance use disorder care across all 82 counties by identifying risk earlier, reducing barriers to treatment, and...

May 14, 2026

TORNADOES SWEEP THROUGH BOGUE CHITTO RECOVERY BEGINS

Tornadoes that swept through Mississippi Wednesday night, May 6, flattened the Walsh Mobile Home Park in Bogue Chitto. Emergency officials said there was extensive damage in Lincoln County, including at the trailer park...

May 14, 2026

HISTORICAL SOCIETY NAMED MOST OUTSTANDING IN MISSISSIPPI

The Mississippi Historical Society (MHS), founded in 1858 and headquartered in Jackson, MS, has recognized the Walthall County Historical Society (WCHS) as Most Outstanding Local Historical Society in the state of...

May 7, 2026 · Cathy Chance Harvey

ARBOR DAY IN MAGNOLIA

We planted a Magnolia Tree to celebrate Arbor Day and to celebrate America's 250th the commemorative tree was planted at the new Central Park Walking Trail; pictured above left to right: Ruby Pounds, Garrett Smith,...

April 30, 2026

CRAWFORD LAMPTON GETS TURKEY

Crawford Lampton of Magnolia recently harvested a large eastern wild turkey not far from Magnolia in Tangipahoa Parish, LA. The gobbler, which weighed more than 20 pounds, was a hefty bird with an 11.5 inch beard and...

April 30, 2026

FROM L.A. TO PIKE COUNTY: CHEF LEE ANNA WOODCOCK

Recently, Lee Anna Woodcock, originally of McComb, now of Los Angeles, prepared an incredible feast for some Pike County friends and family. The menu included heritage pork belly, gulf shrimp, French chicken, bright...

April 30, 2026

Her family resists Iran's regime

Sara Afshari, a Research Tutor at Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, describes herself as, "I am Iranian. I am Christian. I carry scars." A friend sent a copy of Sara's story published in Christianity Today and on the...

April 23, 2026 · Daniel Gardner