Lamar County News

The City of Hattiesburg is increasing the sewer rates for Petal and some Lamar County customers who use their wastewater lagoon.

Faculty members and students in two area school districts suffer a major blow, resulting from the under funding of Mississippi's public schools.

The state's manslaughter laws weren't supposed to apply to women who lose pregnancies.

A 36-year-old Purvis man has been charged with murder and first-degree arson following a fatal house fire Monday night.

A home on the 600 block of 1st Ave. in Purvis became fully engulfed in flames at approximately 9:30pm Monday.

Bond was set Tuesday for an Alabama couple who led police on a high speed chase through two counties Monday night.

Nearly three months after a Feb. 10 tornado hit the Pine Belt, the debris cleanup operations in Hattiesburg and Lamar County are winding down.

A Lamar County volunteer firefighter held a felony suspect at gunpoint until deputies could arrive following a Friday chase that started in Jefferson Davis County.

Details: 583-4329. * Hattiesburg School District meets at 6 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at the district headquarters, 301 Mamie St.

In observance of Confederate Memorial Day, some cities and counties in the Pine Belt will close their offices.