Hattiesburg, Mississippi

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Hattiesburg

Fair
Temperature: 39.0 °F

Humidity: 92 %
Wind Speed: 0 mph NNE
Pressure: 30.11 "

Dew Point: 37 °F
Gusts: 0 mph NNE
Rain Today: 0.00 "

• Hattiesburg High on lockdown
  

  Hattiesburg High School is on a lockdown as police comb through the parking lot with dogs.

• Hattiesburg Cycles cuts ribbon on $3.5M expansion
  

  Hattiesburg Cycles is bigger than ever. Owners Larry and Faye Myatt cut the ribbon Tuesday on a $3.5 million expansion that has doubled the size of the showroom and expanded several departments including parts ...

• Hattiesburg Clinic Dermatology relocates
  

  Hattiesburg Clinic Dermatology - Laurel recently relocated to a new facility Jan.

• New Mississippi State coach to speak in Hattiesburg
  

  New Mississippi State head football coach Dan Mullen will speak next Thursday, Jan.

• Slain civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer's son dies
  

  One of the sons of historic NAACP leader Vernon Dahmer Sr. has died. Alvin Dahmer, 67, known to friends as 'Penny,' was found dead, having died in his sleep.

• College costs soar in past decade
  

  With the state facing a tightening economy that already has led to budget cuts, a tuition increase could be on the horizon for the 12th time in 13 years at Mississippi's public universities.

• Man charged with grand larceny
  

  Hattiesburg police have arrested Jerrell Stokes, 26, of Hattiesburg for his role in a grand larceny at the Dollar General Store on Mississippi 42.

• Some Pine Belt preschools feel economic blues
  

  Some preschools in the Pine Belt are feeling the sting of tough economic times as more parents become unemployed and pull their children from day care to make ends meet.

• School heads mull Bounds' solution
  

  Superintendents and school board members around the Pine Belt agree something should be done to improve repeatedly under-performing schools in Mississippi.

• 2 injured in car accident
  

  Hattiesburg police are investigating a Monday afternoon one-vehicle accident that left two people injured.

• No injuries in home fire
  

  A fire that was contained to a front bedroom at 920 Elizabeth Ave. early Thursday afternoon is under investigation by the Hattiesburg Fire Department.

• Pine Belt professionals offer insight on what the new year's economic landscape may offer
  

  Everyone has the economy on their mind. The U.S. economy is expected to come out of recession in mid-2009, but there are still rough times ahead for the state of Mississippi.

• Campaign to restore old Hattiesburg High falls short
  

  An Internet fundraising campaign to restore the old Hattiesburg High School has fallen far short of its goal.

• Former Hattiesburg mayor named as head of State Tax Commission
  

  J. Ed Morgan, a former Hattiesburg mayor and Mississippi state senator, will become Commissioner of Revenue and Chairman of the State Tax Commission, effective Jan.

• Gingrich to speak at Hattiesburg fundraiser
  

  Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich will visit Hattiesburg in January to speak at a fundraiser for First Priority, a campus-based evangelism ministry for middle and high school students.

• Hattiesburg banks say they are confident in security measures
  

  Despite back- to-back December robberies in Hattiesburg, bank officials said Monday they remain confident in their security measures.

• Nearly a third in Hattiesburg live in poverty
  

  It's getting harder to get by. Half the kids in Hattiesburg live in poverty. More than a quarter of families in the city are poor and so are almost a third of all individuals who live here.

• Fundraising campaign for old school falls short
  

  An Internet fundraising campaign to restore old Hattiesburg High School, which was destroyed by fire in 2007, has fallen far short of its goal.

• A penny earned is a penny saved
  

  I am writing about tax season early this year to encourage taxpayers to give thought to the following issues.

City Description

Hattiesburg, known as "The Hub City", is a city in Forrest and Lamar Counties in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is the principal city of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses Forrest, Lamar and Perry counties. The MSA population exceeded 150,000 as a result of a 10% increase following Hurricane Katrina in August 2005; also, Hattiesburg itself surpassed Biloxi post-Katrina to become Mississippi's third largest city. It has an incorporated suburb, Petal, and an unincorporated area, Oak Grove. It is the county seat of Forrest County, but the city has grown in recent years to include a portion of eastern Lamar County. Hattiesburg is home to The University of Southern Mississippi (originally known as Mississippi Normal College) and William Carey University (formerly William Carey College). Just south of Hattiesburg is Camp Shelby, the largest National Guard training base east of the Mississippi River. Hattiesburg is positioned at the fork of the Leaf and Bouie Rivers, Hattiesburg was founded in 1882 by Captain William H. Hardy, pioneer lumberman and civil engineer. Early settlers to the area were of Scottish, Irish, and English descent who came

City Contained By:

• Forrest County
• Mississippi
• Lamar County

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 128.722409084 km squared

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