Forrest County News

The federal government has said testing for creosote by the city of Hattiesburg in a neighborhood near a closed plant was inadequate.

A Petal woman, found dead in her apartment complex Saturday, died of multiple stab wounds according to the autopsy report, said Forrest County Coroner Butch Benedict.

Petal police are investigating the death of April Denise Tischer, 25, who was found dead inside an apartment complex on Dixie Avenue around 4 p.m. today, Forrest County Coroner Butch Benedict said.

Former state legislator Gene Saucier told the Forrest County Board of Supervisors Thursday getting all its households to use Enviro Inc.

A new facility in Hattiesburg will bottle 350,000 cases of Pepsi and Dr Pepper products a week.

The Forrest County Board of Supervisors is going to have to talk a little trash this week if it wants to solve its latest dilemma.

The troubles for alleged pool scammer Jason Howard continue to mount. The Petal Pool contractor was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to home repair fraud.

SOUTH MISSISSIPPI a ' Mississippi was spared the full wrath of Tropical Storm Ida, but the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency reports there were damages.

America's servicemen and women need only the appreciation of their country to make their sacrifices bearable.

A judge has decided 32-year-old Leo Laurent Jr. can't receive a fair and impartial trial in Hancock County in his wife's murder.

Dixie Electric Power Association crews are working in Wayne County to restore electricity to nearly 2,000 accounts.

Five people accused of conspiracy to defraud Medicare and Medicaid pleaded innocent in U.S. District Court in Hattiesburg Wednesday.

The Sunrise Utility Association issued a boil-water alert today for customers who receive drinking water from their supply in Forrest County.

Forrest County officials on Thursday denied claims that a 911 dispatcher was slow to notify volunteer firefighters of the Saturday morning explosion near Carnes that killed two teenagers.

Three men were arrested in Wayne County after allegedly participating in a mail-order drug incident.

A Hattiesburg police officer was taken to the emergency room after shooting himself in the foot Monday.

The cause of the Saturday explosion that killed two teenagers may never be determined, Forrest County Sheriff Billy McGee said Monday.

The Mississippi Armed Forces Museum and the Library of Hattiesburg, Petal and Forrest County will sponsor a free lecture about the 139th Field Evacuation Hospital by Richard McDonald at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Library Meeting Room.

You never know what you'll find at a fair, especially if you're looking for more than Ferris wheels and funnel cakes.

Two area teens killed in an early morning explosion Saturday near Carnes were known as really good guys, relatives and friends said.