Funding has been approved for two more safe rooms at schools in Forrest County – one at Petal Upper Elementary and another at Rawls Springs Attendance Center – bringing the number of school safe rooms in the county to 12.
The Lumberton Board of Aldermen has received another application for chief of the Lumberton Police Department, but board members are still in talks regarding who will be the next person to serve in that position.
Although the proposal of a new 150-house subdivision adjacent to Sumrall Elementary School has given concerns to several residents, developers of the project say the neighborhood would increase the town’s tax base, bring in new residents and possibly attract new businesses.
Area officials are reminding residents that it’s perfectly fine – and even encouraged – to display yard signs for political candidates in the upcoming elections, so long as those signs are put up during the proper time and in the correct location.
The next step in the process of rebuilding the tornado-ravaged Hattiesburg Fire Department Station No. 2 is in the works, as city officials are accepting Statements of Qualifications from consulting firms for design, engineering and construction management of the project.
This year’s motto for National School Counseling Week is “School Counselors: Providing Lessons for Life.”
A horse barn at Oak Grove Upper Elementary school that is no longer being used for its original purpose is being sold to make way for a covered walkway for students and staff at the school.
In honor of Arbor Day 2019, which in Mississippi is held annually on the second Friday in February, the Lamar County Soil and Water Conservation District will give out 1,000 native hardwood tree seedlings to Lamar County Residents.
For Armendia Esters, a city of Hattiesburg employee and the mother of a William Carey University student, the news that children of city employees can now receive 50 percent off tuition at the university couldn’t have come at a better time.
In the past, you would have had to look pretty far to find an Avid Hotel - all the way to Oklahoma, in fact.
Seventy years ago, a group met to form Parkway Heights Methodist Church. On Feb.
The fifth week of the 2019 legislative session proved to be the busiest thus far.
