The main exhibit hall at the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum at Camp Shelby will be open to the public July 4, for the first time in nearly four months.
Several fireworks shows that usually take place in the Pine Belt have been canceled this year due to COVID-19, but some places are still holding events for people to celebrate the Fourth of July.
A veterans organization and a local caterer teamed up Thursday to serve a holiday lunch to residents at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Collins.
Just as Gov. Tate Reeves signed the bill officially retiring the Mississippi state flag with a Confederate emblem on it, Forrest County removed the 1894 flags from county buildings.
The Mississippi Department of Transportation is working on millions of dollars worth of projects which state officials say are improving safety for motorists in the Pine Belt.
Becky Collins, Executive Director of the South Central Health Care Foundation, talks about Art of Healing’s auction going online-only and open to the public since the main social event is canceled.
Camp Shelby commander Col. Bobby Ginn says thousands of soldiers from Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida and Puerto Rico will train at the post from July through October.
As recovery efforts continue in Jefferson Davis County, R3SM of Hattiesburg is lending a helping hand by assisting with unmet needs as many families are still feeling the impacts of Easter Sunday’s deadly tornado.
A new nonprofit organization has formed to help stray animals in Wayne County, which is seeing quite a lot of popularity with area residents and local officials.
ICU nurse Jessica Parsons was recognized for how she showed her clinical skills and compassionate care, serving as a role model in the nursing community.
A Hattiesburg-based organization that helps with disaster recovery is now working with groups in Jefferson Davis and Covington counties to assist families after the Easter Sunday tornadoes two months ago.
The Pine Belt Robotics Academy is offering summer camps for the first time. According to the academy website, third through sixth grade students are learning how to create functioning programs on robots.
The Board of Directors of the Area Development Partnership of Greater Hattiesburg unanimously approved a statement in support of changing the Mississippi state flag Tuesday.
The Hattiesburg Community Arts Center is hosting its smART Space Virtual Camp, where children from the community can watch Facebook live to participate in art and various fun activities.
Lamar County is working on a road project that will start at the Main Street and Purvis to Columbia Road intersection, and stretch four miles to Boggy Hollow Bridge.
According to Jones County Fire Council’s public information officer Dana Bumgardner, Johnson, Ovett, South Jones and Moselle volunteer fire departments responded to the rollover after it happened around 11:05 a.m.
Families in Jefferson Davis county are asking for answers as they mourn the unsolved murders of family members in the community. They are asking for Law Enforcement to do something about it.
COVID-19 didn’t stop Heidelberg residents from celebrating Juneteenth Friday. Organizers held a drive-thru celebration so that people in the community could remember the day in history.
Community members marched from Chain Park in Hattiesburg across the Leaf River into Petal for a protest they call Bridging the Gap on Friday afternoon.
Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, more than 250,000 thousand slaves finally received their freedom in Texas on June 19, 1865.
Projects like the renovating of batting cages at Vernon Dahmer Park are dependent on the 1% sales tax on hotels and restaurants inside the City of Hattiesburg.
Many high school students in our area are already preparing to take part in extra-curricular activities for school this fall, despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The Covington County Chamber of Commerce will host a special gathering this week to look for new ways to improve the local economy as the coronavirus pandemic continues.
