Several prominent county officials were approved for their yearly re-appointments at Monday’s meeting of the Lamar County Board of Supervisors, including County Administrator Jody Waits, Road Manager Tommy Jones, Fire Coordinator George Stevens and Board Attorney Perry Phillips.
As the two-year anniversary of the January 2017 tornado that ripped through Hattiesburg and Petal approaches, Hub City officials are working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency – sometimes frustratingly – to restore Fire Station No. 2 and the Timberton Softball Complex that were devastated by the storm.
Steven Utroska, a small business owner in Hattiesburg, has qualified to seek the Mississippi House District 101 position, which was vacated when former representative Brad Touchstone was elected Nov. 6 as the new Lamar County Court Judge. Utroska serves on the executive committee that helped create the Pinebelt Blueway on the Leaf River.
Forrest County is the recipient of $34,786.89 generated by tax-forfeited property sales released by Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann’s office that will benefit the coffers of the county’s local schools and government.
A former Forrest County election commissioner has been arrested in Greene County after going missing with his 16-year-old girlfriend for almost two weeks.
Seven months after Petal Mayor Hal Marx announced his intention to run for governor of Mississippi, the third-term Republican mayor has decided to withdraw his name from the race.
Since its inception in 1987, the Petal Education Foundation has gifted $447,000 in scholarship awards – along with $69,900 awarded in teacher mini-grants since 2005 – with the help of officials, residents and volunteers throughout Petal.
A new voting precinct that will also serve as a substation for the Lamar County Sheriff’s Office is in the works to replace the precinct at the former Northeast Lamar Fire Station #1.
Last year, the city of Petal’s budget received $10,000 from the Petal Sports Association to assist with projects and activities associated with the city’s Parks and Recreation Department.
The 2019 local election is shaping up to be an interesting one already as two prominent officials – Lamar County District 4 Supervisor Phillip Carlisle and Petal Ward 2 Alderman Steve Stringer – have announced their intentions to run for other positions.
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