Monday, May 20 2013 5:16 PM EDT2013-05-20 21:16:41 GMT
Pine Belt shoppers will soon have a wider selection of retailers from which to shop. This summer, four new retail businesses have relocated to Turtle Creek Mall and are scheduled to be open by August.More >>
Pine Belt shoppers will soon have a wider selection of retailers from which to shop. More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 2:32 PM EDT2013-05-20 18:32:53 GMT
HATTIESBURG (WDAM) - Police say a tractor trailer accident is blocking 38th Avenue and Hardy Street. Police are diverting traffic. Copyright 2013 WDAM. All rights reserved.More >>
Police say a tractor trailer accident is blocking 38th Avenue and Hardy Street. Police are diverting traffic.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 10:38 PM EDT2013-05-21 02:38:44 GMT
The city of Columbia is receiving complaints over the odor of its sewage lagoon Columbia has narrowed the odor problem down to algae growth along the city's sewage lagoon. The board of alderman votedMore >>
The city of Columbia is receiving complaints over the odor of its sewage lagoon Columbia has narrowed the odor problem down to algae growth along the city's sewage lagoon. The board of alderman votedMore >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 5:00 PM EDT2013-05-21 21:00:58 GMT
Residents in tornado-stricken Moore, OK, await news on missing love ones Tuesday, a day after a massive tornado devastated the city, killing at least 51. Rescuers worked all night, with particular attentionMore >>
The tornado, with winds up to 200 mph, cut a 20-mile stretch as wide as two miles through the Oklahoma City metro area. The medical examiner's office reported 24 people died, including nine children. More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 4:06 PM EDT2013-05-20 20:06:33 GMT
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The sheriff's department says a Hattiesburg man is wanted for non-payment of child support. A judge issues a bench warrant for Jerald Jerome Martin, Jr., 27. Authorities say Martin owes thousands inMore >>
A George County judge issued a bench warrant for Jerald Jerome Martin, Jr., 27. The sheriff's department say Martin owes thousands in back child support.More >>
Presidential campaigns are in full swing and elections are just over two months away - but absentee ballots for overseas voters are just weeks from submission. For those voting outside of U.S. soil, voting starts 45 days before November 6.
Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann stopped into the Hattiesburg Circuit Clerk's office Wednesday, talking about absentee voting. A key focus for Mississippi this year Hosemann said, is getting service members overseas -a group with historically low election turnout - to cast ballots.
"They're interdisposed everywhere," said Hosemann of the difficulty of wrangling the votes of service members. "The groups are not necessarily all Army, some are Air Force and they have different missions and they're moving all over the world literally. So it's very hard, you can't mail them a ballot anymore. That became really obsolete. Then they went to faxing ballots. Well, not everyone has a fax on a sand dune, so the only real way to get these ballots and get our participation from the armed services up was to do electronic voting and Mississippi's taken the lead on that."
The state's online voting mechanism allows residents overseas to vote via a system that is similar to email. There has been controversy in some states over the system because it could inhibit voter ballot privacy.
Hosemann says Mississippi has integrated electronic voting more widely than nearly any other state in the country.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 5:26 PM EDT2013-05-21 21:26:49 GMT
If you live in Laurel or Petal you still have time to get to the polls and cast your vote in the run off election. There are several races going on in the city of Laurel. The biggest race is the democraticMore >>
If you live in Laurel or Petal you still have time to get to the polls and cast your vote in the run off election.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 5:26 PM EDT2013-05-21 21:26:09 GMT
In the wake of Monday's puppy mill bust in Walthal County may Mississippi animal advocates are calling for tougher animal cruelty laws in the state. Advocates believe stiffer penalties would go a longMore >>
In the wake of Monday's puppy mill bust in Walthal County may Mississippi animal advocates are calling for tougher animal cruelty laws in the state. More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 4:20 PM EDT2013-05-21 20:20:25 GMT
A body discovered in Clinton Saturday night has led to a homicide investigation. Hinds County Coroner Sharon Grisham Stewart confirms a body was discovered, although few other details are known. The bodyMore >>
Judge Steven Nixon has denied bond for the man charged in the weekend shooting death of a 21-year-old Jackson man in Clinton.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 3:39 PM EDT2013-05-21 19:39:11 GMT
A 20-year veteran of the U.S. Secret Service and member of a national patriotic musical organization spoke at a meeting of Forrest-Lamar Republican Women Tuesday. Howell Purvis served 5 presidents asMore >>
A 20-year veteran of the U.S. Secret Service and member of a national patriotic musical organization spoke at a meeting of Forrest-Lamar Republican Women Tuesday.More >>
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