Forrest County News

The Sunrise Utility Association issued a boil-water alert today for customers who receive drinking water from their supply in Forrest County.

Forrest County officials on Thursday denied claims that a 911 dispatcher was slow to notify volunteer firefighters of the Saturday morning explosion near Carnes that killed two teenagers.

Three men were arrested in Wayne County after allegedly participating in a mail-order drug incident.

A Hattiesburg police officer was taken to the emergency room after shooting himself in the foot Monday.

The cause of the Saturday explosion that killed two teenagers may never be determined, Forrest County Sheriff Billy McGee said Monday.

The Mississippi Armed Forces Museum and the Library of Hattiesburg, Petal and Forrest County will sponsor a free lecture about the 139th Field Evacuation Hospital by Richard McDonald at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Library Meeting Room.

You never know what you'll find at a fair, especially if you're looking for more than Ferris wheels and funnel cakes.

Two area teens killed in an early morning explosion Saturday near Carnes were known as really good guys, relatives and friends said.

Forrest County Sheriff's deputies have launched an investigation into an explosion that killed two teenaged boys early Saturday morning.

Former educator Jerel Wade is on a mission to help students in Oak Grove and around the Pine Belt make better grades than ever before.

Forrest County will host its annual blood drive Thursday at the Chancery Building, 641 Main St.

Tuesday is Kids Day and opening day at the Forrest County fair, which runs through Nov 1 at the Forrest County Multi Purpose Center.

Two people arrested in a vandalism incident in the Sunrise community will have their charges taken to the grand jury, according to Forrest County District Attorney Jon Mark Weathers.

Petal police arrested two women Friday on two counts of credit card fraud. Alicia Newsome, 39, and her sister, Darlene Marie Newsome, 33, both of Petal, used stolen credit cards to make purchases at local businesses and to withdraw cash from automated teller machines, according to detective Mitch Nobles.

Petal police Wednesday arrested a suspected arsonist in connection to an apartment fire that occurred Tuesday on City Barn Loop.

A Hattiesburg woman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in connection with a 2008 fatal shooting at an apartment complex.

A Hattiesburg woman charged in the September 2008 fatal shooting of a man at an apartment complex pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday after prosecutors said the shooting wasn't premeditated.

Pine Belt Farmer's & Artisan's Market, 3 p.m. every Thursday through October at Town Square Park.

SEMINARY - Services are 10 a.m. Thursday at Billy King Colonial Chapel Funeral Home for Kenny Wayne Barnes, 27, of Seminary, who died Oct.

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