Pine Belt
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Oct 7, 2026
Bob GhettiHOST
Dima Nixon's on his way back from Troy.
Bob GhettiHOST
He was at the stadium last night, of course, covering the game for the Pine Belt News, and, uh, well, we can start in a lot of areas, Dima, but when you give up 692 yards of offense to your opponent, I don't think you're gonna win ever giving up, uh, that kind of yardage.
Bob GhettiHOST
Uh, your observation of wh- what you saw last night.
Dima MixonCORRESPONDENT
Yeah, I mean, the, obviously the biggest question coming into the game was what version of Southern Miss would show up? Um, is it gonna be the version that played against UConn, or is it gonna be the version that played against Tulane? And the answer is the, is the former.
19 MINS LATER
Dima MixonCORRESPONDENT
Sounds good.
Dima MixonCORRESPONDENT
Thank you.
Bob GhettiHOST
All right, Dima Mixon, everybody, covering Southern Miss football for the Pine Belt News and the Super Talk Eagle Hour.
Bob GhettiHOST
[upbeat music] Marshant Kitty is a great defensive icon at Southern Miss.
Matt MosconaHOST
You've got such an interesting story, man, coming from Hattiesburg.
Matt MosconaHOST
That's the Pine Belt.
Matt MosconaHOST
A lot of people I know from the Pine Belt say, like, that's closer to LSU than it is to, like, Ole Miss or Mississippi State.
Matt MosconaHOST
Did you grow up an LSU fan? I was,
P.J. WoodlandGUEST
like – I'm not going to say I was an LSU fan, I'm not going to lie, but I kind of grew up a Florida State fan.
Charlie WorshamGUEST
So we're sort of the center of the northern half of the state.
Charlie WorshamGUEST
If you drive west 20 minutes from the house I grew up in, you exit the Pine Belt, the Pine Hills, and you enter the eastern edge of the Delta, and it's flat from that point to the Mississippi River.
Charlie WorshamGUEST
Uh, Grenada is a county of probably 20,000 and growing, and, uh, it's a medium-sized town.
Charlie WorshamGUEST
I graduated in, uh, 2004, Grenada High School.
Missy BilderbackGUEST
Yeah, absolutely.
Missy BilderbackGUEST
I think all of the things that, you know, you look at, um, the community support, you look at, um, you know, how incredible the, the city of Hattiesburg is, and the Pine Belt community, and the university, you know, Dr. Paul, uh, Jeremy McClain, the leadership, you know, that, that we have.
Missy BilderbackGUEST
Um, I, I really have enjoyed working for the people that I work for.
Missy BilderbackGUEST
I think they're tremendous people.
Dima MixonHOST
And I'm also planning on being in New Orleans on Monday night for the Saints-Falcons game.
Dima MixonHOST
But Pine Belt News is kind of expanding our coverage a little bit, kind of a teaser here, to try to do some more Saints stuff.
Dima MixonHOST
So I think I'll be able to be in New Orleans on Monday night.
Dima MixonHOST
Who
Rebecca TurnerHOST
Just head on over to Super Talk TV.
Rebecca TurnerHOST
And if you're in the Pine Belt area or maybe traveling that way for your fall break, then one of my favorite places to go with my family is the Hattiesburg Zoo.
Rebecca TurnerHOST
And if you do, one of their beloved, uh, things have gotten an upgrade.
Rebecca TurnerHOST
Joining us today is Demetric Kelly, director of guest services and retail for the Hattiesburg Zoo, to tell us what has a facelift, I think is a good way to say it.
Demetric KellyGUEST
It is a very family-friendly event.
Demetric KellyGUEST
It's not something that you can see on your normal Halloween or trick-or-treating type of events.
Demetric KellyGUEST
Um, and so it, it's really great to be able to, um, showcase something like this to, to the Pine Belt area as well as, you know, other areas or, you know, around Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, who come to visit the zoo, um, during Halloween.
Rebecca TurnerHOST
But you gotta get your tickets early, right?
Zach VogtHOST
Not just running the miles, but building the community around them.
Zach VogtHOST
He's a runner, ultra runner, community builder, and a guy who has made a pretty serious impact both on the roads and trails in the Pine Belt.
Zach VogtHOST
He serves as the Director of Operations for the College of Osteopathic Medicine at William Carey University and This year, he was recognized as one of the Pine Belt News 20 Under 40, but what really caught our attention is what happens outside of the office.
Zach VogtHOST
He's one of those people who understands that endurance sports are about a lot more than finish times.
Zach VogtHOST
They're about relationships, showing up, bringing people together, and helping make the running community a little better than you found it.
Caleb SaylorsHOST
Showers are possible.
Caleb SaylorsHOST
Moving down into the Pine Belt and along the coast, mostly clear skies with highs in the mid-90s are on the horizon.
Caleb SaylorsHOST
The night will bring a low of 72 and a decent chance of thunderstorms.
Caleb SaylorsHOST
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speaker_0HOST
God's called us to 39429.
speaker_0HOST
God's called us to the Pine Belt, and we're seeing an unbelievable revival.
speaker_0HOST
We're seeing a multicultural revival.
speaker_0HOST
We're seeing, and whether that's popular somewhere else or not, that's not our, you know.
Chase BlankenshipGUEST
You know, at the first, it would have been something first of the kind for us this big, but Renaissance already did that.
Chase BlankenshipGUEST
So then it was, all right, are they willing to invest the money for the Pine Belt where they didn't have any presence before? And that's where Hoppy came in, had to bring the big, you know, and sold it and told them what it was worth.
Chase BlankenshipGUEST
You know, and how important for them to understand.
Chase BlankenshipGUEST
I think they understood the Pine Belt and how important USM was because they're big understanding on college towns and how big they support the markets we're in.
Chase BlankenshipGUEST
If you start thinking about some of the markets we're in, it's all supported by college towns.
Chase BlankenshipGUEST
A lot of it.
6 MINS LATER
Kelly SannerHOST
yeah and we thank you hoppy hoppy cole is the senior executive vice president of renaissance bank been with That variation, the first and then now Renaissance since 1999.
Kelly SannerHOST
And old Chase, well, I say old Chase Blankenship.
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