Eagle Palooza returned to Downtown Hattiesburg on April 24, in the Commons, bringing together students, alumni and the Pine Belt community for live music, food and more.
The event started at 5:30 p.m....
Zelaya’s Bakery has been gaining attention for serving the Hattiesburg community with a variety of treats.
Zelaya’s is a bakery that serves Honduran and Mexican treats. When customers walk into...
Southern Pines Animal Shelter helped more than 60 animals find new homes during National Adoption Week after receiving a new grant from PetSmart Charities.
The shelter was awarded a $40,000 grant that...
Microchipping pets has become popular nationwide, especially for cats and dogs. Local cat café and shelter, Cattiesburg, added a public microchip scanner to help lost pets find their homes.
Co-owner...
The Hattiesburg Zoo has become a permanent home to four new spider monkeys, who were confiscated during an illegal pet trade where they were being hidden in lunch boxes.
The spider monkeys are between...
Oseola McCarty was born on March 7, 1908, in Shubuta, Mississippi, and was raised in Hattiesburg by her grandmother and aunt.
She lived humbly with them and worked while going to school. She also helped...
In the long, uneasy certainty of segregation, Hattiesburg in the 1960s stood at a crossroads between a divided past and an uncertain future.
Though the U.S. Supreme Court had declared on May 17, 1954,...
By noon, the zoo was humming. Kids pressed their faces to the glass, sticky palms leaving smudges as a lemur darted past. Moms pushed strollers through patches of shade, a child’s head hanging lazily...
The Sixth Street District Museum honors the life and legacy of Mississippi barbecue icon Leatha Jackson through a new photography exhibition that highlights her journey from poverty to national recognition...
Hattiesburg took a new step toward making access to the life-saving drug Narcan easier by installing a free Naloxone vending machine at Fire Station 6.
The vending machine was installed in early February....
It all started in 2007, while Reona Burnett was washing her car, when she heard a voice, who she believes was God, telling her, “The people, people are hurting, people are sad,” particularly women....
For creative artists in Hattiesburg, new opportunities are available. New upgrades at the Rebekah Stark Johnson Community Arts Center are now complete thanks to a $300 thousand grant from the Mississippi...
