Hattiesburg News

A month-long fugitive sweep has resulted in the arrest of 232 violent offenders in Mississippi.

A Health Care Reform Symposium will be presented at 7 p.m. Monday, July 13 at the Jackie Dole Sherrill Community Center in downtown Hattiesburg by the 912 Project Hattiesburg.

Areas of Mississippi are safer with 232 violent offenders off the street after a monthlong fugitive sweep known as Operation FALCON 2009, law enforcement officials said Thursday.

I spent the day with a Hattiesburg police officer Wednesday. Every morning around 5 a.m., the officers gear up for the day.

Hattiesburg police are searching for a man who attacked a woman with a Taser and then handcuffed and raped her in her apartment.

The Hattiesburg Fire Department welcomed three new firefighters during a Tuesday swearing-in ceremony at City Hall.

For more than 25 years, the primary focus of my professional career has been food.

Letrice McCornell remembers the saddest moment of her life each time she closes her eyes.

The economy has battered many businesses, but local fireworks vendors said hard times aren't why fewer customers are buying the colorful explosives that are a traditional part of July Fourth.

Neither another sweat-stained afternoon of searing heat nor an unfamiliar sight of late in Hattiesburg - threatening skies - could dampen the spirit of the inaugural Stars and Stripes celebration in downtown Hattiesburg.

A Picayune resident apparently was shot in the head but is in stable condition. Hancock County Investigator H. Matthew Carver said the victim, Adam Lepine, 23, of Picayune, is in stable condition but is expected to be paralyzed from the neck down.

JACKSON - A top administrator said Thursday that some of Mississippi's 15 community mental health centers could have trouble surviving because Gov.

Hattiesburg firefighters responded to a small fire that erupted from a box fan inside the Forrest County jail.

Rick Bales, former circulation director for the Hattiesburg American, was killed Wednesday after a truck fell on him.

Police have arrested four Hattiesburg residents for allegedly selling counterfeit merchandise out of their home.

Hattiesburg police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found behind the Dandy Dan's Service Station on U.S. 49.

On Tuesday, federal prosecutors presented more details of a statewide methamphetamine distribution ring as two of the remaining 18 suspects facing federal charges appeared in U.S. District Court in Hattiesburg.

One American dies every 32 seconds of cardiovascular disease, disorders of the heart and blood vessels.

The alleged ringleader of a methamphetamine distribution ring threatened to kill a state narcotics agent and judges involved in a statewide investigation that produced more than 50 arrests, federal prosecutors said Monday.

Hattiesburg Clinic welcomes John A. Johnson III, MD, to the department of surgery.