The Hattiesburg Public School District recently launched its Middle College Program.
Eleven Hattiesburg High School students are targeted to graduate with an Associates of Arts Degree from Pearl River Community College and a high school diploma in May 2020 as part of the Middle College Program.
With nearly four more months to go, 2018 is already one of the deadliest years on record in Hattiesburg when it comes to recorded murders.
Because of the threat posed by Hurricane Florence, the Southern Miss football team will not make the trip Saturday to Boone, North Carolina, for its scheduled game against the Appalachian State Mountaineers.
For Petal Primary School, this year’s Childhood Cancer Awareness Month hits a little close to home, as the school currently is home to three students who are either battling childhood cancer or are in remission – second-graders Harlie Williams and Eli Hudson, and first-grader Owen Thurmond.
Pine Belt artists Ben Watts and Vixon Sullivan are putting their heads, hands and hearts together to create the life-size likeness of Vernon Dahmer.
The Lamar County Sheriff’s Department is looking to add a new officer of the four-legged variety, and the public is invited to help in that endeavor.
As of the last “Point in Time Count” – which is conducted every January by the Pine Belt Coalition on Homelessness to determine the area’s number of homeless individuals – there were 132 homeless people in Forrest County, with another three in Lamar County.
A Forrest County man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection to a fatal shooting.
Southern Miss this weekend will celebrate Bobby Collins, the coach who forever raised the expectations for Golden Eagle football.
There will be a fish fry Friday night at the Canebrake Lake clubhouse.
The following is an email from Ryan Moore, public information officer at Hattiesburg Police Department:
Hattiesburg police are asking for the public's help in reference to a welfare concern for an individual.
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