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Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Which Hattiesburg streets will be closed for Parade of Champions?
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) – The City of Hattiesburg will host the Parade of Champions on May 5, 2025. The parade will begin at Sacred Heart High School's parking lot, roll down West Pine Street, turn right onto Front Street, then take a left onto Main Street, ending at the Hattiesburg Community Arts Center at the corner of Main and Jackson. Hattiesburg's Tony Vance to lead Parade of Champions Road closures along the parade route will begin between 5:00 p.m. and 5:15 p.m. Drivers are asked to plan accordingly. The parade will start at 5:30 p.m. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Yahoo
Forrest County starts $1 million sidewalk project for recreation
FORREST COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) – A major sidewalk project is underway in Forrest County, aimed at encouraging exercise and getting people outside. The nearly $1 million project will take place on Classic Drive from Pine Tree Drive to Golf Course Road, and eventually to Highway 49. A Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) grant is covering 80% of the cost. The county is paying the rest. The sidewalk will give people a safe place for walking, exercising and other outdoor activities. 'We want everyone to be healthy, and this is a way to encourage that by being able to be active in your own community. So, I feel like it's going to be really important that we all stay engaged with exercise, and this is one way to do that,' said Terri Bell, president of the Forrest County Board of Supervisors. Hattiesburg's Tony Vance to lead Parade of Champions The design also accommodates golf carts. The Hattiesburg Country Club said the sidewalk will make it easier and faster for members using carts. 'A lot of them will get together and use a sidewalk to connect to the Longleaf Trace and take the Longleaf Trace down to USM to go to the football game or the baseball game or the basketball game. Some of them even use it to go to restaurants at night just to avoid having to get on city roads,' said Carter Callaway, co-owner of the Hattiesburg Country Club. Local leaders said the project will help boost small businesses by increasing foot traffic. 'This is going to increase their business traffic, so that people will be able to come and enjoy the sidewalk and be able to enjoy all of those particular activities that are along that way to the Longleaf Trace,' said Bell. Supervisors expect to finish Phase 1 in about three months. Phase 2, which extends to Highway 39, could take a few more years. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Sport
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Hattiesburg's Tony Vance to lead Parade of Champions
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) – Hattiesburg Mayor Toby Barker announced that recently retired Hattiesburg High School Head Football Coach Tony Vance will serve as the Grand Marshal for the 2025 Parade of Champions. The parade, which will be held on May 5, honors the academic, athletic and extracurricular achievements of students from across Hattiesburg's schools and universities during the 2024-25 school year. USM announces commencement exercises for spring 2025 graduates Since taking over as head coach at Hattiesburg High in 2013, Vance led the Tigers to two South State Championships, four Region Titles, three undefeated regular seasons and playoff appearances in 11 of his 12 seasons. His leadership has earned him Pinebelt Sports Coach of the Year honors three times, in 2017, 2022 and 2024. The parade will begin at Sacred Heart High School's north entrance, travel down West Pine Street, turn right onto Front Street, and left onto Main Street, ending at the Hattiesburg Community Arts Center at the corner of Main and Jackson Streets. Road closures along the parade route will begin around 5:00 p.m., with the parade set to roll at 5:30 p.m. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
27-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Vance proud of Guernsey FC squad despite relegation
Tony Vance says he is proud of his Guernsey FC players despite the club's first-ever relegation. The Green Lions finished the season a point from safety in Isthmian League South Central as they dropped out of the eighth tier of English football after 12 years. Vance has blooded a number of teenage players in his squad as he looks to build the foundations for a sustainable homegrown future for the islanders, who have just moved to their new Victoria Park ground. "It's been an unbelievable effort. I think on 1 February we had 21 points, we finished with 42, so we doubled our tally," he told BBC Radio Guernsey. "We nearly pulled off a miracle, so the players deserve all the plaudits, they've been magnificent. We took it to the last game and lost by a point. "To go down on 42 points is very harsh, because that's actually our biggest points haul in seven years, and yet we've still gone down, so I'm very proud of the effort of the young lads and it puts us in good stead for whatever happens next season." Since Guernsey won promotion to the Isthmian League in 2013 they have often struggled against relegation. Since 2017 they have always finished in the bottom third and were two places off