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The Hattiesburg City Council had an emergency meeting today which included a briefing from the city’s emergency planner. The primary emergency evacuation shelter is the Forrest County multi-purpose center. Southbound lanes north of the Mississippi state lines will remain southbound. This will prevent a massive flood of traffic into the Hub City. The emergency management director stated,”We are going to have significant power outages and 10 inches of rain.” He commented that the outages will be “no where near Katrina outages.” He also said winds would be 50-60 miles per hour.
City sanitation is scheduled to operate on schedule. However, recycling will be altered as follows- Wednesday recycling will be picked up on Thursday, Thursday recycling will be picked up on Friday, and Friday recycling will be picked up on Saturday. In an effort to provide faster non-emergent assistance, we are working directly with our Ward 4 neighborhood association partners on the ground. If you or a neighbor need help resolving a non-emergent situation contact your neighborhood representative listed below. You may also contact me directly.Remember that text messaging and emails are a more effective means of communication during weather events.
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We covered the first half. We are just now starting to cover sports and had to split coverage between Hattiesburg and Oak Grove. We will grow our staff and make sure coverage improves. I had a blast at the game! The crowd was great and this team should have a fine shot at the state championships. I had a great time tailgating. Thanks Aaron!
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Councilwoman Deborah Delgado accused president Andrea Saffle and the neighborhood association she lives in of being, “exclusionary to me” and, “I was specifically excluded” she said. She wanted the record to reflect this. Ms. Delgado said she had received a mailer about the meeting, and commented that she has very rarely been able to attend those meetings; but could attend this one.
The association was meeting to discuss neighborhood issues. The CPAC redistricting plan is endorsed by Delgado, the NAACP, and an African-American citizen group. The plan is opposed by many of the neighborhood associations in Ward 4. Mrs. Saffle commented on Facebook, “No she was not banned. She was invited. But we said she was invited as a neighbor not as a city representative.”
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These are the the highlights from the first half of the game. We had to leave shortly before halftime; since we have limited staff. We didn’t miss much, since Hattiesburg totally whooped Laurel in the first half. I had a blast. The hospitality there is 2nd to none.
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The Hattiesburg High defense proved to be superior Friday night at D.I. Patrick stadium The Tigers routed the Laurel Golden Tornados, as the Laurel offense was never able to get in rhythm; thanks to the Hattiesburg defense led by Akiem Coleman. Coleman, despite playing only one half, had five tackles and anchored the defensive line. Coleman flew all over the field in the first half causing chaos that goes far beyond the stat sheet.
Offensively the Tigers where led by Jammal Hatten who accounted for 4 total touchdowns with three rushing and one through the air. Hattiesburg High’s Tony Bridges returned the opening kickoff to the Laurel 14 yard line. From their Hatten rushed the ball into the endzone for a Tiger touchdown making it 7-0.
After the kick off, Tiger safety Emory Ireland intercepted a pass from Laurel 
The Tigers quickly scored from there on a fumble recovery in the end zone by Aubrey Bourne, ringing up the scoreboard to 17 and 0. At this point the outcome was to be inevitable. For good measure the Tiger offense tacked on three more touchdowns making the score 38-0 at halftime, which is all they needed to seal the victory and was the final score.
The Tigers (2-0) have little time to celebrate as they return to the field next week traveling to Warren Central (1-1).
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First I would like to thank Representative Palazzo for giving me the time today. It is not every day that a small news site like mine gets camera time from an elected representative of Representative Palazzo’s stature. I sincerely appreciate the consideration. It means a lot to me and our subscribers.
One question I asked him was something that came up in the Hattiesburg city council meeting and the Forrest County board of supervisors bu concerned citizens. Can something be done to keep WHLT in the Hattiesburg market. Another issues that was brought to my attention by military members was the Obama administration is discontinuing registration of Vietnam vets into the Agent Orange cancer program. Lastly I wanted to know if he thought President Obama understood the dire consequences of the deficits and debt exceeding our gross domestic product. The video is below.
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By: Hattiesburg Patriot’s Oak Grove Warriers Reporter / Orie Hudson
The Oak Grove Warriors trailed the Purvis Tornadoes 20- 16 with just over 3 minutes remaining in the game. Quarterback Kirk McCarthy hit Cameron Myers on a screen pass that he took 36 yards for what turned out to be the go ahead score with 3 minutes exactly remaining in the contest.
Star running back Thamaz Taylor would cap off the drive with a 5 yard scoring run. The extra point kick was good and Purvis led 7-0. Oak grove would come knocking on the door once again when McCarty was picked off in the end zone by Tornado defensive back Markell Pack. Purvis got on the board at the end of the half when Alex Sims connected on a 30 yard field goal to put Purvis up 10-6 at the half. Sims would add another field goal in the opening drive of the 3rd quarter, this time from 30 yards out to bring the score to 13-6 Purvis. The Warriors go on the board in then on a field goal as well by Little and Purvis led 13-9 in the 3rd.
Oak Grove got their offense going again early in the fourth quarter when McCarty hit McNair on his 2nd scoring grab of the night. Thamaz Taylor returned the ensuing kickoff to near midfield. It took 2 plays for the Tornadoes to regain the lead on a 48 yard scoring strike. Purvis led 20-16. Oak grove would punt on their next drive after 3 plays and Purvis would hold the ball and run the clock down to 3:31 when the O.G. D stopped them on them on 4th down at the warrior 27 yard line. The Oak Grove Offense took the field on the 1st play when McCarty hit Cameron Myers on a double pass Play and Myers hit a wide open Picasso Nelson Jr. on what turned out to be a 37 yard pass play. Two plays later McCarty connected with Myers on the go ahead touchdown pass. Oak Grove led at that point 23-20.
The tornadoes had one more chance with the ball but on the second play Picasso Nelson Jr. picked off the pass and took it 35 yards for the final score of the night for a final score of 30-20 Oak Grove. Purvis showed that they can run with the big boys. They fought a good battle but fell to 1-1 on the year. The Tornadoes out-gained the Warriors 344-329 respectively. Thamaz Taylor finished the night with 116 yards on 23 carries. Oak Grove got 80 yards on 4 receptions from Myers and the go ahead score. While Johnathan McNair added two T.D. Receptions. The warriors improved to 2-0.
