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Sumrall officials working on improvements to police, fire department buildings
By HASKEL BURNS
Mon,08/29/22-12:47PM , 1,505 Reads
Officials from the Town of Sumrall are in the process of expanding and improving two of the town’s public safety facilities: the Sumrall Police Department and the Sumrall Fire Department.

The measure was approved at a recent meeting of the Sumrall Board of Aldermen; work on the projects is already underway.
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Greens Creek overflow floods several dozen homes in Petal
By HASKEL BURNS
Thu,08/25/22-6:29PM , 2,332 Reads
On the late afternoon of August 24, Petal resident Kim Turner sat on the tailgate of a pickup truck, helpless, and watched as her home on East First Avenue steadily took on water from nearby Greens Creek, which flooded over as a result of the intense rains that have pounded Mississippi over the past week.
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Hattiesburg officials pass golf cart ordinance
By HASKEL BURNS
Tue,08/23/22-4:14PM , 2,115 Reads
For about a month, Hattiesburg City Council president Jeffrey George and Hunter White – who serves as the City of Hattiesburg’ engineering project manager – have worked on an ordinance that would regulate use of golf carts in the city, particularly on which roads they could be driven.
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Watercolorist Waters releases ‘The Watercolor Road: Painting and Writing Through America’s South’
By HASKEL BURNS
Mon,08/22/22-5:40PM , 2,342 Reads
In the Hattiesburg area, watercolorist Wyatt Waters is probably best known for his collaborations with local restaurateur Robert St. John, with books such as “Southern Seasons,” “A Mississippi Palate” and “An Italian Palate,” which was done during a 2012 tour of Italy and its restaurants.
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