Hattiesburg Announces $500,000 for Sidewalk Expansion on West 4th Street
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – Late Wednesday afternoon, Mayor Toby Barker was joined by Congressman Steven Palazzo, Councilman Jeffrey George and representatives...
Hattiesburg City Council Receives FY 2021 Audit
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – On Thursday, June 30, the Hattiesburg City Council met in a special called meeting to receive the...
Hattiesburg’s First Draft of Golf Cart Ordinance Available for Review
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – During the August 1 Work Session of the Hattiesburg City Council, the first draft of an ordinance...
Hattiesburg, Convention Commission and Local Partners Announce Plans for Jaycee Park & Kamper Park
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – On Wednesday, August 3, Hattiesburg Mayor Toby Barker was joined by leadership with the Hattiesburg Convention Commissioners,...
Community Development Launches LeadSAFE Hattiesburg
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – This week, the City of Hattiesburg’s Community Development Division launched its newest initiative – LeadSAFE Hattiesburg, a...
Multi-Phased Infrastructure Improvements Announced for Midtown Hattiesburg
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – On Thursday, August 25, Mayor Toby Barker was joined by State Senator Chris Johnson, State Representative Missy...
Mayor Barker Appoints Director for Urban Development
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – On Thursday, September 1, Mayor Toby Barker announced Wiley Quinn as his director appointment for the Department...
City of Hattiesburg Presents Fiscal Year 2023 Budget
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – On Tuesday, September 6, the City of Hattiesburg held its annual budget hearing in which the administration...
Pine Belt Area Kicks-Off Bottled Water Drive for Jackson
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – This morning, Mayor Toby Barker joined Petal Mayor Tony Ducker, Lamar County BOS President Warren Byrd, Forrest...
Hattiesburg Arts Council Spotlights Two Mississippi Women Artists at Weekend Exhibition
Editor’s Note: An artwork depicted in a photo used for this article contains nudity. J.J. Foley sat in the studio...
Water Outage Notice for North 28th Avenue Corridor
FRIDAY, SEPT. 9, 2022 | 4PM RELEASE
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – Around 11 a.m. on Friday, September 9, a contractor working on the...
Christmas Time
Hang on just a little longer. Hopefully, by now, your Christmas cards have been mailed, your tree is up and decorated, as is the rest of the house – inside and out, your gifts...
Hattiesburg’s Top Cop Announces Retirement
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – After 36 years of service to the City of Hattiesburg with the Hattiesburg Police Department, including three as the City’s first female police chief, Peggy Sealy has announced her retirement for...
Hattiesburg’s Top Cop Announces Retirement
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – After 36 years of service to the City of Hattiesburg with the Hattiesburg Police Department, including three as the City’s first female police chief, Peggy Sealy has announced her retirement for...
Looking Up to Hattiesburg Selected for Midnight on Front Street Poster
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – During a press conference on Tuesday, December 12, Mayor Toby Barker was joined by the Hattiesburg Alliance for Public Art and the Downtown Hattiesburg Association to unveil artwork by Hattiesburger Louisa...
Looking Up to Hattiesburg Selected for Midnight on Front Street Poster
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – During a press conference on Tuesday, December 12, Mayor Toby Barker was joined by the Hattiesburg Alliance for Public Art and the Downtown Hattiesburg Association to unveil artwork by Hattiesburger Louisa...
Make It Merry
It’s December, and whether that means “it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas,” “it’s Christmas time in the city,” “it’s the hap-happiest season of all,” or “it’s the most wonderful time of the...
Upgrades Continue for Hattiesburg Water Plant #1
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – On Tuesday, December 5, 2023, the City of Hattiesburg will continue with upgrades at Water Plant #1 on Hwy 42 which includes a contractor rehabilitating the 50-million-gallon underground tank that is...
Smoking/Vaping
Do you smoke? If you do, why did you start? Or do you even remember? People smoke for a wide variety of reasons – peer pressure, parental influence, stress factors, friends who smoke, hunger,...
Hattiesburg Mayor Appointed to National League of Cities’ Presidential Election Task Force
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – In mid-November, The National League of Cities (NLC) launched a 2024 Presidential Election Task Force at its annual City Summit Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. The new effort is spearheaded by 17...
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