| Picayune Item | |
| Type: | Weekly newspaper |
| Format: | Broadsheet |
| Foundation: | 1904 |
| Owners: | Boone Newspapers |
| Headquarters: | 17 Richardson-Ozona Road Picayune, Mississippi 39466 |
| Circulation: | 6,136 weekly[1] |
| Website: | picayuneitem.com |
The Picayune Item is a weekly newspaper published in Picayune, Mississippi, United States, covering Pearl River County and parts of Hancock County, Mississippi. It publishes on Thursdays, sharing editorial and business functions with sister paper Bogalusa (LA) News. Prior to 2023 the Item published five times per week, Tuesday through Friday in the evenings, and on Sunday mornings.
Boone Newspapers purchased the newspaper from Community Newspaper Holdings in 2013.[2]
The changeover in publication started July 5, 2023.[3]