One Drug Enforcement Agency agent was injured in a vehicle during an altercation with one of two people the agency was taking for an appearance in federal court Monday in Hattiesburg. For about an hour, West Pine Street, between First Avenue and Hardy Street was blocked off by Hattiesburg Police Department while the situation was […]
Hattiesburg’s post offices are receiving an upgrade in the form of electric vehicles. The vehicles are part of a 10-year plan known as Delivering for America. The plan will modernize the USPS by way of electric vehicles and new operating centers designed to deliver mail to larger areas. “Electrification and modernization of the Postal Service’s […]
On Independence Day in 1944, fighter pilot 2nd Lt. Sam Dale Jr. and his squadron had just completed a mission in France and were on their way back to camp when they were attacked by German aircraft. Three planes, including Dale’s, were shot down over the village of Le Mesnil Fuguet, but only Dale suffered […]
After weeks of community meetings where Hattiesburg residents could voice their opinions and concerns about using cameras to supplement police activities, city officials are rolling out a pilot program to test whether camera-assisted radar can encourage motorists to slow down in school zones. In March, Hattiesburg City Council voted unanimously to launch the pilot program […]
The 10th annual Hattiesburg Craft Beer Festival once again will fill Town Square Park in the spring after it was moved last year to March to beat the broiling summer heat. “Town Square Park will be transformed into everyone’s favorite beer festival,” said Andrea Saffle, Downtown Hattiesburg director. “The Hattiesburg Craft Beer Festival has evolved […]
One Hattiesburg church’s name is synonymous with great gumbo, so why not take advantage of that reputation to raise money to help people? The Episcopal Church of the Ascension has been dishing up its secret-recipe gumbo for more than 40 years. Legend has it that a Cajun transplant moved to Hattiesburg in the ’70s and […]