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Community safety was the focus of a recent gathering at First United Methodist Church in Long Beach.   Long Beach Police Captain Kenny Lassabe and Officer Travis Gossett were the featured speakers at a recent meeting for the Older Adult Kindred Spirits (O.A.K.S.) meeting. K-9 Jack also made a special appearance, as the two officers…

Thirteen Sixth Graders from Coast Episcopal School in Long Beach traveled to New Orleans’ famous OrpheumTheater on Friday, March 17 to experience an Open Rehearsal of works by Chinese and Polish Composers performed by the Louisiana Philharmonic Symphony and conducted by Rei Hotoda.   Accompanied by CES Music Teacher Jody Smith, Sixth Grade Teacher Angela Colegrove…

Long Beach Live, the city’s monthly concert series, will feature the Southern Miss Jazz Lab Band and singer Jonathan Brannan at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 14. The outdoor event will take place at the Harper McCaughan Town Green amphitheater in Long Beach and is free to the public. The Jazz Studies Program in The…

Long Beach School District’s Carly Parker recently won a Leo W. Seal Innovative Teacher Grant for her project “The Problem Solver’s Friend”. With the desire to create a more student-centered classroom that operates with collaboration, project-based learning, and technology integration, Parker will be introducing “The Problem Solver’s Friend” to her students. “Through this project, students…

By Marilou D. Horton In August 2022, Deonne Wittmann began fulfilling her dream of opening a full-time private school in Long Beach with a one-room schoolhouse vibe. Now, the Wittmann Learning Center needs playground equipment to complete the educator’s vision, and she is asking for help. The empty fenced-in lot behind the private school is…

The drive to save live oak trees situated on the corner of 4th Street and Jeff Davis Avenue continues. On Saturday, March 4, those in favor of saving two aged oak trees perched at the site of a proposed boutique hotel development at the corner of 4th Street and Jeff Davis Avenue in downtown Long…

Long Beach School District is proud to have all five schools earn the designation of Mississippi Military Star School. The inaugural group of 61 schools from 12 districts in Mississippi is being honored by Governor Tate Reeves and Mississippi’s State Superintendent of Education, Dr. Robert Taylor, for their efforts and significant commitment to supporting military…

Long Beach High School senior Caleb Haber has earned the distinction of being named the 2022-2023 LBHS STAR Student and has selected Mrs. Carrie Ferguson-Bellew as his STAR Teacher. Haber is the son of Jennifer Rhodes and Michael Haber. After high school, he plans to attend the University of Southern Mississippi. “At USM, I plan to…