Lumberton News

LUMBERTON BASS PECAN CO. - 925 E. Main Ave., just off exit 41 on Interstate 59 - had an open house Oct.

There will be a benefit gospel sing in the Purvis Auditorium for Broxton Wayne Cameron at 6 p.m. Nov.

Incumbent Pearl River County District 5 school board member Margie Creel will face off with challenger Twila Crabtree in a Pearl River County school board election on Tuesday.

Oct. 24 Deputies responded to five alarm calls, three traffic accidents, two animal calls, three disturbances, four domestic disturbances and two vandalisms.

Danny Joe and Diana Williams of Lumberton announce the engagement of their daughter, Dania Jo Williams, to Michael Jared Saucier, son of Steven and Beverly Saucier of Purvis.

LUMBERTON THE LUMBERTON High Class of 1959 had its reunion Oct. 16-17. Classmates met at the high school to dedicate a bench and honor deceased classmates and teachers.

Oct. 17 Deputies responded to three alarm calls, one accident with no injuries, two animal calls, five disturbances, two domestic disturbances and two petit larcenies.

Jail docket Tuesday Monte C. Johnson Sr., 33, possession of with intent to distribute marijuana Trent O. McGee, 38, conspiracy to sale of a controlled substance Incident reports Responded to a grand larceny at 6:50 p.m. in the 300 block of Eatonville Road.

LUMBERTON THE SIXTH ANNUAL Lumberfest, sponsored by the Lumberton Economic Development Council, is Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. Rembert Powell of Sumrall will celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary on Sunday, October 25, 2009.

It's a cruisin' event where cash talks and people walk away with classic car parts to restore their antique beauties.

Lamar County is redesigning. Lumberton is a reappraising. Petal is reassuring. All three have federally-funded projects either under way or in the works that Gov.

LUMBERTON THE FRIENDS of the Library are hosting a silent auction Monday-Friday at the Lumberton Public Library.

The August sales tax report brought bad news to some Pine Belt cities, including Hattiesburg.

The federal government will hold public auctions throughout the month on large groups of FEMA travel trailers remaining at five staging sites in Mississippi's Lamar, Forrest and Marion counties.

A Lumberton man is in jail tonight after an argument almost became a deadly shooting.

Prominent forensics educator Michael Marks wasn't sure what the future held after being laid off as principal of Hattiesburg's Adept School in January.

Hurricane Katrina reshaped south Mississippi, shifting populations and scarring the landscape with its devastating touch.

Mr. Randle H. Smith and Ms. Gay P. Smith, both of Lumberton, announce the engagement of their daughter, Shelby Faith, to Christopher Cody Clostio, son of Kenneth and Brenda Clostio of Abbeville, LA.

A RECEPTION will be from 4-6 p.m. Monday for Patsy Davis at the Lumberton Library.