The second legal encounter to consider the proposed incorporation of Bellevue in Lamar County was postponed after only attorney William Ducker – representing citizens opposing the incorporation of Bellevue – showed up Monday morning in Purvis.
Forty-five members of the Oak Grove High School Theatre will advance to the Mississippi Theatre Association State competition Jan. 11-14, 2018, at Mississippi University for Women in Columbia.
Lamar County School Board members began interviewing the eight candidates who have applied to fill the vacant District D position left vacant with the departure of Mike Pruitt in October.
Superintendent Tess Smith said early Monday that interviews were scheduled that day.
The overlay project on State Aid Roads in Lamar County was completed in November, an engineer told the Board of Supervisors earlier this week.
Jason Lamb, who was filling for County Engineer Don Walker, told supervisors that work should be complete soon.
The Lamar County School Board targeted refinanced school bonds for buildings and buses during a special meeting Monday morning to help improve the bond rating before a possible Jan. 1 deadline.
The African Children's Choir melts the hearts of audiences with their charming smiles, beautiful voices, and lively African songs and dances.
Pine Belt residents will have the opportunity to hear the choir when members perform at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, at Good Hope Baptist Church in Purvis.
Eighteen deficiencies were reported in the City of Hattiesburg’s fiscal year 2015 audit, which was presented to the City Council at its agenda setting meeting Monday afternoon at City Hall.
Approximately 1,600 Pine Belt-area veterans have benefitted during the past five years from a Veterans Administration transport vehicle that carries them to Jackson for physician appointments at the VA Hospital. Drivers for the transports are local volunteers.
Two cases involving Hattiesburg defendants were recently adjudicated at the state level after convictions in the Forrest County Circuit Court. Both convictions were upheld despite their appeals.
After raising more than $1,200 in the Hattiesburg Police Department’s No Shave November event, Chief Anthony Parker challenged the officers to “double down.” He said he would extend the fundraising campaign through December.
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Get ready for a beauty pageant the likes of which you’ve probably never seen.
