Purvis News

Gov. Haley Barbour says the closing of six crisis centers and four state Department of Mental Health facilities will help the state save $18 million next fiscal year.

McKenzie T. Lott of Purvis recently became a member of Sigma Alpha Lambda, a national leadership and honors organization at Mississippi State University.

Smaller Pine Belt cities compiled stronger sales tax revenue then their larger counterparts.

With some $450 billion on the line, accurate census counts count. Organizations, communities and volunteers are joining forces to promote the 2010 census count using innovative measures and lots of legwork to ready residents for the population survey.

A Veterans Day Chapel Assembly will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the gymnasium at Lamar Christian School at 62 Purvis-Oloh Road, Purvis.

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

Next school year, Lamar County students will have a lot in common - mainly all wearing collared shirts with navy, black or khaki bottoms.

Lamar County residents will have one more chance to weigh in on a proposed zoning ordinance before the Board of Supervisors votes on the regulations that would take effect on Jan.

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

Purvis Police Capt. Antonio Felipe tried to avoid looking at the graphic scene of a fatal motorcycle accident he responded to on Mississippi 589 that claimed the life of a 40-year-old woman on Oct.

Students and teachers at Oak Grove Lower Elementary celebrated grant-funded, state-of-the-art fitness equipment with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday on the school's playground.

PURVIS -- Olympic Warrior Gymnastics will host a haunted house and hay ride during an open gym night from 8 p.m. to midnight Oct.

Five Lamar County volunteer firefighters are being trained in counter-terrorism techniques at classes in New Mexico.

The Lamar County Sheriff's Office is searching for an elderly man with Alzheimer's. Sheriff Danny Rigel says Lonnie McMahon, 83, was last seen Saturday in the Purvis area.

Joe Tegerdine of Petal will announce his candidacy for the Fourth Congressional District race as a Republican in a 15-county 'whistle stop' tour next week.

Purvis Police officers said a Dixie woman died Saturday in a motorcycle accident on Mississippi 589 after colliding head-on with an SUV.

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

The Mississippi Development Authority decided to step outside the box a bit for one of its latest economic development strategies.

The 2009 homecoming court at Pearl River Community College is, from left, seated: Forrest County Maid Daphnne Branch of Angie, La.; Queen Lauren Stanford of Wiggins; Freshman Maid Courtney Carter of Columbia; standing: Forrest County Maid Je'Nay Robinson of Purvis, Freshman Maid Porchia Rawls of Wiggins, Hancock Center Maid Jessica Rhodes of ...

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