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Sunday Jun 21 | Hattiesburg American

Administrators keep courts running smoothly

Jerra Runnels is the go-to person for the public, attorneys and court officials at the Forrest County Circuit Court.

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Related Topix: Forrest County, MS

Fri Jun 19, 2009

Hattiesburg American

No injuries in Perry Co. train-log truck accident

A log truck collision with a Canadian National freight train in Perry County damaged nearly a dozen box cars and tankers filled with molten sulfur.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster

Thu Jun 18, 2009

Hattiesburg American

Train collides with log truck in Perry County

JACKSON - A Canadian National freight train has collided with a fully loaded log truck in Perry County, but the Mississippi Department of Transportation did not report any injuries.

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Related Topix: Beaumont, MS

Tue Jun 09, 2009

WDAM-TV Hattiesburg

Man commits suicide at traffic stop

A Richton man is dead after he apparently shot himself during a traffic stop this weekend.

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Related Topix: Richton, MS

Sat May 30, 2009

WDAM-TV Hattiesburg

Authorities arrest 10 in Perry County

A drug roundup in Perry County on Wednesday resulted in the arrests of 10 people, six of which remain in jail while four others were transported to Forrest County on other charges.

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Related Topix: Forrest County, MS

Mon May 18, 2009

WDAM-TV Hattiesburg

Police Investigate Deadly Shooting

Beaumont, MS Perry county officials are investigating the shooting death of 28-year-old Jonathan Steele Sunday night in Beaumont.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Beaumont, MS

Mon May 11, 2009

The Clarion-Ledger

Drug court programs plan graduation

Officials of two South Mississippi drug courts and one federal court program will celebrate their success in rehabilitating drug offenders Friday in a graduation ceremony.

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Related Topix: Mississippi, Prison, Forrest County, MS, Drug Testing, Hattiesburg, MS

Fri May 08, 2009

Hattiesburg American

Program offers second chance

For Don Lust, monthly volunteer work of cleaning floors and distributing food boxes to the elderly in the Palmer's Crossing community is a second chance.

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Related Topix: Purvis, MS, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Hattiesburg Metro, Hattiesburg, MS

Wed May 06, 2009

The South Mississippi Sun Herald

Drug courts plan combined ceremony

Two South Mississippi drug courts and a federal program will participate in a May 15 ceremony in Hattiesburg.

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Related Topix: Hattiesburg Metro, Hattiesburg, MS, Forrest County, MS

Fri May 01, 2009

Laurel Leader-Call

Case Solved

Four people have been arrested by the Wayne County Sheriff's Department and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation charged in connection with the March 6, 2008 murder of Janie Cooley Broadway Williams.

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Related Topix: Wayne County, MS, Clara, MS, Waynesboro, MS

Fri Apr 24, 2009

The Clarion-Ledger

Boil water alert issued for Northeast Perry

Northeast Perry County Utility Association officials today issued a precautionary boil-water alert for customers who receive drinking water from the association.

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Related Topix: Richton, MS

Thu Apr 02, 2009

WDAM-TV Hattiesburg

List of Today's School Closings

The following schools have notified WDAM they will be closing today due to severe weather: Hattiesburg Public Schools at 11 a.m. Petal Schools at 12:15 p.m. Forrest County Agricultural High School at 12 p.m. Lamar County Schools at 1 p.m. Perry County at 1 p.m. Oak Grove Elementary at 1:45 p.m. Word of Faith Christian Academy at 11:30 a.m. Rawls ...

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Related Topix: Weather, Hattiesburg Metro, Hattiesburg, MS, Petal, MS, Lamar County, MS

Sun Mar 08, 2009

Hattiesburg American

State's unemployed need that $56 million

The economic news just keeps getting worse. On Wednesday the Mississippi Employment Security Commission reported the state unemployment rate jumped to 9.2 percent in January.

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Related Topix: Mississippi, January, Lamar County, MS, Tunica County, MS

Fri Mar 06, 2009

Hattiesburg American

MDOT to bid out Pine Belt road project

The Mississippi Department of Transportation will soon bid out one of three road projects in the Pine Belt as part of an initiative to use stimulus money to repair the state's roads and bridges.

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Related Topix: Laurel, MS, Forrest County, MS

Fri Feb 27, 2009

Hattiesburg American

Bill would preserve DNA evidence

In an effort to prevent wrongful convictions, members of the state Legislature hope to pass a bill that would require law enforcement agencies to preserve DNA.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Prison, Hinds County, MS, Noxubee County, MS

Sun Feb 22, 2009

Hattiesburg American

Drug court to begin new work program

Lamar County should be seeing extra pairs of hands pitching in to spruce up roadsides as well as other acts of community service.

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Related Topix: Lamar County, MS, Pearl River, MS, Drug Testing, Prison

Fri Feb 20, 2009

Hattiesburg American

Larry Jordan

NEW AUGUSTA - Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Jones and Son Funeral Home in Beaumont for Larry Jordan, 65, of New Augusta, who died Feb.

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Related Topix: New Augusta, MS, Beaumont, MS, Richton, MS, Saucier, MS

Mon Feb 16, 2009

Hattiesburg American

Two advance to statewide beauty pageant

Diana Strickland, 23, stood in an empty classroom at Thames Elementary School, anxiously awaiting her turn to be interviewed for the Miss Leaf River Valley Pageant.

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Related Topix: Wiggins, MS, Henry, MS, Hattiesburg Metro, Hattiesburg, MS, Vicksburg, MS

Tue Feb 03, 2009

WDAM-TV Hattiesburg

School bus, log truck involved in accident in Perry County

A school bus has been involved in an accident with a log truck in Perry County along Hwy 29 between Runnelstown and New Augusta.

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Related Topix: Runnelstown, MS, New Augusta, MS

Mon Feb 02, 2009

Hattiesburg American

Judges face unfilled promises

It's been almost six years since Circuit Judge Bob Helfrich received a pay raise.

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Related Topix: Mississippi, Columbia, MS, Forrest County, MS, W., Hattiesburg Metro

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