The Hub City Kiwanis Club has been feeding Pine Belt residents breakfast since March 1961. Well, at least pancakes and sausage and only one day a year.
According to numbers from the Food Allergy Research & Education website, researchers estimate that 32 million Americans have food allergies, including 5.6 million under the age of 18 – equal to one in 13 children, or approximately two to every classroom.
With a career in firefighting stretching back to the 1970s, it’d be hard to find someone else with the experience – or passion – for helping people and saving lives in that field as George Stevens.
At least one member of the Lumberton Board of Aldermen has made the decision to accept the pay raise that was proposed in early October.
The Mississippi Transportation Commission has awarded Warren Paving $2 million for a paving project on Mississippi 589 in Lamar County, part of almost $55 million given throughout the state for infrastructure projects that will be overseen by the Mississippi Department of Transportation.
A well-traveled bridge in Lamar County is being temporarily closed for repairs on orders from the Mississippi Office of State Aid Road Construction.
A Purvis man faces the possibility of life in prison after being found guilty of sexual battery of a child.
Fifteenth Circuit Court District Attorney Hal Kittrell said Jeffery Barnes, 51, was found guilty Wednesday by a Lamar County jury. Barnes will be sentenced on December 3, with a maximum penalty of up to life in prison.
The former Lamar County School District teacher who recently pleaded guilty to statutory rape has been sentenced to a total of seven years with the Mississippi Department of Corrections, including three years in prison.
Officials from Fairley Construction in Petal will soon go to work converting the former Sellers Chevrolet building in Purvis into a new maintenance facility for the Lamar County School District.
Lamar County residents are encouraged to “Share the Warmth” this holiday season by supporting a clothing drive to help students in the Lamar County School District.
During the drive, which runs until December 16, participants can donate new or gently-used coats or school uniforms for all ages.
The Oak Grove Warriors’ season came to an end Friday night and with the it the hope of a state... READ MORE
