Purvis News

Next school year, Lamar County students will have a lot in common - mainly all wearing collared shirts with navy, black or khaki bottoms.

Lamar County residents will have one more chance to weigh in on a proposed zoning ordinance before the Board of Supervisors votes on the regulations that would take effect on Jan.

There will be a benefit gospel sing in the Purvis Auditorium for Broxton Wayne Cameron at 6 p.m. Nov.

Purvis Police Capt. Antonio Felipe tried to avoid looking at the graphic scene of a fatal motorcycle accident he responded to on Mississippi 589 that claimed the life of a 40-year-old woman on Oct.

Students and teachers at Oak Grove Lower Elementary celebrated grant-funded, state-of-the-art fitness equipment with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday on the school's playground.

PURVIS -- Olympic Warrior Gymnastics will host a haunted house and hay ride during an open gym night from 8 p.m. to midnight Oct.

Five Lamar County volunteer firefighters are being trained in counter-terrorism techniques at classes in New Mexico.

The Lamar County Sheriff's Office is searching for an elderly man with Alzheimer's. Sheriff Danny Rigel says Lonnie McMahon, 83, was last seen Saturday in the Purvis area.

Joe Tegerdine of Petal will announce his candidacy for the Fourth Congressional District race as a Republican in a 15-county 'whistle stop' tour next week.

Purvis Police officers said a Dixie woman died Saturday in a motorcycle accident on Mississippi 589 after colliding head-on with an SUV.

Mr. and Mrs. Rembert Powell of Sumrall will celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary on Sunday, October 25, 2009.

The Mississippi Development Authority decided to step outside the box a bit for one of its latest economic development strategies.

The 2009 homecoming court at Pearl River Community College is, from left, seated: Forrest County Maid Daphnne Branch of Angie, La.; Queen Lauren Stanford of Wiggins; Freshman Maid Courtney Carter of Columbia; standing: Forrest County Maid Je'Nay Robinson of Purvis, Freshman Maid Porchia Rawls of Wiggins, Hancock Center Maid Jessica Rhodes of ...

WE LIVE IN a society where more and bigger things are usually deemed to have greater value than little things.

The August sales tax report brought bad news to some Pine Belt cities, including Hattiesburg.

William Carey University has recognized the Lamar County School District and select schools for their professional development efforts with interns and student teachers.

PURVIS, Miss. - It started as a relatively simple, pre-winter maintenance operation.

PURVIS - The Lamar County Board of Supervisors today approved the construction bids for four new fire stations that will cost around $500,000 total.

Hurricane Katrina reshaped south Mississippi, shifting populations and scarring the landscape with its devastating touch.

An online auction of FEMA trailers is welcomed by some residents in Purvis who are ready for the south Mississippi town to be rid of the thousands of temporary housing units left by Hurricane Katrina.