Hattiesburg, Mississippi – On Monday, Mayor Toby Barker was joined by Ward 2 Councilwoman Deborah Delgado to announce a $1.4 million water improvement plan for the East Jerusalem neighborhood in Ward 2. This project will upgrade the water lines throughout the East Jerusalem neighborhood, with the core objective set to replace undersized water lines –...
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – On Thursday, Mayor Toby Barker was joined by Ward 1 Councilman Jeffrey George, Ward 4 Councilwoman Mary Dryden, Ward 5 Councilman Nicholas Brown, city administrators and community members to announce a $1.8 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration to improve accessibility for Hub City Transit. This on-site announcement followed a release...
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – On Tuesday, August 25, the City of Hattiesburg will hold a special election for the renewal of its franchise agreement with Mississippi Power. This agreement allows for the city to receive 3% of revenue generated from residential, commercial and industrial accounts. Without it, the city will only receive 2% of generated revenue...
During today’s briefing with Mayor Toby Barker, he went over several reopening plans for our area schools, universities and colleges. This information is as of TODAY, and could change. If you have specific questions, we encourage you to reach out directly to your school district for more information. Each website (with plans) can be...
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – On Thursday, July 30, Mayor Toby Barker and the Hattiesburg Fire Department announced its upgraded fire rating, from a Class 4 to a Class 3. On February 3, 1998, the City of Hattiesburg and Hattiesburg Fire Department received a Class 4 fire rating from the Mississippi State Ratings Bureau. This rating has...
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – On Wednesday, July 29, Mayor Toby Barker issued new limitations for restaurants, bars, entertainment venues and dance halls through Executive Order 2020-14 in hopes to alleviate the spike of COVID-19 cases throughout Forrest and Lamar Counties. “From the beginning, we’ve stated that our three goals in response to COVID-19 are to protect...
Today’s update includes a link to Mayor Barker’s daily briefing, our local data and a new Executive Order to address late-night gatherings/crowds. Local Data Total tests: 37,709 Positive results: 4,176 Negative results: 32,145 Pending tests: 1,377 Hospital Data for Forrest General and Merit Health Wesley: Hospitalizations: 90 (with 15 pending test results) ICU Utilizations: 39...
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – On Monday morning, business and health care leaders – Bernard Green with GlobalGreen Insurance; Hoppy Cole with The First, A National Banking Association; Abb Payne with Payne Companies; Todd Jackson with The ADP; Traci Rouse with Merit Health Wesley and Dr. Rambod Rouhbakhsh with Forrest General and Hattiesburg Clinic – joined Mayor...
Governor Reeves has extended his safe return order and added Forrest County to his mask order. The City of Hattiesburg’s Executive Order 2020-13 has also been signed to reflect those changes. Hospitalizations/ICU Between our two hospitals, there are 79 COVID-positive patients in the hospital, with 36 of them in ICU. There are 26 patients under...
For today’s briefing with Mayor Barker, see video below. A few points he discusses can also be located below: Local Testing ▪️ Total tests: 31,118 ▪️ Positive tests: 3,156 ▪️ Negative tests: 26,303 ▪️ Pending: 1,611 Hospital Numbers (Forrest General/Merit Health Wesley) ▪️ Hospitalizations: 70, with 21 additional patients waiting results ▪️ ICU Utilizations: 31 Cumulative Case Totals ▪️ Forrest County: 1,162...
