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Intersection improvements planned along Evelyn Gandy

PETAL, Miss. (WDAM) - Drivers along Evelyn Gandy Parkway can expect changes at several intersections over the next year. The Mississippi Department of Transportation is beginning intersection improvements from Interstate 59 to Twin Lakes Road. The work is expected to take about 12 months. The project will add median modifications...

Petal, MS · 19h

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I-59 overpass on Hardy Street to close over weekend

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Hattiesburg residents should be prepared for some travel inconveniences over the weekend. The Mississippi Department of Transportation will close the I-59 overpass on Hardy Street from both the west and east sides starting Friday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. for scheduled maintenance work. The road will reopen on Monday, Nov. 16 at 6 a.m.

Hattiesburg, MS · 3d

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Forrest County AHS parts ways with head football coach Bo Russum

BROOKLYN, Miss. (WDAM) - Bo Russum is no longer the head football coach at Forrest County Agricultural High School, the school confirmed. The two sides are moving in different directions ahead of the 2027 season. Russum went 9-11 in two seasons with the Aggies. Forrest County AHS finished 3-7 in...

Forrest County, MS · 1d

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The 8 Mississippi Farms Where You Can Fill Your Freezer With Beef For Less Than The Supermarket

A gravel road, a hand-painted sign, and a cooler in the back seat turned an ordinary Mississippi Saturday into a lesson in how families can eat better for less. Buying beef straight from a farm, by the share or in bulk, often stretches a grocery budget further than weekly trips to the meat counter.

Mississippi · 7h

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The 9 Mississippi Butcher Shops, Farmer’s Markets And Bulk Stores Where Meat Costs Less Than The Supermarket Price

A grocery receipt in Mississippi can sting when half the total comes from one pack of ground beef and a few chicken thighs. Plenty of families across the state have quietly switched to small butcher counters, wholesale freezers, and farm processors where the same money stretches much further. Many of...

Laurel, MS · 3d

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Laurel Municipal Airport moves forward with improvement project

LAUREL, Miss. (WDAM) - Back in September, WDAM 7 reported that the Federal Aviation Administration awarded the Laurel Municipal Airport a $2.4 million grant. The airport is using the funds to make several improvements for pilots. The airport has made great headway on the safety improvements and the enhanced development...

Laurel, MS · 1d

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Everything to Know About Southern Miss Baseball's 15 Signees for 2028 Season

Christian Ostrander's latest haul is built around pitching, with three members of Pearl River's national title team and a Pine Belt Mr. Baseball along for the ride.

Hattiesburg, MS · 1d

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Very Vintage Y’all: Holiday Shopping & Nostalgia in Hattiesburg, MS

Christmas season has a way of finding the family calendar already occupied. Somebody has a tournament. The team needs to be there early. An inflatable Santa is still in the attic, and you’re spending Friday night in a hotel room trying to dry a uniform. Christmas will have to...

Hattiesburg, MS · 3d

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One boy, 50 turkeys: 11-year-old wins Turkey donation challenge

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - One boy, one challenge, one trophy. That’s all it took to gather 50 turkeys for families across the Pine Belt. Diamond Excursions Ladies’ Edition, the nonprofit behind resources such as Project G.A.P. and MS HUB Complex, has shared a Friendsgiving feast with individuals and families in need for years.

Hattiesburg, MS · 1d

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Maroon Tide floods Blue Devils, Hornets move to round two

Poplarville Hornets vs Morton Panthers Friday night, the Poplarville Hornets celebrated advancing to the second round of the playoffs after defeating the Northeast Lauderdale Trojans 56-0 in the Hornets’ Nest. […]

Poplarville, MS · 2d

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Dixie Electric’s ‘Stuff a Bucket Truck’ begins Friday

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - With holidays around the corner, Dixie Electric is asking the community to help them serve their customers in a different way. Dixie Electric will have its eighth annual “Stuff a Bucket Truck” food drive at three different locations. The first location is on...

Laurel, MS · 2d

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First frost expected Friday night.

