Hattiesburg News

Hattiesburg police have charged a man with aggravated assault on a police officer following an early Monday morning pursuit through the Avenues.

Performances take place July 9 through 20 at the Joe and Virginia Tatum Theatre on the main Hattiesburg campus of William Carey University.

Neighborhood association representatives came before the Hattiesburg City Council Monday to discuss door-to-door salesman.

The Dave Ware campaign has wrapped up its ballot inspection. Now the mayoral candidate and his team must ponder whether to challenge his June 4 defeat at the hands of Mayor Johnny DuPree through a circuit court petition.

The Friends of the University Libraries invites residents in the Pine Belt community to hear "Historic Designation and the Meador Homestead" at 6 p.m. on June 27 in the Cook Library Art Gallery on USM's campus.

HATTIESBURG - Campaign workers for the candidate who came out 37 votes short of being elected mayor of Hattiesburg are going into their second week of inspecting ballots.

Seniors 50 or better and caregivers of senior adults are invited to attend the City of Hattiesburg's 20th annual Senior Fair 9 a.m. to 12 noon June 25 at Lake Terrace Convention Center.

The Hattiesburg American photographers have raided the newspaper's archives for our photo series, The Good Old Days.

Looking to beat the summer heat at a water park? You don't have to drive very far.

Details: 583-4329. * Hattiesburg School District meets at 6 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at the district headquarters, 301 Mamie St. Details: 584-6283.

When she handed her son the last pack of noodles in their kitchen, Betty Mayfield came to a realization -- she needed help.

Dear Mayor DuPree and Councilman Henry Naylor, Hello. On June 6, 2013 our neighborhood streets, yards, and some homes were inundated with water during a brief rain event.

Wedding vows will be exchanged at 6 p.m. on July 6, 2013, at Calvary Baptist Church in Oak Grove.

Wedding vows will be exchanged at 5:30 p.m. on June 22, 2013, at the Hattiesburg Lake Terrace Convention Center with reception following.

I'm Carly Tynes, the summer news intern at the Hattiesburg American. That girl who talks about cats all the time? Yep, that would be me.

MMOT Teen Contestants sponsored by the Hattiesburg-based Leaf Foundation fared well at the ninth Annual Miss Mississippi's Outstanding Teen Pageant held recently in Vicksburg.

Nationally-known celebrity, Elsie, recently came to Hattiesburg. June is National Dairy Month and Elsie's stop here was a reminder of the important historical role dairy products and the dairy industry have played in South Mississippi.

The drama surrounding June 4's contested mayoral election drags on. Will it end? In an election where everything has taken twice as long as planned, it should come as no surprise that the Dave Ware campaign's ballot inspection heads into a second week.

Hundreds of individuals who never graduated from high school had a second chance to walk across the stage on Saturday.

Thanks to Christian Services and the generosity of many in the Pine Belt a truck full of relief supplies is headed to tornado victims in Oklahoma.