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Building Sisterhood through Booze: Facebook group unites Pine Belt women

The circumstances of life are sometimes best met with an alcoholic beverage.

Page Turners: Mitchell’s ‘Race Against Time’ confronts the South’s difficult past

Mississippi-based investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell is a hero in my eyes, and I was happy to see his much-anticipated memoir, “Race Against Time: A Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Murder Cases of the Civil Rights Era,” hit bookshelves earlier this year.

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Prologue: Working together for a bright ‘new normal’

By Joshua Wilson, 725 Reads

I was thinking the other day about how I want things to go back to “normal.”
Of course, what does that even mean these days? I don’t think we’ll ever go back to the way things were – the “normal” – before the COVID-19 pandemic hit our area in March.

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New Hattiesburg executive order places further limits on restaurants, bars, entertainment venues and dance halls

By Joshua Wilson, 4,467 Reads

To help combat the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Forrest and Lamar counties, Hattiesburg Mayor Toby Barker has issued a new executive order that places further limits on restaurants, bars, entertainment venues and dance halls.

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Work together for a bright ‘new normal’

By Joshua Wilson, 939 Reads

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Beavers, snakes and other tales from Perch Creek

By Joshua Wilson, 1,368 Reads

Perch Creek isn’t a big tourist destination, but it’s been at the center of many of my life’s formative moments.
“The Creek” is a beloved – and revered – spot for my family, and it runs through our property in rural Lincoln County.

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City offices closed to the public; new cases found in city workforce

By Joshua Wilson, 7,007 Reads

City of Hattiesburg offices are closed to the public following rising COVID-19 cases in Forrest and Lamar counties.

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Forrest County now under mandatory mask order

By Joshua Wilson, 3,856 Reads

Forrest County is among the Mississippi counties under a mandatory mask order issued Sunday by Gov. Tate Reeves.

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It’s a ‘make it or break it’ time for these United States

By Joshua Wilson, 1,273 Reads

“I’m so tired of all of this.”
I’ve heard this phrase – or some variation of it, sometimes with colorful language – many times in the past few weeks, and I’ve even uttered it a few times myself.

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William Carey plans to reopen for the fall term

By Joshua Wilson, 2,044 Reads

William Carey University officials announced Tuesday that the university will reopen its campuses for the fall term.

Dr. Tommy King, president, said the reopening comes with “stringent COVID-19 safety protocols in place.”

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