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    DIY: Zip Code Frame

    This DIY project has a special meaning for me. I have been looking for different ideas to incorporate into my new real estate office. I thought this one would be perfect since we deal with several ZIP codes. This is a creative way to showcase just some of the areas in our community that we […]

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    Warm, wise warrior

    From the day she met Andrea Yeager at a Women of Wisdom luncheon, Robin Killeen recognized her extraordinary gifts.  “My first impression was this red-haired beauty was full of charisma and passion,” recalls Killeen, who founded WOW and remained Yeager’s friend for 22 years. Yeager was the Sun Herald’s managing editor for five years and […]

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    Transportation boss Tangela Hills is breaking the bias

    International Women’s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women and marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. A male-dominated industry might intimidate some females — but not Tangela Hills.  “I love to break barriers,” says the owner and CEO of L. Hookfin Transport, based in Pass Christian. “I love […]

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    Painting with purpose

    When a professor asked if art had saved her life — and how — Denise Hopkins didn’t have an answer.  But a decade after the question was posed to her art history class, Hopkins understood its point.  “Making art helped me navigate the messiest time in my life,” she says. “It helped me connect with […]

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    Biloxi Blues

    Spread the word: Biloxi’s got the blues.  Given its location at the end of the Mississippi Blues Trail, Biloxi is a fitting place for the second location of Morgan Freeman’s Ground Zero Blues Club. As of press time, the long-awaited eatery and music venue was set to celebrate its grand opening on February 18.  “Although […]

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    ‘We become family’

    As a home industry professional, Kenny McNair is putting into practice skills and principles he learned from his father and grandfather.  These “jacks of all trades,” according to McNair, helped their neighbors with plumbing, roof work, home leveling, painting, drywalling, framing and a host of other handyman jobs.  “(They) were the ones the community could […]

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