The search for a new chief for the Lumberton Police Department has made at least some progress, as the Lumberton Board of Aldermen have received two applications to replace recently-removed former chief Carlus Page.
Hattiesburg City Council members are expected to vote at their Dec. 18 meeting on six items regarding the city’s Community Rating System, a voluntary incentive program offered by the National Flood Insurance Program regarding community floodplain management activities.
It’s a pretty big honor for any student to be named a semifinalist for the National Merit Scholarship Program, which offers national, corporate-sponsored or college-sponsored scholarship awards.
With the November election resulting in a handful of new judgeships, the Petal Board of Aldermen have moved a couple of city officials to new positions to fill the vacancies left by those moving into elected office.
Business owners across Mississippi are coming together to work on two problems: too many high school seniors are waiting until after graduation to figure out a career path, and the businesses themselves aren’t doing a great job of connecting with students to educate them about the workforce.
After some confusion regarding work and water testing near Sumrall Town Hall, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has closed out a Notice of Violation previously issued to the city.
In her role as executive director of the Petal Education Foundation, Leahne Lightsey often has the opportunity to play Santa Claus, as evidenced by the $447,000 in scholarship awards gifted since the organization’s inception in 1987 and the $69,900 awarded in teacher Mini-Grants since 2005.
A dangerous intersection in Sumrall may be getting realigned to make driving through downtown a little safer for motorists.
In preparation of the upcoming Regions Bank project that will relocate 320 employees from two of the bank’s downtown locations to a new mortgage operations facility in west Hattiesburg, members of Hattiesburg City Council have approved the closure of the alley behind the Regions parking garage on West Front Street.
Hattiesburg City Council members are expected to vote at their Dec.
