Hattiesburg, MS

Petal, MS

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Columbia, MS

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - Residents of and visitors to the cities of Columbia and Waynesboro will continue to pay a little extra for the foreseeable future when dining out or staying overnight. A 1 percent sales tax on restaurants and hotels levied since 2019, will continue to be collected...

2 Pine Belt cities extend special 1 percent sales tax at restaurants, bars, hotels

Bay Springs, MS

BAY SPRINGS, Miss. (WDAM) - The City of Bay Springs recently became a member of the Mississippi Main Street Association, focusing on revitalizing the entire downtown area,. The city intends to start with the historic brick street. The goal: bring more people to the city and invite others to come...

Bay Springs looking to revitalize its downtown area

Lamar County, MS

Sumrall, MS

SUMRALL, Miss. (WDAM) -The number of school shootings reported in the United States in less than the first three months of 2023 comes to an even dozen. The prospect for such a horror happening in one’s own backyard has had law enforcement creating, practicing and polishing its plans and tactics for approaching an active shooter situation.

Lamar County hosts active shooter drill at Sumrall High

Money, MS

PETAL, Miss. (WDAM) - A medical marijuana dispensary and growery is on its way to the city of Petal. The Tortuga Cannabis Company will take the building of a former dance studio in the 800 block of U.S. 11, north of Dandy Dan’s. Ward 1 Alderman Gerald Steele, who...

Medical marijuana dispensary on its way to the City of Petal

COLUMBIA, Miss. (WDAM) - The City of Columbia has begun a new street repaving project. Most of the work is being done on streets in the G and K subdivisions. “It includes Chickasaw Trail, Choctaw Trail, Aztec Trail, Broadmoor Avenue, Askew and Bennett streets and we’re also able to do the intersection of Park (Avenue) and Church (Street),” Columbia Mayor Justin McKenzie said.

$250K street repaving project underway in Columbia

LAMAR COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - The Lamar County Sheriff’s Office is advising residents and drivers to steer clear of Sumrall High School Thursday where “active shooter” training will take place for most of the day. The exercise is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sheriff Danny...

Active shooter training to take place Thursday at Sumrall High School

Perry County, MS

PERRY COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - A Perry County man has been missing for several days, and law enforcement needs your help. The Perry County Sheriff’s Office said 29-year-old William Dan Watkins was last seen at his home on Burch Drive in Runnelstown on Tuesday, March 21, around 7 p.m. Watkins reportedly told his mother that he was going to Hattiesburg for a few hours, but he never returned home.

Sheriff seeks public help to find missing Perry County man

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) -A local and world hero’s accomplishments are displayed now at Hattiesburg’s African American Military History Museum. In honor of Women’s History Month, the museum unveiled an exhibit titled “Ruth Bailey Earl-An in Depth Look at Her Story.”. Earl, who was born in...

Ruth Bailey Earl exhibit opens at African American Military History Museum

South Carolina State

Charleston, SC

PERRY COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - A Perry County man has been located after being reported missing for several days. According to the Perry County Sheriff’s Office, 29-year-old William Dan Watkins has been found safe in South Carolina. Watkins was reportedly stopped by law enforcement in Charleston, S.C. After officials...

Missing Perry Co. man found safe in South Carolina

Jones County, MS

Ovett, MS

JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - The Jones County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a shooting on Gavin Mills Road in Ovett that left a man wounded and requiring emergency medical care. JCSD investigators said that an adult male was shot once in the chest outside a residence, reportedly by an...

Man airlifted to hospital after Jones County shooting

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Trey Garczynski is a 16 year old boy who is living with a disease so rare, less than 20 people in the world have ever been diagnosed with it. The symptoms started when Garczynski was 11 years old. “I was just walking around but just a...

Meet Trey Garczynski: the boy living with Mitchell Syndrome

Laurel, MS

LAUREL, Miss. (WDAM) - A shooting investigation is underway in Laurel Thursday night, according to the City of Laurel Police Department. Laurel Police Chief Tommy Cox says a man was shot twice and had been taken to South Central Regional Medical Center. The extent of the victim’s injuries is unknown,...

