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Councilman Carroll to revitalization consultant, “Land code does not seem to be adequate” for restaurant and bar parking.

Bob Barbour with the Orion planning group appeared before the Hattiesburg city council to discuss the study his company is...

The Repartitioning of Hattiesburg

It has been recently discovered from the latest 2010 Census that our legislative districts are out of balance.  When the...

Hattiesburg City Councilman Carter Carroll : “We’re talking about six inches?”

Apparently size does matter. Hattiesburg City Councilman Carter Carroll motioned in favor of Jackson Hewitt's appeal to the city council...

Hattiesburg downtown… tell us what you think.

Tell us what your favorite part of downtown is in the comments section.

August 6th, 2012 Full Council Video

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August 7th, 2012

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August 20th, 2012 Full Hattiesburg City Council Video

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A tale of two tables

Thanksgiving isn’t really about the menu or the decorations but rather the people who make you who you are, wherever you may be. Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays. It’s not flashy...

Mumford hopeful that courtroom experience, community involvement will launch her to Senate District 26 victory

Letitia Johnson and Kamesha Mumford, both running in a nonpartisan race to fill the vacant state Senate District 26 seat, will go head-to-head in a runoff on Tuesday, Dec. 2. The district encompasses portions of...

My wise grandmother taught me to be thankful for the power of the penny

Columnist Sid Salter writes that as the penny fades from circulation, he wonders if something else is slipping away too: a certain reverence for small mercies. Here in the South, where the soil runs red...

Reflections on Thanksgiving, the one truly American holiday

Thanksgiving is one of those unchanging, institutional anchors of life. According to ChatGPT, Thanksgiving is controversial these days. After I pored over a series of bullet points supporting that statement, the AI wizard, who is...

Magnolia Mornings: November 26, 2025

Important state and national stories, market and business news, sports and entertainment, delivered in quick-hit fashion to start your day informed. In Mississippi 1. New vaping product ban goes into effect December 1 Vaping in Mississippi is...

LIST: Runoff elections happening in Mississippi on Dec. 2

The polls will be open in under a week with various runoffs, two of which are for state Senate, happening across Mississippi on Tuesday, Dec. 2. Secretary of State Michael Watson, whose office oversees elections,...

Gulf Coast Restoration Fund board submits recommendations for use of BP settlement money

The Gulf Coast Restoration Fund Advisory Board recently completed its review of applications and formally submitted a ranked list to the Mississippi Development Authority of projects to be considered for $69 million in remaining...

New owner to open Mississippi barn where Emmett Till was killed as a memorial site

The Emmett Till Interpretive Center announced it purchased the rural barn late Sunday with the help of a $1.5 million donation from television producer Shonda Rhimes.  The barn in Mississippi where 14-year-old Emmett Till was tortured and...

Robert St. John’s Thanksgiving memories

St. John writes that he couldn’t have known it then, but the Thanksgiving meals at his grandmother’s house were teaching him more than table manners. Thanksgiving never strutted in like Christmas; it just slipped through...

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