Mayor Johnny Dupree Honors Lab Techs
On Tuesday's, March 20th City Council meeting Mayor Johnny Dupree honored lab techs from the area.
Public Hearing Nixed Due to Back Room Negotiations, Leaving Hippo Supporters Thirsty for Details.
As the Jackie Dole Community Center was filling up with Thirsty Hippo Supporters and media, John Lee and his legal...
Redistricting planner Chris Watson “clonked” by Councilwoman Deborah Delgado over his initial redistricting plan.
Our constitution requires that there be no more than a 10% disparity from the most populous ward to the least...
Hattiesburg City Councilman Dave Ware discusses the proposed night club ordinance on 2.06.12.
In this video with WDAM, Hattiesburg City Councilman Dave Ware discussed the proposed nightclub ordinance. Ware later refused to support...
Hattiesburg city council redistricting public hearing Jackie Dole Community Center May 17th video (PART 2 HD)
This part two begins in the middle of Reverend Ken Fairley's presentation to the council. His plan creates a 3rd...
Reverend Ken Fairley presented his redistricting plan on May 29th, 2012
Reverend Ken Fairley stood before a mostly white audience and gave a heartfelt presentation about the fairness of three minority-majority...
Hattiesburg City Council president Kim Bradley: “$1.3 million dollars is a lot of money.”
Councilwoman Delgado moved to table the vote on the across the board 5% pay raise for city workers, giving the...
Councilman Naylor hammers Supervisor Ron Woullard and other detractors in response to extraneous remarks.
Forrest County Supervisor Rod Woullard took the podium and walked the audience on a good old-fashioned southern stroll of how (TEN...
Redistricting Public Hearing #3 at Danny Hinton Community Center Full Video (HD)
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Part 1
This video includes Chris Watkins giving an overview of the...
Bradley to Delgado: You are out of order. Mayor Johnny Dupree: You can suspend the rules
In an unheard move Mayor Johnny Dupree said the council could,"suspend the rules" and allow Delgado to motion to reconsider...
HOMESTEAD FILING RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT DA CANDIDATE DECARLO HOOD’S RESIDENCY
(Specific addresses are not mentioned in this article. The Patriot also has redacted addresses and other sensitive information in attachments out of an abundance of respect for the public records laws, which protect that...
DALE BEAVERS CAUGHT CLAIMING MARRIED WOMAN AS WIFE IN ADULTEROUS RELATIONSHIP
This story was 1st reported by Hattiesburg Patriot News Media and picked up by the Clarion Ledger.
From the CL
Dale Beavers didn't think running for office would cause so much controversy. But the actions of...
Supervisor Burkett Ross $16,230 and three years behind on property taxes.
Forrest County Supervisor Burkett Ross is three years and $16,230 behind on his property taxes for two buildings he owns. Both buildings are located at 908 Main Street in Petal Mississippi. According to tax...
Rick Taylor made Visitor Center employees collect money for wife’s cookie business and record sales former employees say.
Two former employees of the Hattiesburg Visitors Center spoke to HPNM and said that their boss, Rick Taylor, required them to sell his wife's cookies, collect payment for cookie orders and keep detailed records...
Convention Center Director Rick Taylor bolstered wife’s cookie brand using taxpayer money and resources.
*Correction - Attorney David Ott was incorrectly referenced as the Convention Center attorney. He is the Tourism Commission attorney.Â
Building a brand is often difficult and expensive, and a coveted part of any brand is...
Auditor Demands over $422,000 from Current and Former Tourism Commission Members over Illegal Pay to Rick Taylor and Others
On November 17th, 2016 the Mississippi State Auditor's office demanded that seven Hattiesburg Tourism Center board members repay $251,951.80 plus $164,488.46 in accrued interest, and an additional $6,474.66 in investigative costs to Hattiesburg taxpayers....
VIDEO: FC Bus driver assaults student.
A video obtained by Hattiesburg Patriot News Media shows a bus driver employed at the Forrest County School District assaulting an unnamed student. Throughout the encounter, the driver appears to have the student in...
Public Works Director Larry Barnes and Manager Allen McKinley Sr. accused of improper conduct by a former employee
Exclusive interview with former Public Woks employee and whistle blower, Corey Adams.
"(Larry Barnes) came and got me told me to take a ride with him and that nobody needed to know where the gates...
Forrest County School Board Attorney Pat Zachary slapped with $264,594.40 in IRS tax liens
Forrest County School Board Attorney Pat Zachary has some expensive issues with the IRS. The IRS claims Zachary owes the government a combined $264,594.40 in back federal income taxes. Zachary owes the following amounts:
Tax...
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