Sumrall News

Charles Scruggs decided that a group he felt had been overlooked ought to have a day to remember.

Submit items by 5 p.m. Monday to business@sunherald.com or fax to 896-2104. Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Jess H. Dickinson, of Gulfport, was among four judges and 10 lawyers honored Thursday during the National Pro Bono Celebration at the Mississippi Bar in Jackson.

It's a parent's worst nightmare: Police in Ocean Springs uncovered a meth lab at a home that was also used as a day care center.

Debra Sumrall and her husband, Mike, were on a weekend get-a-way to the Mississippi Gulf Coast when they received a phone call at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday morning alerting them that their Jones County home was on fire.

The two-story building of whitewashed brick stands just across the way from the Longleaf Trace, tucked into the back of downtown Sumrall at the corner of Pine Street and Railroad Avenue.

A two-year long recession is easing, but Pine Belt municipalities have yet to feel the effects of improvement, city leaders said Oct.

Three high school marching bands continued the Pine Belt's tradition of exceptional music programs by placing in the top six in their divisions at the Mississippi Marching Band Championship last weekend.

They stood in unison with candles lit and paid tribute to victims of domestic violence.

University of Mississippi students, Hannah Burson of Laurel, Ashton Brownlee of Ellisville, Sara Marie Travis of Picayune, and Amy Beam of Sumrall, were inducted into UM's chapter of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars Sept.

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

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

Disability Rights Mississippi and the Southern Poverty Law Center's Mississippi Youth Justice Project are suing Lauderdale County over conditions in the county's 30-bed juvenile detention center.

More than 50 runners braved the cold Saturday morning to raise awareness about domestic abuse and money for two Pine Belt shelters that serve victims.

SEMINARY - Services are 10 a.m. Thursday at Billy King Colonial Chapel Funeral Home for Kenny Wayne Barnes, 27, of Seminary, who died Oct.

The trail is an abandoned railroad converted to a paved biking trail that runs from the University of Southern Mississippi's campus in Hattiesburg to Prentiss.

A Hattiesburg Public Schools employee charged with indecent exposure pleaded no contest Monday afternoon in Sumrall Municipal Court.

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

Progressing or preserving the small-town atmosphere of Ellisville has divided the city's residents, who will vote Tuesday on whether to allow the sale of beer in the city limits.

Sumrall Elementary third-grade teacher Karin Patterson recently was awarded the 'Go Green Difference Makers' designation by Mississippi Department of Transportation's District Six.

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