In 12th century France, the theologian Alain deLille said, “A thousand roads lead men forever to Rome,” which later morphed into the well-known idiom “All roads lead to Rome.”
In a similar vein, inhabitants of the early 18th century Mississippi Territory might well have heard “All roads lead to Rodney.”
Through its selection of an annual Hall of Fame Class, the Hattiesburg Public School District Foundation acknowledges the contributions of the alumni from the Hub City’s five legacy public schools. Students who finished their last year of high school on the campuses of Eureka, Hattiesburg/Blair, Hattiesburg/North Main Street, L.J.
The Mississippi Department of Transportation is nearing completion of traffic signal upgrades in Forrest County.
The $5.2 million project included installing new flashing yellow arrow traffic signals to intersections along U.S. 49 in Hattiesburg.
When Eddie A. Holloway enrolled as a freshman at The University of Southern Mississippi in the fall of 1970, the Hattiesburg native who grew up in the segregated world of Jim Crow wouldn’t have fathomed how meaningfully the historically all-white university would figure into his life’s story.
Ann Stapleton Austin
83, of Petal
Ann Stapleton Austin died May 19, 2019, at her home. Services were May 25.
Plans are underway for a new hotel in midtown Hattiesburg, with Hattiesburg City Council members voting 5-0 Tuesday to allow a variance for four stories – rather than the current zoning that allows three stories – for a proposed Comfort Inn and Suites at the southwest corner of North 39th Avenue and Montague Boulevard.
Herbert Ray Nobles, a longtime member of Pearl River Community College Board of Trustees, grew up as a “poor county boy.” He started football his senior year of high school, which propelled him into a 27-year career with the Petal School District and 25 years at PRCC.
The 1,900 people registered to vote at the Kamper Park voting precinct will more than likely be getting a new voting place for the 2020 elections.
The BP Settlement Bill – formally known as Senate Bill 2002 – has been a huge asset to Mississippi counties and cities affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, with more than $750 million distributed statewide for repairs, improvement and infrastructure.
Sumrall’s much-anticipated water line improvement project along Mississippi 589, which is about two years in the making, will not only transpire as planned – it’ll happen much cheaper than officials were expecting.
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