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Hattiesburg man arrested in Iowa
A Hattiesburg man was arrested Thursday and charged with kidnapping in connection to an April disturbance call, when police said he held a woman against her will.
Dixie Youth baseball interrupted by gunman
A routine Dixie Youth baseball practice at Jaycee Park in Hattiesburg Wednesday was interrupted by an unknown gunman who fired several shots in the direction of the facility.
Police report: Gun fired at Roper's
Hattiesburg police officers responded to a reported shooting at Roper's bar at 6428 U.S. 49 shortly before 2 a.m. today.
John Lindsey was drafted in the 13th round of Major League Baseball's First-Year Player Draft in 1995 by the Colorado Rockies, and had potential written all over him.
Former O. J. Simpson juror dead in apparent murder suicide
A Hattiesburg man who was once a juror in the O.J. Simpson murder trial and later wrote a book about his experience is dead, along with his wife in an apparent murder-suicide. Hattiesburg police were called to ...
HPD investigating shooting deaths
Hattiesburg police are investigating the deaths of two elderly people who were found dead early today.
Logan found guilty of killing toddler
Christopher Logan pleaded his innocence in the final day of his capital murder trial Wednesday, but jurors didn't buy it.
The death of a Hattiesburg couple found dead last week in their Hillendale Drive home has been officially ruled a murder-suicide. Tracy Kennedy shot his wife Judith Kennedy in the head first and then he shot ...
Hurricane Katrina forges local ties
If some good came out of Hurricane Katrina, it would be the relationships built during the cleanup and recovery.
The University of Southern Mississippi Department of Theatre and Dance and School of Music will present its Midsummer Musical Theatre Experience, for ages 9-14, July 21-Aug. 2 on the Hattiesburg campus.
A reader sends the following exchange , taken from a murder trial in Hattiesburg, Mississippi this week.
28 fugitives arrested in sweep
More than 60 warrants were cleared and 28 fugitives were arrested last week in the Jackson area during a nationwide roundup conducted by the U.S. Marshals Service.
USM anthropology students scour site of French settlement
His knee was oddly twisted, and he was at least 21. He was short, maybe only 5 feet 5 inches tall.
The South Mississippi Sun Herald
Family frustrated in Ky. guardsman's death
It's been more than three weeks since the body of a Kentucky National Guardsman was found on a Mississippi military base and the soldier's grieving family is still waiting for answers.
3 Arrested for Hattiesburg Homicide
Three Picayune men are behind bars at the Forrest county jail and charged in connection with the shooting death of 22 year old Larry Blakely.
The South Mississippi Sun Herald
Ferris was proof that 1 official can have impact
Every pew of Vicksburg's First Presbyterian Church was packed last week for the funeral of former state Sen.
3 former USM coaches get $1.2 million in damages
HATTIESBURG - Three former soccer coaches at the University of Southern Mississippi have been awarded nearly $1.2 million in damages stemming from their firings.
Tell your neighbor that today is the first day of summer and you're bound to get a chuckle.
Highlands dealt another legal blow
The Highlands neighborhood was dealt a blow earlier this month when Judge Roger T. Clark of the 2nd Circuit Court ruled that the city of Hattiesburg could not deny a zoning change for owners of a particular ...
Hattiesburg officials to file appeal to state Supreme Court
Hattiesburg City Council isn't giving up without a fight. The council unanimously decided Tuesday that it will appeal a recent ruling against the city by the 2nd Circuit Court to the Mississippi Supreme Court ...