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FORREST COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) – The 2023 Primary Runoff Election will be held on Tuesday, August 29, and some voters in Forrest County will head to the polls to vote in the District 1 supervisor race. Gentry Mordica and Wesley Clark, both Republicans, are in the runoff. Both candidates are fairly new to politics, but […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader
FORREST COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - Forrest County deputies said a man and a dog were killed after being hit by a train. The incident happened near Moffett Road in the Maxie Community in south Forrest County on Thursday, August 24. According to investigators, a couple of men and a dog were making their way to [...]
The dog was tethered nearby but wasn’t on the tracks.
The artwork of Bethanie Wilson of Hattiesburg is now on display in the Eula Bass Lewis Art Gallery at Jones College through Sept. 15.
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) – The U.S. Department of Education’s “Supporting Effective Education Development” program (SEED) awarded William Carey University (WCU) a three-year, $2.1 million grant for a teacher residency program to train future elementary teachers in STEM areas – science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. WCU School of Education’s successful proposal is called “Stepping Up STEM […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader