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Hattiesburg, Mississippi – On Tuesday morning, Mayor Toby Barker was joined by Ward 3 Councilman Carter Carroll, Robert St. John, Parks & Recreation Director Chris McGee, Parks & Recreation Projects Manager, Representative Missy McGee and neighborhood representatives to announce a $500,000 grant from the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. When matched with 1%...

Hattiesburg, Mississippi – On Monday, November 29, the Hattiesburg Fire Department will begin its annual program to test all fire hydrants across the City to meet requirements set by the Mississippi State Rating Bureau. “Each station and crew is assigned hydrants in blocks of our City at a time,” said Asst. Fire Chief Danny Wade....

Hattiesburg, Mississippi – In 1912, The Henry L. Doherty Company, a leader in Hattiesburg industry at the time, promised that if the Commercial Club of Hattiesburg would select a slogan and design a sign for its display that it would manufacture, erect and maintain – without any cost to the city – a sign 42-feet...

Hattiesburg, Mississippi – On Friday, November 5, the City of Hattiesburg’s Veterans Committee and Mayor Toby Barker announced Joseph E. Kinnan as the 2021 Veteran of the Year. Kinnan, 84, served in the United States Air Force from 1962 until 1988, spending the latter part of his career (1983 – 1986) as the Commander of...

Hattiesburg, Mississippi – Midnight on Front Street, Hattiesburg’s New Year’s Eve Celebration, is slated to return in person this year after hosting a virtual event in 2020.  “Last year, I stood on the firetruck by myself as we filmed the countdown to 2021. It was a sobering and stark reminder of all our community lost...

Hattiesburg, Mississippi – On Monday, Nov. 1, construction will begin for the Hardy Street Improvements Project geared towards enhancing pedestrian pathways and landscaping from 34th Avenue, east to Highway 49. While work will begin Nov. 1, any lane closures that are necessary for work to be completed will take place at night or on the...

Hattiesburg, Mississippi – On Wednesday, construction will begin on Hardy Street’s next road improvement project – a roundabout at the intersection of 2nd Avenue, Green Street and Adeline Street. This project, presented in late 2017, has been through multiple designs and grant application phases with the final bid project won by Warren Paving and funded...

Hattiesburg, Mississippi – Based on the recommendation from a third-party structural engineer and bridge inspection team, the City will close the bridge located on North 28th Avenue due to unsafe structural conditions – on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. The bridge is located just south of Foxfire Drive. The bridge’s unsafe travel conditions were revealed while...

Hattiesburg, Mississippi – To help kick off Make a Difference Day celebrations this week, Mayor Toby Barker joined both the Hattiesburg Fire Department and the Hattiesburg Police Department to pick up litter throughout the neighborhood between Hardy Street and Deason Avenue, from Klondyke Street to Williams Street. “We strive to kick off the week of...