As of Monday, the nominations process for this year’s Best of the Pine Belt Awards went live. Once again, several key categories will be selected to be featured at the Best of the Pine Belt Awards Show at the Saenger Theater. Those categories are selected from the nomination and final voting process.
The Concerned Citizens of Lamar County will host the 32nd annual Martin Luther King celebration and parade beginning at noon Saturday, Jan. 19, with a memorial service at Spring Chapel Baptist Church of Purvis.
Officials from the Hattiesburg police and fire departments are hoping to implement standardized testing they say would help vet applicants, assist in promotions and streamline certain processes, although one Hattiesburg City Council member isn’t on board with the idea.
It’s not often that any organizations experience success like the Petal High School Panther Battalion JROTC has had in the past few weeks, being named the best Army team in Mississippi and the second-best JROTC program in the state.
Reasonable people can disagree on how serious a problem illegal immigration is in the United States.
With an estimated 11 million people having either sneaked into the country or overstayed their visas, they could be straining some social services and taking some jobs away from U.S. citizens.
It’s improbable that Mississippi lawmakers will agree to more than double the state’s tax on cigarettes, as an anti-tobacco coalition proposes.
It’s difficult to get any tax increase through the GOP-dominated Legislature, even a modest one.
The first week of the 2019 Regular Session is in the books. As I arrived at the Capitol on Tuesday, it felt a lot like coming back to school after a long summer break.
A Hattiesburg house that played host to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during his March 1968 visit to the Hub City has been designated by Hattiesburg City Council with Recognized Historic Landmark Status and will soon be recognized with a historical marker in front of the home.
Every year since 1994, the Petal Area Chamber of Commerce has awarded one area resident with the Bobby Runnels Leadership Award, given to an individual who personifies the best qualities of the Friendly City.
The Lamar County School Board started off a new school semester by swearing in two board members and electing board officers.
Terry Ingram, District D, and James Braswell, District B, were sworn in by Lamar County Circuit Clerk Martin Hankins.
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