Friday will be sunny and cool, with highs in the mid 60s. Temperatures will fall into the 40s for those Friday night football games. We will see our first frost of the season Friday night, as lows bottom out in the low to mid 30s. This weekend will be cool...

Hattiesburg, MS · 19h

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Hattiesburg bookstore The Author Shoppe is closing. See details on sales

The final chapter is nearing for The Author Shoppe, a locally owned bookstore that has provided Hattiesburg with reading material and community events for seven years. It will officially close its doors for good on Dec. 31. The Author Shoppe announced its closure on its Facebook account on Oct. 23. "We're closing," co-owner Murph Little said in an announcement posted on The Author Shoppe's Facebook page. "Those are words that we never wanted to say. It hurts, but we are closing down our doors on Dec. 31." The Author Shoppe first opened on Front Street in downtown Hattiesburg in 2020 before relocating in 2025 to a hard-to-miss blue house at 709 Hardy St. Along with a wide selection of books, the store had a beverage menu that included coffee, tea, soda and beer. The bookstore became a popular place in the community because it often hosted events such as book clubs, open mic nights, live music and art shows. "I think our importance can't be constrained to the idea of us being a bookstore," Little said. "That's what we sold and that's what we love, but it was always more about the outreach to the community. Be that through art

Hattiesburg, MS · 1d

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‘We are sick and tired’: Pumps overflowing, sewage damaging Lampton Water customers’ homes

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - Sewage in bathtubs, toilets and yards: customers of the Lampton Water Association say they have dealt with failing sewer pumps for years. Now, they want answers about when those problems will be fixed. “We are sick and tired of this right here,” said O’nel Foxworth,...

Columbia, MS · 1d

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Freezing Temperatures Possible This Weekend: Freeze Watch in Effect for Parts of the Gulf Coast

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A blast of much colder air is heading toward the Gulf Coast this weekend, bringing the potential for our first widespread freezing temperatures of the season across parts of southwest Alabama and southeast Mississippi. After several days of cooler weather, temperatures are expected to take another...

Mississippi · 1d

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Jonathan Webster to be named head coach at Pearl River CC - Reports

Pearl River Community College is expected to name Jonathan Webster its next head football coach, according to reports out of Mississippi. ⁠. Webster has spent the past four seasons as head coach at East Central Community College. He guided the Warriors to an 8-3 record and a berth in the MACCC Championship game in 2024, when he was named MACCC South Division Coach of the Year. His other seasons at East Central finished 4-5 (2023), 3-6 (2025), and 6-4 (2026).⁠

Poplarville, MS · 9h

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PRCC Shelby Speights Award of Leadership, Courage and Valor awarded to leader both on and off the playing field

Pearl River Community College recognized Moses Cummings of Purvis as the first recipient of the Shelby Speights Award of Leadership, Courage and Valor. The award is in honor of PRCC […]

Poplarville, MS · 21h

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Rebels best undefeated Columbia Academy

After a record-setting 600-yard performance the week before, Leake Academy’s Majure Chandler put together another impressive performance against undefeated Columbia Academy. Chander ran for 220 yards and threw for 207 yards, accounting for five touchdowns to take a 36-22 win over the Cougars in the first round of the Class 3A playoffs.

Columbia, MS · 2d

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Prep Football: Pirates host Columbia in “Smith Group Realty Homefield Advantage” Game of the Week

PASS CHRISTIAN — Defending Class 4A state champion Columbia visits Pass Christian in this week’s “Smith Group Realty Homefield Advantage” Game of the Week for SouthMiss6 Sports. Each week during the prep football season, SouthMiss6 Sports will feature a “GOTW” sponsored by The Smith Group Realty,...

Pass Christian, MS · 2d

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‘Pro-Trump Conservative’ Shad White Enters the Race for Mississippi Governor

LAUREL, Miss.—Mississippi State Auditor Shad White was deployed in the Middle East for Operation Epic Fury with the Mississippi National Guard for months earlier this year. One morning, White and a group of other soldiers went to a base that he said Iran had targeted and hit “countless times” with rockets, drones and missiles.

Mississippi · 1d

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