Because of a Mississippi Association of Independent School rule, the Presbyterian Christian School football team has been disqualified from this year’s playoffs after suffering several injuries to players that forced the school to forfeit three junior varsity games.
Leon Waldoff grew up in in Hattiesburg, living here for 18 years before heading to college at Northwestern.
He and his family were part of a small Jewish community that had settled in Hattiesburg. Most of the Jewish families living here in the 1930s and 1940s were immigrants from Russia and Poland.
A couple of weeks ago, Petal Police Chief Matthew Hiatt approached the Petal Board of Aldermen about the possibility of pay raises – particularly for Petal Police Department, but also for Petal Fire Department and other city employees.
How many alligators does it take to acquire a giraffe or three? More on that later.
If you’ve driven down Hardy Street past the Hattiesburg Zoo in the past few months, you will probably have seen the large structure going up close to the road. When complete, it will be habitat for a new giraffe exhibit.
For the past several years, Lamar County officials have offered Saturday drop-off sites for white goods – household appliances – at different locations around the county.
Polls can be one way to assess the possible results of an upcoming election. But campaign finance reports are another way, and the latest ones show that when it comes to money, Republican nominee Tate Reeves still has more of it.
Dear Editor:
This is the second year in a row with no Homecoming displays on the Southern Miss campus.
Really?
A 40-year tradition was killed last year without a thought – not even a consultation with the Southern Miss Alumni Association, which is supposed to be the official “keeper” of traditions.
Earlier this year, from January into August, I had the opportunity to work with the Medical Marijuana 2020 campaign, based in a downtown Hattiesburg office right next to Benny’s Boom-Boom Room.
The Hattiesburg Concert Association, which presents FestivalSouth and the Meistersingers among its many offerings, announced Amanda Powell as the new chairwoman of the board. Powell succeeds longtime chair David Ott, who moves to the position of immediate past chair.
Through the years, Petal High School’s library has been a popular destination for students at the school, with its prominent placement between the building’s main two hallways making access easy for people throughout campus.
