It’s often said that churches and their members are the pillars of the community, and several churches throughout Petal are showing exactly why they’ve earned that reputation.
In 2017, the Petal School District was rated by the Mississippi Department of Education as the No.1 school district in the state.
Lamar County received a $30,000 two-year waste tire grant from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality to continue its work collecting white goods on the weekends for disposal and cleaning up illegal dump sites.
County Administration Joseph “Jody” Waits said the funds have been awarded on a continuing basis.
Candidates to fill the vacant Lamar County School Board District B seat began interviews with board members this week, Board President Jeremy Chance said after Monday’s board meeting in Purvis.
The seat became vacant last month when Carolyn Lott Adams resigned the position for personal reasons.
Lamar County students were above the state average in almost 85 percent of the Mississippi Academic Assessment Program’s tests, which scores were released by the Mississippi Department of Education today.
Bookworms and animal lovers alike are in for a treat at the Hattiesburg Zoo.
Hattiesburg’s James Moore, who has dedicated his life to preventing opioid addiction in others after the overdose of his son, Jeffrey, received a national Voice Award last Wednesday at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles.
A Certificate of Need has been granted to Forrest General Hospital by the Mississippi State Department of Health for the addition of a linear accelerator at FGH’s Cancer Center.
The public record of the past two weeks’ felony arrests from the Forrest County Sheriff’s office includes the following reports. Information is provided by the sheriff’s office and Hattiesburg and Petal police departments. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law:
Monday, July 30
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