the drop in the previous two campaigns. "You've got significant levels of players playing in this league for a lot of money," explained Vance, whose players are all amateur. "It's a tough, unforgiving league, and we've enjoyed the challenges. "What we've had to do for, certainly the last six or seven years, is survive, and every year we've done that. "We were stagnating for six or seven years, always fighting relegation, let's try and play a different brand of football and bring the youngsters through. "We took a risk and need nearly did it, but what it means is we drop down a level obviously. "We know it's not going to be easy because Jersey Bulls had been in there four years and haven't got out. "So it's going to be tough, but what it does mean is we can perhaps play more front-foot football and that's what we're destined to do and what we're trying to do." Vance has been the only man to manage Guernsey FC since the club was formed in 2011. He led the club to back-to-back promotions from the Combined Counties League in his first two seasons in charge - as well as making the semi-finals of the FA Vase in 2013. It is a competition that he hopes the club can enter once again next season. "We have to be better than what we were because we got relegated, but what it does is it gives us is new opportunities," Vance said. "We're going to look to go into the FA Cup and FA Vase, so it provides more excitement for the fans." And he says he feels he is the right man to lead Guernsey FC forward, even after their recent struggles in the eighth tier. "There's a few people that don't really understand it and they don't really get it," he said. "They might want someone else to do it, but I'm here until someone else can do the job. "It's not easy and it's a full-time job that isn't a job, if that makes sense. "I've got a few more years I can do. I need to find somebody else had to who wants to step up and take us on and I'll walk them through the door. "But I'm all in and I think pretty much everyone is, and that's the best thing about it." Guernsey FC
BBC News
27-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Vance proud of Guernsey FC squad despite relegation
Tony Vance says he is proud of his Guernsey FC players despite the club's first-ever Green Lions finished the season a point from safety in Isthmian League South Central as they dropped out of the eighth tier of English football after 12 has blooded a number of teenage players in his squad as he looks to build the foundations for a sustainable homegrown future for the islanders, who have just moved to their new Victoria Park ground."It's been an unbelievable effort. I think on 1 February we had 21 points, we finished with 42, so we doubled our tally," he told BBC Radio Guernsey."We nearly pulled off a miracle, so the players deserve all the plaudits, they've been magnificent. We took it to the last game and lost by a point."To go down on 42 points is very harsh, because that's actually our biggest points haul in seven years, and yet we've still gone down, so I'm very proud of the effort of the young lads and it puts us in good stead for whatever happens next season." 'We took a risk' Since Guernsey won promotion to the Isthmian League in 2013 they have often struggled against 2017 they have always finished in the bottom third and were two places off the drop in the previous two campaigns. "You've got significant levels of players playing in this league for a lot of money," explained Vance, whose players are all amateur."It's a tough, unforgiving league, and we've enjoyed the challenges."What we've had to do for, certainly the last six or seven years, is survive, and every year we've done that."We were stagnating for six or seven years, always fighting relegation, let's try and play a different brand of football and bring the youngsters through."We took a risk and need nearly did it, but what it means is we drop down a level obviously."We know it's not going to be easy because Jersey Bulls had been in there four years and haven't got out."So it's going to be tough, but what it does mean is we can perhaps play more front-foot football and that's what we're destined to do and what we're trying to do." Vance 'all in' to stay as manager Vance has been the only man to manage Guernsey FC since the club was formed in led the club to back-to-back promotions from the Combined Counties League in his first two seasons in charge - as well as making the semi-finals of the FA Vase in 2013. It is a competition that he hopes the club can enter once again next season. "We have to be better than what we were because we got relegated, but what it does is it gives us is new opportunities," Vance said."We're going to look to go into the FA Cup and FA Vase, so it provides more excitement for the fans."And he says he feels he is the right man to lead Guernsey FC forward, even after their recent struggles in the eighth tier."There's a few people that don't really understand it and they don't really get it," he said. "They might want someone else to do it, but I'm here until someone else can do the job."It's not easy and it's a full-time job that isn't a job, if that makes sense."I've got a few more years I can do. I need to find somebody else had to who wants to step up and take us on and I'll walk them through the door."But I'm all in and I think pretty much everyone is, and that's the best thing about it."
