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Billy Cyril Hudson Sr. remembered for service to Hattiesburg community

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December 8, 2022

rssfeeds.hattiesburgamerican.com – Mississippi Clarion Ledger – 2022-12-08 13:07:02

Friends, family members and colleagues describe the late Mississippi Sen. Billy Cyril Hudson Sr. as a towering figure in Forrest County’s business, civic and political communities.

“He was a tremendous blessing to many people,” said Cliff Lazenby, senior pastor of Hattiesburg Community Church where visitation and services for Hudson, 84, were held earlier this month. Hudson died Wednesday, Nov. 30, at Forrest General Hospital.

“We had visitation on Friday (Dec. 2) evening from 5 until 8 p.m. and I would say there were probably between 400 and 500 people there if not more,”…

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In NIT, Southern Miss basketball to face UAB in opener

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March 12, 2023

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rssfeeds.hattiesburgamerican.com – Mississippi Clarion Ledger – 2023-03-12 21:36:08

Southern Miss men’s basketball is heading to the NIT for the first time since 2014.

The Golden Eagles will face UAB in the first round of the 2023 NIT on Tuesday (6:30 p.m., ESPN+), having learned their postseason fate Sunday.

Coach Jay Ladner – the Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year – guided Southern Miss (25-7) to its third regular-season conference championship and first since 2000-01. The regular-season title clinched an automatic bid for the Golden Eagles despite a 78-61 quarterfinals loss to South Alabama in the conference tournament March 4.

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Mississippi Legislature moves through another major deadline Wednesday

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March 9, 2023

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rssfeeds.hattiesburgamerican.com – Mississippi Clarion Ledger – 2023-03-09 13:31:52

Another legislative deadline came and went Wednesday, with all bills having to move past the floor of the chamber they did not originate in, and a number of the most watched bills remain alive.

Some big pieces of legislation died though, including one of the most important ones related to the city of Jackson.

See what made it past Wednesday’s deadline, and what did not.