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Updated: Mar. 24, 2023 at 6:37 PM CDT
|By Marissa McCardell
Local law enforcement agency members complete CIT training
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Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 4:49 AM CDT
|By WDAM Staff
Dye spill discolors Gordon's Creek in Hattiesburg
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Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 5:57 PM CDT
|By Cam Bonelli
The Forrest County Sheriff's Office received $1,400 raised by local Masonic Lodge for its K-9 officer support fund.
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Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 4:59 PM CDT
|By Holly Emery and Josh Carter
At the age of 61, Tom Bradshaw became a father for the first time after his daughter went on a years-long mission to find him.
Updated: Mar. 12, 2023 at 6:36 PM CDT
|By Emily Blackmarr
Laurel Mayor Johnny Magee is asking Laurel residents to help with 'March of the Mayors' fundraiser
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 9:28 PM CST
|By Cam Bonelli
Mayor Johnny Magee likes the way he feels about Laurel these days
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 10:33 PM CST
|By WDAM Staff
'Southern Living' magazine gives City of Laurel some ink
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 5:35 PM CST
|By WDAM Staff
North Lamar Water lifts boil-water notice
Updated: Mar. 5, 2023 at 7:20 PM CST
|By Trey Howard
Hattiesburg adds first permanent sculpture in more than three years
Updated: Mar. 4, 2023 at 5:07 PM CST
|By Trey Howard
Pelicans flock to Thames Elementary School in Hattiesburg
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Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 4:16 PM CST
|By Trey Howard
Local ministry returns to Jasper County Jail
Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 1:03 AM CST
|By Kyra Lampley
Eli Lily announced Wednesday a 70 percent price cut on insulin.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 12:57 AM CST
|By Marissa McCardell
Pine Belt Foundation hosts annual faces of the Foundation award ceremony
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 3:16 PM CST
|By WDAM Staff
The fifth annual Prom-A-Palooza set for 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Sunday
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 1:59 PM CST
|By WLOX Staff
According to the Mississippi Lottery Corporation, the ticket matched all five numbers from Tuesday’s Mississippi Match 5 drawing,
Updated: Feb. 26, 2023 at 4:33 PM CST
|By Kyra Lampley
A Jones College teacher was named a Mississippi Humanities Teacher of the Year
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 12:35 AM CST
|By Brandy McGill
A staple built specifically for African Americans during segregation in Laurel, Oak Park Elementary.
Updated: Feb. 19, 2023 at 4:33 PM CST
|By Kyra Lampley
West Jones High School students bring back awards from state art competition
Updated: Feb. 19, 2023 at 3:48 AM CST
|By Trey Howard
Local teens help feed homeless
Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 at 2:42 PM CST
|By Bill Snyder
Jace Matthews got the news with the help of his classmates, Ocean Springs High School football players, cheerleaders and students.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2023 at 5:09 PM CST
|By Jordon Gray
Six Mississippi high schools won their respective divisions at the 2023 UCA National High School Cheerleading Championship on February 12.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2023 at 10:47 PM CST
|By WDAM Staff
Bobby Boone has been taken into custody and booked into the Forrest County Jail.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 7:19 PM CST
|By Hannah Hayes
Southern Pines receives donation
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 3:04 AM CST
|By Marissa McCardell
Education professionals from across Mississippi attended the event to share strategies about how to combat the state’s teacher shortage and how to inspire people to choose a career in the classroom.
Updated: Jan. 29, 2023 at 3:03 AM CST
|By Trey Howard
"First Lego Robotic Competition" held at Oak Grove
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 8:39 PM CST
|By Charles Herrington
About one dozen volunteers from Michigan are in Hattiesburg this week, helping rebuild a home that was damaged in the January 2017 tornado.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 3:10 PM CST
|By Trey Howard
91-year-old Sumrall man publishes first book
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 2:16 PM CST
|By Bill Snyder
The cupboard isn’t bare at the Back Bay Mission in Biloxi, but there’s a lot of space on the shelves where food should be.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 10:25 PM CST
|By Hannah Hayes
Laurel MLK Walk
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 9:57 PM CST
|By WDAM Staff
Laurel FOP chapter preparing for Mardi Gras parade
Updated: Jan. 6, 2023 at 5:30 PM CST
|By Kyra Lampley
Hattiesburg Zoo reboots its outreach program for 2023
Updated: Dec. 31, 2022 at 5:49 PM CST
|By WDAM Staff
A memorial was erected on the site where an errant driver took down a City of Hattiesburg Christmas tree that had been anchored in the middle of a roundabout for about nine days.
Updated: Dec. 28, 2022 at 11:11 PM CST
|By Cam Bonelli
The Laurel Police Department is currently hiring, and Chief Tommy Cox said the department hosts tests four times a year for new recruits.
Updated: Dec. 28, 2022 at 6:40 PM CST
|By WDAM Staff
Glendale Utility District in Forrest County lifted 'boil-water' notice Wednesday afternoon
Updated: Dec. 25, 2022 at 1:02 AM CST
|By Charles Herrington
Santa Claus left the North Pole briefly on Saturday to take part in an annual Christmas event in Forrest County.
Updated: Dec. 24, 2022 at 11:01 PM CST
|By Trey Howard
St. Fabian offers Christmas Eve mass
Updated: Dec. 23, 2022 at 8:48 PM CST
|By Trey Howard
Columbia Police Department offers warmth during Friday giveaway
Updated: Dec. 23, 2022 at 1:43 PM CST
|By Vanessa Pacheco
The Oak Grove Middle School teacher is currently 20 weeks and expecting four girls and one boy.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2022 at 11:46 PM CST
|By Trey Howard
Bridge To Hope gives hope to some homeless Thursday
Updated: Dec. 21, 2022 at 10:57 PM CST
|By Vanessa Pacheco
This month's WDAM 7 and TEC's Golden Apple Award winner, Mrs. Brianna Vento, was nominated for the love and care she shows to her students at West Jones Elementary every day.
Updated: Dec. 17, 2022 at 1:06 AM CST
|By Kyra Lampley
Weather anxiety can be treated
Updated: Dec. 16, 2022 at 8:00 PM CST
|By Kyra Lampley
USM group to partner with U.S. Army National Guard unit
Updated: Dec. 15, 2022 at 11:56 PM CST
|By WDAM Staff
Jones County reserve deputy honored with Medal of Valor
Updated: Dec. 15, 2022 at 8:24 PM CST
|By WDAM Staff
Jasper County deputies gathering goods for nursing home
Updated: Dec. 11, 2022 at 11:37 PM CST
|By WDAM Staff
JCSD deputy, Powers first responder help save woman from likely overdose
Updated: Dec. 10, 2022 at 7:57 PM CST
|By Trey Howard
We Share Food Pantry distributed some 300 bags of food/cleaning supplies Saturday
Updated: Dec. 8, 2022 at 2:38 AM CST
|By WDAM Staff
Collins Firefighter of Year promoted
Updated: Dec. 8, 2022 at 12:32 AM CST
|By Trey Howard*
Volunteers team with R3SM in Hattiesburg to rebuild home
Updated: Dec. 3, 2022 at 5:23 AM CST
|By Trey Howard
Prentiss police added a tool to help them better protect and serve
Updated: Dec. 2, 2022 at 7:40 PM CST
|By WDAM Staff and Cam Bonelli
City of Ellisville hosts its employees