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Dudley Sykes to speak at Pearl Library's Brown Bag Luncheon, January 25th
The Pearl Library is so excited that Dudley Sykes will be reading from and talking about his new novel, The Lynching of Malcolm Brown at this month's Brown Bag Luncheon on January 25th! Sykes is a lifetime member of the Friends of the Pearl Library and has always been a huge supporter of this library.
Portion of Laurel lifted from boil water notice
Mississippi state health officials lifted a portion of the City of Laurel from the precautionary boil water notice in Jones County on Sunday.
Covington County woman dies in early morning house fire
Firefighters from Sanford, Seminary, and East Covington responded to the blaze on Sam Mooney Rd.
Southern Gaming Summit: Tribal gaming growing in the South
Tribal gaming is expanding in the Southern region of the U.S. with the addition of gaming space, hotels and amenities such as spas, to keep gamblers longer and the casinos profitable for tribe members.
The Accelerator adds three new tenants, including GE Aviation
HATTIESBURG - The Accelerator, the University of Southern Mississippi's technology commercialization center, has added new tenants GE Aviation, Radiance Technologies and Vatican Capital.
GE Aviation now open in Ellisville
GE Aviaton celebrated the grand opening of its Ellisville plant Tuesday - a move that is expected to add 250 jobs in the state by 2017.
School Bus Safety Task Force releases recommendations
The 110 bus drivers in Lamar County School District are especially on alert when students are boarding or getting off their buses, according to Pat Kribbs, the district's director of transportation.
His death led to Nathan's Law, which then-Gov. Haley Barbour signed in April 2011.