Laurel News

He was born September 20, 1928 in Laurel, Mississippi. He was the son of the late Evans H. Hinton and Anabelle Freeman Hinton.

Mississippi state health officials lifted a portion of the City of Laurel from the precautionary boil water notice in Jones County on Sunday.

Louisiana officials have informally asked about video from security cameras at the old U.S. Highway 80 bridge where a barge struck the Mississippi River span on March 23, 2011.

After serving 6 terms in city and county government, Laurel Mayor Melvin Mack will soon be out of the public eye.

The Mississippi State Department of Health is issuing a Boil-Water Alert for customers who receive their drinking water from the City of Laurel water supply located in Jones County.

When the water oak in his front yard died, Dasher Short knew it would have to come down.

Rick Bartley will officially begin the job on July 1, according to a news release from the school.

Central Baptist College is set to honor its 2013 graduates at a commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 11 at 3 p.m. with an outdoor ceremony to be conducted adjacent to the David T. Watkins Academic Building.

I enjoyed reading Jonathan Odell's " The Healing" so much, I immediately wanted to read his first book, "The View from Delphi." This is a wonderful story of two Mississippi women in the 1950s.

DO YA DOONYA Doonya is a Bollywood-dance inspired fitness & media company. Laurel native and co-owner Kejal Desai talks about the physical benefits of the workout and how it is sweeping the nation.

The former Mrs. Vermont will sign copies of her book, "My Green Acres", April 25th from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. at Baptist Bible and Book House .

Parts of 16th Ave. in Laurel is under construction and Mississippi Department Of Transportation officials saY the project will last well into the summer.