Thursday night shooting in Laurel sends man to hospital

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - One person was killed and another taken to a local hospital with injuries after a two-vehicle accident Friday night. The accident happened around 8:45 p.m. in front of Dan’s Truck Stop, shutting down the northbound lanes of U.S. 49 near the U.S. 98 East intersection for at least a few hours.

UPDATE: 2-vehicle accident at U.S. 49-U.S. 98 kills 1, injures another

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - A man wanted in connection to multiple auto burglaries has turned himself in to the Hattiesburg Police Department. According to HPD, 30-year-old Gabriel Walker Camacho of Hattiesburg has been charged with seven counts of auto burglary, and booked into the Forrest County Adult Detention Center. Camacho...

Hattiesburg man wanted in connection to 7 auto burglaries turns self in

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Thursday morning traffic will be impacted by further construction in front of Kamper Park. Work crews will be placing the delivery of a pedestrian bridge from 8:30 a.m. - noon. The workers will be using the heavy equipment that was staged on Tuesday. The construction will...

Construction project to cause lane shift on Hardy St. Thursday morning

PETAL, Miss. (WDAM) - A fatal Friday morning house fire is under investigation in Petal. According to Petal Fire Chief Joe Hendry, they received a call about a house fire on Walnut Drive, estimated to have come in around 8:39 a.m. Hendry said firefighters were able to locate and extract...

1 dead after Friday morning house fire in Petal

Georgia State

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - With rain in the forecast this weekend, the University of Southern Mississippi has altered its baseball schedule to try and play all three Sun Belt Conference games with visiting Georgia Southern University. Friday’s opener, originally scheduled for a 6 p.m. first pitch, has been moved up...

USM weekend baseball schedule shuffled by weather

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - The Hattiesburg Police Department has an active warrant for a man wanted in an ongoing credit card fraud investigation. According to HPD, 34-year-old Kenneth Newsome of Hattiesburg has an active arrest warrant for one count of credit card fraud in connection to using a stolen credit card at 4401 Hardy Street.

HPD: Man wanted in ongoing credit card fraud investigation

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - The Hattiesburg Police Department needs your help locating a runaway teen. According to HPD, 17-year-old Jokia Brown of Hattiesburg was last seen on Tuesday around 6 p.m. She was last seen wearing khaki pants, a sweatshirt with “SR. 2023″ printed on it, black shoes and a...

HPD seeking public’s help locating runaway teen

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - The Hattiesburg Police Department needs your help identifying a suspect wanted in connection to multiple auto burglaries. According to HPD, the auto burglaries reportedly occurred from March 18 to March 19, 2023, in the area of 19th and 21st Avenue. If you have any information pertaining...

HPD: Suspect wanted in connection to multiple auto burglaries

Mississippi State, MS

Taylorsville, MS

TAYLORSVILLE, Miss. (WDAM) - New updates in the Rasheem Carter death investigation raise more questions than answers. Ever since the 25-year-old’s remains were discovered on Nov. 2, 2022, there has been a consistent public outcry for answers to what happened to him. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) announced...

Cause of death undeterminable in Rasheem Carter case, MBI says

Bassfield, MS

BASSFIELD, Miss. (WDAM) - An investigation is underway in Jefferson Davis County after a man was found dead by law enforcement Thursday morning following an early-morning shooting. According to the Jefferson Davis County Sheriff’s Office, a call was made around 4 a.m. of shots fired in Bassfield. A JDC deputy...

Bassfield man found dead outside home following early-morning shooting

Columbia native Johnathan Abram inches closer to home, signs with Saints. Columbia native Johnathan Abram inches closer to home, signs with Saints. Sheriff’s office: Man shot, killed in early morning shooting in Jefferson Davis Co. Sheriff’s office: Man shot, killed in early morning shooting in Jefferson Davis Co.

Investigation continues into deadly, early-morning shooting in Bassfield

Eastabuchie, MS

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Purvis, MS

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Petal Primary accepting pre-K applications

The volunteers at AARP said they try to make these appointments as comfortable and short as possible. Southern Bone and...

Petal Primary accepting pre-K applications

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