Hattiesburg News

Gov. Phil Bryant spoke out in favor of prayer in public schools Tuesday during an appearance at American Legion Boys State in Hattiesburg.

Gold Star Mother Patricia Davis, center, looks at roses that were presented to her as Kameron Johnson, 7, son of fallen soldier, Sgt.

Tracy Swafford of Cleveland was elected president of the Mississippi Association of Drug Court Professionals May 10 during the organization's eighth annual statewide conference in Hattiesburg.

About 100 people braved the heat Monday to turn out for Hattiesburg's 29th annual Veterans Memorial Day Program at Veterans Memorial Park.

The Hattiesburg Civic Light Opera will hold auditions for the upcoming dinner theater, "The Marvelous Wonderettes" at 7 p.m. June at the N.E.E.D.S. Inc.

The problem: A mailbox, a fence and an orange barrel. One of these things is a little out of place in this picture.

Historic Hattiesburg Downtown Association has monthly meetings at 7:30 a.m. the last Thursday of each month.

Elizabeth Lanham and Megan Lanham Bradshaw pose for a picture on Tuesday morning.

We reported in October that the University of Southern Mississippi had requested $10 million in state bonds from the Legislature for its new $31 million nursing building project.

Callie Crider, center, poses with Davis Smith, 8, left, Bentley Raiford, 6, center and Drew Lockett, 11, at the Association for the Rights of Citizens with Developmental Disabilities.

Emergency personnel work the scene of a traffic accident in the northbound lanes of Interstate 59 near the U.S. 49 exit in Hattiesburg in November 2009.

While Memorial Day Weekend may mean grilling out and family time, it's also notorious for traffic jams.

We all receive G-d's Mercy, yet, some of us take it for granted or do not recognize it.

University of Southern Mississippi students study for exams at Java Werks on Hardy Street in this file photo.

A Mississippi man who was released early from prison after providing information about a drug kingpin has been charged with selling large amounts of cocaine and marijuana to informants, court records say.

I would like to send congratulations and blessings to all the students who graduated from the different schools in the area.

Two alleged managers from a multi-city identity theft and false document production scheme were sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court.

The Hattiesburg Area Daylily Society will hold its annual Open Garden Tours on Monday throughout south Mississippi.

A man implicated in a major drug investigation that began in 2005 was ordered to serve five years in federal prison Wednesday.

AROUND MISSISSIPPI - Three Mississippi cities that are losing their federally-subsidized air connections to Memphis will now be served through Atlanta.