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Petal residents look to Secretary Watson for answers about Forrest Memorial Gardens cemetery
By HASKEL BURNS
Fri,09/23/22-8:24PM , 2,597 Reads
From the moment Deborah Smith and her siblings’ father passed away, her family has had trouble with Forrest Memorial Gardens cemetery on Carterville Road in Petal – to the point where they say their father’s grave was dug in the wrong spot at his funeral.
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Simmons sentenced to life in prison for murder of Thomas Burns in Lamar County
By HASKEL BURNS
Fri,09/23/22-6:02PM , 2,404 Reads
The Purvis woman who murdered a man and disposed of his body in a freezer in 2019 will spend the rest of her life behind bars after recently being found guilty of murder, among other charges, in Lamar County Circuit Court.
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Former Homes of Hope director ordered to rehabilitation facility
By HASKEL BURNS
Fri,09/23/22-3:57PM , 3,491 Reads
Michael Garrett, the former executive director of Homes of Hope for Children in Purvis who recently was arrested on prostitution and drug charges, has been released from jail on bond with the stipulation that he enters a certified rehabilitation facility, among other conditions.
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Grits & Greens brings soulful rock to Hattiesburg and across the country
By HASKEL BURNS
Tue,09/20/22-3:52PM , 8,836 Reads
Like many local bands before them, the members of Grits & Greens are steeply rooted in Hattiesburg’s moniker of “The Birthplace of Rock and Roll,” with those influences going back to the 1930s when The Mississippi Jook Band recorded in the Hub City.
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