Law enforcement agencies from around the Pine Belt are teaming up with New South Restaurant Group and Special Olympics Mississippi for “Tip A Cop” fundraising events during the month of September.

The Columbia School District will be collaborating with first responders during the month of September to conduct several multi-agency school safety exercises.

The $36,000 grant extends the partnership to attack Mississippi's teacher shortage.

Friends of a homeless Hattiesburg woman killed in a hit and run two weeks ago gathered Saturday at the Fieldhouse for the Homeless to remember her life and, as her friends recall, her kindness to others.

At Biloxi Junior High, one cheerleader is also inspiring her school and community.

Construction on one of the four storm shelters being built in the Petal School District is nearing completion.

A Covington County woman wants supervisors to do something about vicious dogs roaming her neighborhood on Robert Barnes Drive.

There’s good news for Covington County taxpayers, as supervisors prepare to adopt a new fiscal budget next week.

Two men charged in a brutal on-camera attack that sparked outrage in Wayne County were back in court Friday morning for their arraignment.

Each Saturday, Lamar County residents can get rid of their more bulky and large garbage items free of charge.

The vice-president of marketing at Merit Health-Wesley will now serve on the Hattiesburg Convention Commission.

A water leak in Hattiesburg has been giving residents headaches for three years.

The United Way of the Pine Belt Region has shifted its annual fundraising efforts into high gear with an auto-racing themed campaign for 2019.

Law enforcement officers in the Hub City are teaming up with Special Olympic athletes to raise money.

A former Jones College student filed a lawsuit claiming school officials violated his First Amendment rights.

The City of Lumberton is seeing more and more drug cases, leaving city officials and citizens concerned.

A thrift store which has benefited Southern Pines Animal Shelter for nearly eight years has a new location.

The Hattiesburg-Laurel Regional Airport is no longer offering flights to Chicago.

Henry Danton is Mississippi Strong.

The 1% sales tax increase on hotel, motel and restaurants is paying off in Hattiesburg as renovations are underway at Thames Elementary School.

The Laurel City Council voted Tuesday to give Laurel Police Department roughly $278,000 dollars for upgrades to its equipment.

A Jones County family of six is picking up the pieces after their rental home burned down Tuesday morning.

The big topics from Tuesday evening’s citizens forum and public hearing were raises for city employees and no property tax increase for the City of Hattiesburg.

The Lamar County Board of Supervisors approved a 2020 budget of more than $54 million on Tuesday.

Police believe an argument over a parking spot led to a shooting early Sunday morning in Hattiesburg.

Symptoms of the West Nile virus are often mild and may include: fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, a rash, muscle weakness or swollen lymph nodes.

MHP Troop J made numerous arrests and worked more than a dozen crashes.

Petal's basketball and tennis courts will be closed for a week after someone dumped trash all over center court.

Four Hattiesburg firefighters, alongside 38 others, have been sent to Florida to help with the aftereffects of Hurricane Dorian.

Thousands of University of Southern Mississippi and Alcorn State University football fans gathered on the Hattiesburg campus Saturday to take part in tailgating activities before the football teams met at The Rock.

University of Southern Mississippi football fans are gearing up for the first game of the year, against Alcorn State, at home at The Rock.

The City of Hattiesburg is expecting an increase in traffic due to a series of events this weekend.

Thirteen years ago, then 69-year-old Denny Behm donated a kidney to a very close friend.

Democrat governor candidate Jim Hood and his team were led around the Dubard School for Language Disorders at the University of Southern Mississippi on Thursday.

To combat threats, drugs or weapons on campus, the Richton School District partnered with the Perry County Sheriff’s Department to hire a school resource officer.

For three days beginning Friday, shoppers across the state who buy firearms and other hunting equipment will get a tax break.

One lucky person will be receiving the keys to brand new car on Thursday night.

The phone lines for the Hattiesburg Police Department dispatch are back up and running after being down for a few hours Thursday.

A sports complex has been in the works for Lamar County for a while now. The board has finally agreed to a contract to be the master plan process.

Donors will receive $25 Amazon gift card along with entering for giveaway.

Stephanie Hough was honored for earning a degree from Colorado Tech Institute.

Google realizes many business owners may not have the skills they need to remain competitive.

Charlie Sims will be advancing to the general election after clinching the Republican nomination in the Forrest County Sheriff’s race.

Hurricane Dorian is passing north of Puerto Rico out in the open Atlantic.

Wednesday marks the first day of fall classes

Charlie Sims won the Republican nomination for Forrest County Sheriff during Tuesday’s runoff against David Bassett.

Two-term state Treasurer Lynn Fitch has won the Republican nomination for Mississippi attorney general.

The Mississippi Department of Transportation reopened the State Route 198 bridge in Marion County on Tuesday.

Authorities are investigating two threats involving two pine belt school’s that happened over the weekend.

The Petal Civic Center was packed with community members wanting their voices to be heard Monday night.

Forrest County voters will head to the polls on Tuesday to determine the Republican nominee for Sheriff in the upcoming general election.

Nicolas Fransisco, 33, was arrested on the Choctaw Reservation last Friday.

Hundreds of freshmen students at the University of Southern Mississippi spent Saturday learning to help others.

First responders spend their Saturday afternoon learning how to use a very specialized piece of life-saving equipment.

A new, volunteer K9 search and rescue team is based in the Pine Belt.

An Ellisville church is taking steps to improve a cemetery that includes the graves of several veterans.

Halcyon Hospice is offering a bereavement support group for the community every month.

Those who vote at the Lamar Park voting precinct will be able to vote at the same location during the runoff elections Tuesday.