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Hattiesburg resident challenges council candidate’s qualifications to run The municipal primary is set for April 6. (Source: WDAM) By Luke Smith | March 2, 2021 at 6:39 PM CST - Updated March 2 at 8:32 PM HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - A Democratic candidate’s qualifications to run for Hattiesburg City Council in the April primary are being challenged by a resident of the ward he seeks to represent. Joseph Lanford filed the petition in Forrest County Circuit Court on Friday challenging the Democratic Executive Committee of Hattiesburg’s decision that Bradly James Pope Park...

TUPELO • Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson says his department will not enforce any executive orders intended to limit the escalating spread of COVID-19 throughout the state even as the Tupelo Police Department makes plans to ramp up enforcement of existing safety measures. Johnson told the Daily Journal in a telephone interview that he has ordered Lee County sheriff’s deputies not to issue citations or arrest people for failing to follow executive orders issued by state or local officials mandating masks or limiting public gatherings. Gov. Tate Reeves has placed Lee County – alon...