Sumrall, Mississippi

When Mississippi lawmakers return to Jackson on Tuesday to begin the 2009 session, they'll be facing a bleak economy and how to finance state government in fiscal 2010 that begins July 1. This year is no ...

PURVIS - Lamar County Schools Superintendent Ben Burnett told the school board Monday night they need to decide where to put a new school and what grades it should house within the next six to eight months.

There are still some people brave enough to open a new business in this economy.

Lori Shannon Steele and Scott Albert McMullen were united in marriage on May 10, 2008, at Temple Baptist Church's East Campus Chapel.

The tobacco tax once again will be a front-and-center battle of the 2009 legislative session, said state Sens.

Government offices All federal, state, Forrest, Lamar, Jones, Perry, Marion and Covington county offices will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Answer true or false: 1. John the Baptist was six months older than Jesus. 2. Joseph was of the house and lineage of David.

PETAL - The City of Petal now has recycling free of charge after a sputtering economy nearly brought its recycling program to an end.

Wesley Medical Center has hired two family medicine physicians to its growing primary care division.

With all the bad economic news nationally, people are, naturally, watching what they spend this holiday season.

For the first time in 20 years, Tori Ardrey was able to see her husband, Chief Petty Officer Justin Ardrey, wish her a Merry Christmas from his naval station overseas.

A group of Mississippi legislators met with about 50 University of Southern Mississippi faculty and staff Thursday afternoon at the Thad Cochran Center to discuss a simple question.

The snow and sleet claimed one victim Thursday morning, a sumrall man was killed in a single vehicle accident in Covington County.

Bad weather may have contributed to a one-vehicle wreck in Covington County that killed a Sumrall man.

We spotted Amber Sumrall, 21, in between classes recently at The Hub at the University of Southern Mississippi.

A $10 million project that would pave the roads of Lamar County. Twenty-five projects carrying a $10 million price tag in Petal.

Seven performances took top honors Saturday night at the 4th Annual V105.5 Christmas Caroling Contest, an evening of local talent that featured a mix of styles and traditions.

Answer true or false: 1. John's preaching brought about the conversion of Simon the sorcerer.

A Madison County woman will spend the next seven years in prison for her role in an April head-on collision that killed a Pearl River Community College student in Petal.