During the regular meeting of the Forrest County Supervisors, who met on Tuesday because of the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday on Monday, the board opened bids for two construction projects and revisited a subdivision ordinance it had taken under advisement.
The City of Petal began selling tickets this week for its upcoming celebration of Black History Month.
The concert event will be held at 6 p.m. Feb. 21 at the Petal Civic Center.
"Cancer: Not Here, Not There, Not Anywhere!" "Let's close the book on Cancer," is this year’s theme for Petal Relay for Life, which will be held from 5 p.m.-3 a.m. Friday, May 1-Saturday, May 2.
Petal got a good look at differentiation of instruction when second-grader Colette Lymon, 8, a student of Melanie Hendry at Petal Primary School (PPS), presented her independent study portfolio on the book Sarah Morton’s Day.
The Petal Children’s Task Force is gearing up for its largest fundraising event of the year.
The third annual Lighthouse Dash 5K and two-mile run will be held on Feb. 14.
Business is booming in Petal.
From July to December 2014, Petal claimed nearly $1.83 million in sales tax revenue from approximately $91.3 million in commercial sales, based on a recent report from the Mississippi Department of Revenue (DOR),
Crowds gathered at Spring Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Purvis on Saturday for the 27th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.
The theme of this year’s celebration was, “Help someone along life’s way, and your living will not be in vain.”
On Tuesday, the Lamar County School District’s board unanimously approved for a new privately-funded volleyball facility to be built at Oak Grove High School. The $1-million project will be donated to the district upon completion.
The Hattiesburg Public School District recently presented the Administrator of the Year Award to Felica Morris, principal of Woodley Elementary School.
The devil, as they say, is in the details. And, although there are plenty of details still to be tackled in the City of Hattiesburg’s search for a solution to treat its wastewater, the end result will include a cost that is staggering.
Jimmy Clyde Tyler, 71, passed away on Thursday, September 27, 2018, at Tyler Holmes Memorial... READ MORE
