Lamar News

Lamar and George counties are receiving millions of federal dollars to build community safe rooms where people can seek temporary shelter from disasters.

The way that Lamar County Fire Coordinator George Stevens sees it, the better trained - and physically fit - the county's volunteer firefighters are, the better served the county's residents will be.

Casey Little finds herself in a health care predicament. Little, 25, of Seminary needs health insurance to be able to afford treatments that could relieve the pain she suffers from fibromyalgia.

Before agreeing to come in as the Pine Belt's primary air ambulance provider, Baptist LifeFlight administrators figured the for-profit service had to average between 40 to 50 flights per month to make it work.

The Lamar County School Board voted Monday night on how to trim the district's budget by about $1.9 million after Gov.

The Mississippi State Department of Health reports one additional human case of West Nile virus for 2009, bringing the state's total to 39 with three deaths.

At the BlueJack Ridge Ranch in Poplarville there is more to do than attempt to find your way out of a corn maze.

Potholes still will be filled, culverts installed. Tree limb and brush removal, will continue as usual.

PURVIS - Despite a proposed budget reduction of nearly $2.8 million, Lamar County residents should not see a tax increase to pay for basic services such as law enforcement, road maintenance, garbage pickup and recreation in fiscal year 2010-11. That doesn't mean residents won't be paying more tax on their homes, car tags, utility bills and rental ...

At the sound of buzzing alarm clocks Thursday morning, thousands of Lamar and Forrest County students said goodbye to summer vacation and hello to a brand-new school year.

Lauren May Felder and Cullen Chadwick Cranford announce their engagement and upcoming marriage.

At the sound of buzzing alarm clocks Thursday morning, thousands of Lamar and Forrest County students said goodbye to summer vacation and hello to a brand-new school year.

Since its creation post-Hurricane Katrina, officials with Recover, Rebuild, Restore Southeast Mississippi have had to scramble to find housing for the hundreds of volunteers it annually attracts to the Pine Belt.

The Mississippi Department of Health said the state's total number of swine flu cases is 234.

A Louisiana man suspected of a series of sexual attacks returned to Mississippi Thursday to face charges involving the rape of a Hattiesburg woman.

Big Bay is about to become a lake again. A reconstructed earthen dam is functioning, and water from Big Bay Creek started flowing last week into the massive basin that will eventually become the largest private lake in Mississippi.

The Mississippi Department of Health says the state's total number of swine flu cases is 152, and there are still no deaths.

American Staff Writer tdoherty@hattiesburgamerican.com PURVIS - Three new sites for new fire stations.

PURVIS - With new evacuation guidelines adopted for the current hurricane season, Lamar County has become one of the first isles of relief along the Interstate 59 corridor for those fleeing the Gulf Coast and New Orleans.

The Mississippi Department of Health says the state's total number of swine flu cases is 105, and there are still no deaths.