A referee at a non-league soccer game in England said he had to eject a parrot that was distracting players by mimicking the game whistle. Gary Bailey, a referee in the game between Hatfield Town and Hertford Heath in Hertfordshire County, said the parrot began creating confusion on and off the playing field by mimicking the referee's whistle about 10 minutes into the game's second half, The Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday. I've never known anything like it in my football career, Bailey said.

By Jimmie Covington The design for two new DeSoto County elementary schools keeps a large circular core area but converts the space to functional uses at a cost savings, planners told school board members this week.

By Anonymous JBHM Education Group, LLC, an educational management services company, based in Jackson.

By Ryan LaFontaine, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Oct. 12--BAY ST. LOUIS -- The future is bleak for buildings in the Bay-Waveland School District, following an architect's initial assessment. North Bay Elementary can't be saved.

By Jimmie Covington covington@desotoappealcom Seven new DeSoto County schools are on or near schedule for completion next year, Gary Bailey, the DeSoto School District's construction program manager, said Monday.