Seventeen months after the Mississippi Department of Transportation suspended all payments to the city of Hattiesburg, MDOT has lifted that ban, allowing city officials to receive reimbursements for held payments and pursue other Federal Highway Administration grant programs.
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.
The Library of Hattiesburg, Petal & Forrest County will benefit from more than $7 million in financial assistance to the state’s 53 public library systems through state and federal funding.
Virginia Young, a teacher at the Hattiesburg Public School District’s Mary Bethune Achievement Center, was awarded a $500 teacher grant from the Retired Education Personnel of Mississippi Foundation, which she will use for a project she has developed to help students at the school learn more about the state and nation’s civil rights history.
Siblings Alden and Field Bennett earned degrees from The University of Southern Mississippi during fall 2018 commencement, making them third-generation graduates of school.
Opening the 2019 Spring semester, The University of Southern Mississippi English and Theatre programs will host the 2019 Blaine Quarnstrom Playwright Series featuring playwright Robert Icke from Jan. 24 – 27.
DOHA, QATAR - During the Milipol Qatar 2018 Exhibition at the end of October, the The University of Southern Mississippi’s National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security and INTERPOL signed a training cooperation agreement with the State of Qatar, represented by the Security Committee of the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy.
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.
For the last 25 years, Hub City Realtor Jim Stroo has been helping those across the Pine Belt find their forever home. Stroo is the broker and owner of Realty Executives, The Executive Team Inc.
It was a fellow real estate agent, Cheryl Cranford, who may have piqued his interest in the profession.
With conference members from the United State Senate and House of Representatives in agreement, the 807-page 2018 Farm Bill is expected to be passed by both chambers in the coming days, bringing much needed relief to thousands of Mississippians who depend on the programs it provides funding towards.
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