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City March 2011 March 2012 Bassfield $10,595 $11,383 Collins $111,716 $110,861 Columbia $286,331 $275,784 Ellisville $65,220 $68,491 Hattiesburg $1,653,781 $1,758,180 Laurel $724,948 $747,531 Lumberton $14,159 $14,604 New Augusta $14,426 $14,494 Petal $169,788 $183,186 Picayune $335,091 $323,118 Poplarville $44,389 $45,995 Prentiss $35,490 $34,028 ... (more)

Lewisburg jumped on Purvis pitching early and often in a 10-3 win Friday in the second game of the... NEW ORLEANS - A white Mississippi man charged with shooting at three black men in what prosecutors call a racially motivated attack following Hurricane Katrina has been freed from a federal prison hospital where doctors found him competent to stand ... (more)

Forty-two William Carey University students - 26 from the Hattiesburg campus and 16 from the Tradition campus - were named Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.

Eleven individuals were indicted this week on federal drug charges, U.S. Ten of the defendants were arrested, April 4 and police are still on the lookout for one who is still at large.