A $34,300 grant from the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation will allow the Hattiesburg Fire Department to purchase 15 new protective outfits, another step on the department’s way to outfit every firefighter with two separate outfits.
When officials from Petal Primary School sent students home last month with tickets for the school’s fourth annual Disney Raffle, they expected a good turnout.
The unprecedented success of the United States, sustained for more than 243 years, certainly has many causes. For one, a people who believe in freedom, equality and following the law is crucial.
Without a populace who respects those ideals, any rules the government makes to try to promote them aren’t going to work in the long run.
Ever since the 9/11 terrorist attack 18 years ago, the U.S. government has imposed more restrictions on flying in an effort to avoid a repeat of that mass slaughter.
The tiny town of Leakesville, Mississippi is where my mother was born and raised. Even though I grew up in Hattiesburg, my family did live in Leakesville for a year or so, where both my parents taught school.
After returning permanently to Hattiesburg, we visited Leakesville several times a year, for plenty of reasons.
As young Benedict Day School students stand surrounded by towering trees, they feel and hear the sounds of the forest all around them. Cool moss grows beneath their feet and chirping birds fly overhead in a vivid blue sky. An old jeep sits off to the left of the encampment they’ve discovered.
Lamar County is making it easier for travelers to obtain their passports to visit outside of the country, with the Lamar County Circuit Court recently becoming a Passport Acceptance Facility.
The Lumberton Board of Aldermen has approved pay raises for all board members, along with the mayor, but time will tell whether the city leaders will keep the money or donate it back to the city.
With a goal of constructing a new building to provide the more than 1,700 student veterans, service members and their families with a home of their own on The University of Southern Mississippi’s Hattiesburg campus that is commen-
The University of Southern Mississippi Alumni Hall of Fame was established in 1987 to recognize those whose contributions have helped move the university forward. The USM Alumni Association will induct seven of the university’s most dedicated and distinguished alumni into its Hall of Fame on Friday, Oct.
