HATTIESBURG, MS (WDAM)- State Senator Chris McDaniel, who's been an outspoken critic of Obamacare, is reacting to the ongoing IRS scandal. He says an IRS official who once oversaw a unit which targeted Tea Party groups has no business now heading up the IRS office which will be responsible for Obamacare.

Sarah Hall Ingram, who served as commissioner of the office responsible for tax-exempt groups from 2009 to 2012 is now the director of the IRS' Affordable Care Act office.

HATTIESBURG, MS (WDAM)- A Hattiesburg High School senior will soon be on his way to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

Parker Krag has received an appointment to the academy. He got his acceptance packet Friday morning. Krag is one of the first students in Mississippi this year to receive an appointment. About a half dozen other seniors across the state will also be getting appointments.

HATTIESBURG, MS (WDAM)- Twenty-three pre-school age children at the Children's Center for Communication and Development walked the stage Friday to receive their diplomas.

Since 1974 the center has led Mississippi in early intervention services for pre-school age children with significant disabilities. Their program provides the necessary skills in language, cognitive and physical development, and emotional growth to prepare them to move to the next stage of their education.

The center currently serves 90 families from as many as 22 South Mississippi counties.