Purvis News

PURVIS - From as far away as Los Angeles to as nearby as Eastabuchie, Eureka, Rowan and Royal Street High graduates converged on Pine Creek Golf Course on Friday for the biennial EURO Golf Tournament.

PURVIS - With new evacuation guidelines adopted for the current hurricane season, Lamar County has become one of the first isles of relief along the Interstate 59 corridor for those fleeing the Gulf Coast and New Orleans.

American Staff Writer tdoherty@hattiesburgamerican.com PURVIS - Three new sites for new fire stations.

The Hub City is home to several beautiful golf courses and country clubs that offer challenges to everyone from scratch golfers to those new to the game.

PURVIS - With new evacuation guidelines adopted for the current hurricane season, Lamar County has become one of the first isles of relief along the Interstate 59 corridor for those fleeing the Gulf Coast and New Orleans.

The Southern Monster Truck Showdown will be at 6 p.m. June 26-27 and noon June 28 at the Lamar County Multipurpose Center in Purvis.

Freddie and Debbie Triplett of Purvis announce the engagement of their daughter, Amber Nicole Triplett of Purvis, to Brian Nicholas Walters of Janice, son of Gary & Vickie Walters of Janice.

From coast to coast, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints joined hands with friends and neighbors to clean up and serve their communities in a far-reaching day of service.

Forrest County is expanding its disaster efforts with the construction of a $3 million community shelter, Forrest County Emergency Management director Terry Steed said Tuesday.

Jackson Police need your help finding some most wanted suspects. 23-year-old Amanda Purvis is wanted for arson.

Golf Digest published a study in 2000 stating the odds of the average player making a hole in one are 12,000-to-1. The magazine hired the retired chairman of the math department at Boston University, Francis Scheid, Ph.D., to conduct the study and come up with the odds using the best information available.

When Johnny Rawls was at the Riverwood Inn earlier in the year, he brought the house down.

SUMRALL -The Lamar County School District went a long way to find Larry Easterling's replacement as principal at Sumrall Middle School.

PURVIS - James Smith got a nice surprise Friday afternoon, and in turn, Lamar County will be able to do additional tweaks to its emergency response system, courtesy of the federal government.

JACKSON - Sabrina Young, Information Systems Director at South Mississippi State Hospital in Purvis recently graduated from the Mississippi Department of Mental Health's Focus Program.

PURVIS - After Tuesday's general election, much of Purvis' Board of Aldermen will remain the same.

PURVIS - Lamar County supervisors are waiting for word from the Mississippi Development Authority before they can decide whether they'll be able to accept the low bid on the construction of a proposed senior center/voting precinct in District 4. ' came in significantly higher, so they took it under advisement until we find out,' Lamar County ...

First-year superintendents Ben Burnett, Debbie Burt and Elizabeth Yankay have had a lot on their plates this year in Lamar and Forrest county schools.

When Gerald McGee sends his three daughters to school in Purvis each morning, he says he expects them to learn, but he never expected a lesson on racism to come from their school bus.

PURVIS - Sixty-five-year-old Lamar County school bus driver Myrtis Cayten was stunned Wednesday when she walked inside Purvis High School cafeteria and found a host of friends celebrating her retirement.