The sun cracked open like an egg, spreading its yolk across the sky, turning the snow atop Mount Everest into Monet's orange-hued pallet. The moon, claiming its rightful place in the night sky, returned the snow to white.
Some of Mississippi State's players seemed to be dropping subtle hints before the Egg Bowl.
Sylvester Croom wanted to make a point with his Mississippi State players before the Egg Bowl.
The autumn migration of shorebirds is at its height. This morning flights of ruddy turnstones have arrived along the stretch of beach that we walk daily. It is difficult to believe that these pretty, little birds have flown here from their summer nesting grounds in Arctic tundra. We admire their orange legs, the calico pattern of their plumage and their handsome head markings. Flying away at the approach of humans, the birds sound a long, rattling cry.
Thanksgiving is a most wonderful holiday time. Yes, we are thankful for the usual - loving family, friends, visits, feasts. I think of a few other things, too, in great thankfulness.
Southern Airways, then the prime air carrier for Gulfport Municipal Airport (three years before the airport joined Biloxi and Harrison County to become regional) announced it was having a $2 million problem. "Cuba won't give us our money to cover the losses suffered in 1972" when a skyjacker took off with its passenger jet and landed it near Havana. The airline especially needed the money at that time because it was installing sterile concourses at all its airports, including Gulfport, to detect...
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality's mission is to safeguard Mississippians' health, safety and welfare. The department is often the first on the scene when there is a really big mess, to find out who is responsible for the cleanup.
There has got to be a better way to build streets and highways in Mississippi, and maybe a Mississippi Transportation Infrastructure Bank is part of it.
A look at law and order on the Coast in the last week:
WAVELAND Police arrested two men Friday believed to be the suspects who broke into a home near Waveland Avenue last week and made off with a safe containing passports, savings bonds and nearly $15,000 cash.
Bruce Boudreau was more than just a hockey coach who won a league championship while he was behind the bench in Biloxi.
HATTIESBURG The federal court system's electronic case-filing system is moving to Mississippi state courts.
PASCAGOULA After years of planning, the Flagship City is taking bids for the construction of a new multimillion-dollar senior citizen center.
GULFPORT The 2008 hurricane season ends today, and most of South Mississippi escaped unscathed - sort of.
FEMA is spending $28 million a year to store travel trailers and mobile homes at five Mississippi sites while the agency determines whether they'll be reused or sold as scrap.
STENNIS SPACE CENTER Scarcely a year after opening its doors here, Rolls-Royce North America has sailed through numerous tests of massive new jet engines and is preparing to take on more in the coming months.
WAVELAND The 3-year-olds at the Early Education Center here have set up a grocery store, and the 4-year-olds have set up a restaurant, making it seem like the youngsters already understand the concepts of supply and demand.
Mississippi State coach Sylvester Croom has resigned after five years at the school. He was the first black head football coach in the Southeastern Conference.
How many people ever really experience 8 seconds of fame?
I write this letter as a tribute to all the men and women in the United States Air Force who are aircrew members. Each day, hundreds of brave USAF men and women climb on board various aircraft to go into combat, provide transportation to combat troops, and to provide humanitarian aid to all parts of the world.
