Purvis News

A swath of clear-cutting along Interstate 59 from the Jones County line to Ellisville - 14 miles - is being done by the Mississippi Department of Transportation to ensure that motorists can drive as safely as ...

CAMP SHELBY - It was a day filled with tall tales of wartime heroics, military pride and the reunion of friends and comrades - some of whom hadn't seen each others in years.

PURVIS - Amanda Peterson had a gut feeling to go to her mother's house in Purvis last Tuesday when her 1-year-old daughter Harley was running a high fever with a viral infection.

Victoria Purvis of Oak Grove just completed her freshman year at Millsaps College in Jackson.

FEMA travel trailer staging areas like this one in Purvis, Miss,. have caused concerns for neighbors - like Phillips - who worry about formaldehyde fumes and are suing the federal government.

PURVIS - It wasn't a case of good news-bad news, at all, budget-wise, for Lamar County officials Monday morning.

High gasoline and diesel prices are keeping some Pine Belt residents close to home this summer, with veteran campers pulling travel trailers to local state parks.

Exercise Options for Senior Adults will be the topic of a program during the July 17 meeting of the Petal Area AARP Chapter #3802. The meeting will be at 2 p.m. at Petal Presbyterian Church.

Here are Sunday's storm damage reports available from the National Weather Service.

PURVIS - The day after Purvis' police chief resigned, the city already had someone to fill the post.

PURVIS - Lamar County investigators are searching for a female firebug whom they believe was involved in two arsons Tuesday night.

PURVIS - A Lawrence County family on Friday was forced to revisit the events of the heinous crime that has divided them for 26 years when the man who was convicted of murdering and raping two young girls and ...

Dog food and cash donations are needed for a branch of the Pine Belt Animal Rescue and a collection point for supplies will be in Petal on Saturday.

For many, the Fourth of July means cookouts, Sousa marches and fireworks. For six local teens and their families this year, the national holiday will mean rodeo.

PURVIS - A one-time death row inmate was to be resentenced after a battery of tests found he was mentally retarded.

PURVIS - Superintendent Ben Burnett said Thursday night that the Lamar County School Board is asking for a tax increase to cover drastic cuts in the district's $74 million budget for the 2008-09 fiscal year.

Although the College Board recently raised tuition at Mississippi's eight public universities again, members don't want the blame.

The Lamar County School Board voted Monday for all current students in the Big Bay Lake area to continue attending Purvis schools.

A ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday for the dedication of the James E. Mangum Lower Elementary School.

PURVIS - For Bill Dobbs and other locals, heading down to cool off at the swimming hole off Talowah Road was a summertime tradition.