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It was a mixed bag of results for Forrest and Lamar county city elections, with most incumbents, including Hattiesburg Mayor Toby Barker, retaining their seats.
Municipal elections were held Tuesday in Hattiesburg, Purvis, Sumrall and Lumberton. Petal s races were decided in April s primary and runoff elections.
Polling places reported no issues in Tuesday s election, according to city clerks. Turnout, they said, was low. Around 10% of registered voters came out, said Purvis city clerk Catherine Kemp Tuesday.
Hattiesburg city clerk Kermas Eaton said only around 30% of registered Hattiesburg voters participated.
Vote totals remain unofficial until they are certified by the Mississippi Secretary of State s office.
Hattiesburg, NTSB officials discuss deadly Tuesday night plane crash
Hattiesburg, NTSB officials discuss deadly Tuesday night plane crash By WDAM Staff | May 6, 2021 at 10:32 AM CDT - Updated May 6 at 6:19 PM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - City officials and members of the National Transportation Safety Board held a news conference Thursday in regards to the deadly plane crash that claimed the lives of four people in Hattiesburg late Tuesday night.
The conference began shortly after 10:30 a.m., as HPD public information officer Ryan Moore, NTSB Senior Air Safety Investigator Alex Lemishko and Hattiesburg Mayor Toby Barker discussed the next steps into the investigation of the crash.
VisitHATTIESBURG celebrates National Tourism Week by giving back to tourism workers
VisitHATTIESBURG celebrates National Tourism Week by giving back to tourism workers By Will Polston | May 5, 2021 at 5:35 PM CDT - Updated May 5 at 5:51 PM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - VisitHATTIESBURG celebrated National Tourism Week Wednesday by honoring its tourism partners with a grab-and-go BBQ lunch event.
In 2020, even though the tourism industry was lacking due to travel restrictions with COVID-19, the city of Hattiesburg alone accumulated $257 million in tourist spending over the year.
According to statistics from the Bureau of Labor, Mississippi is the number one state in year-over-year tourism spending between 2019 and 2020. According to VisitHATTIESBURG Executive Director Marlo Dorsey, Hattiesburg was coming off of the largest year in Hattiesburg history when in comes to tourism in 2019.
Jones, White in runoff for Hattiesburg mayor nomination Two incumbent city council members were reelected for four-year terms. (Source: WDAM) By Tim Doherty | April 6, 2021 at 10:37 PM CDT - Updated April 6 at 10:37 PM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Two Democrat incumbent City of Hattiesburg council members were reelected to four-year terms, while the Democratic nominee for mayor won’t be decided until April 27.
Vanessa Jones and Lakeylah White will face off in a runoff in three weeks for the opportunity to challenge incumbent Hattiesburg Mayor Toby Barker in June’s general election.
Jones and White were the top two vote getters in a three-person race in Tuesday’s Democratic primary.