JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi health officials say booster shots for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are now available at all county health department clinics, and people over the age of 65 are a priority for the extra jab. Eligibility for…
Mother’s Day weekend is starting early here on the Coast. Earlier today in Biloxi, Woolmarket Senior Center and St. Joseph’s Hospice hosted their eighth annual Mother’s Day Cookout. Last year, the event was canceled due to COVID,…
The Claiborne at Gulfport Highlands will soon offer upscale community living for our seniors, but that hasn’t stopped them from offering help and services to all of South Mississippi’s seniors. Today, the facility held a senior job fair where seniors…
Today ‘Extend a Hand, Help a Friend’ delivered non-perishable food items to seniors 65-years-old and older. Across the Coast, ‘Extend a Hand, Help a Friend’ hosted food delivery targeted towards the senior community. Over 100 meals were hand packaged for…
Let the good times roll! The annual Mardi Gras Mambo celebrates carnival season with seniors in Harrison County. For the first time, Mardi Gras Mambo was celebrated as a drive-thru giveaway. Two-hundred and 50 free lunch meals…
Traveling all the way from the North Pole to Biloxi, Mr. and Mrs. Claus brought a drive-thru Christmas brunch to seniors. The drive-thru brunch did not start until 9 a.m., however seniors and their families waited almost…
Long-term care facility residents on the Coast want pen pals on the Coast to write to them. Due to federal and state rules, residents at Picayune Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center have been unable to have visitors for months so they’re…
Here is the Class of 2020 for D'Iberville High School. Hannah Mosley is the valedictorian and Lien Nguyen is the salutatorian. Harrison County…
Here is the Class of 2020 for St. Patrick Catholic High School. Jacob Roberts is the valedictorian and Avery King is…
Here is the Class of 2020 for East Central High School in Hurley. Rylee Sharpton is the valedictorian and Ashlyn Hinton…
As they prepare for graduation, D’Iberville High School seniors received a one-of-a-kind send off from the community this weekend that they’ll never forget. A school year unlike any other is drawing to a close for the seniors at D’Iberville High…
Here is the Class of 2020 of Our Lady Academy. Paige Palazzo is the valedictorian and Elizabeth Elkins is the salutatorian. Their graduation…
Here is the Class of 2020 for Bay High School. Emma Gonzales is the valedictorian and her twin sister, Madelyn Gonzales,…
Here is the Class of 2020 for Gautier High School. Kathryn McArthur is the valedictorian. May 22 was the original date of graduation. Harley-Gene Elizabeth Adams Gabriel E Ager Isaac…
Here is the Class of 2020 for Pascagoula High School. Alondra Reyes is the Valedictorian. Jadelynn Rudolf is the Salutatorian. The original graduation date was May 21. Afrah Abdulrahman Cesar Abrego Jesus Acevedo Jaheim Addison Luis Adrover Logan Alford…
High school seniors will definitely be a part of history as some end of the school year celebrations were canceled due to COVID-19, but that didn’t stop Harrison Central High School. Today, they honored the Class of 2020 with a…
The St. Patrick baseball team is honoring its senior class of 2020 with a YouTube compilation featuring more than six minutes of pictures and videos from the COVID shortened season that was. The Fighting Irish are graduating six players from…
It was a picture perfect day for a parade weather-wise, and that’s a good thing for West Harrison High School seniors and their loved ones who gathered at the Harrison County Sheriff’s County Farm for a senior parade. It’s the…
Seniors and school staff lined up at D’Iberville High School today to grab supplies and be together once again even from a social distance. They may not be able to be in school right now, but seniors at D’Iberville High…
Biloxi High officials on Thursday announced graduation plans for the Class of 2020. In a letter released to the media, school officials said, "Our goal in developing this plan was to try and keep graduation as traditional as possible during…
By JEFF AMY Associated Press Mississippi's education leaders moved to ease the way for seniors to graduate and third graders to move on to fourth grade in the face of closed schools. The state Board of Education voted last week…
This weekend will be dedicated to visiting, cherishing, and celebrating our senior citizens who live at nursing homes on the Coast for ‘Adopt a Grandparent Day.’ Sixty percent of residents at nursing homes do not receive visitors. On Saturday, volunteers…
Tomorrow, seniors from across the Coast are invited to the Mardi Gras Mambo event at the Lyman Community Center in Gulfport. This is the fourth year for the Mardi Gras Mambo and it is a collaboration between the Boyington Health…
Age is nothing but a number to Louis Callahan and the group of senior citizens he is teaching to box in Long Beach. Two years ago, Callahan started to teach people ranging from ages 60 to 81 how to pack…