Deer moving into populated areas
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) - Deer in Northeast Mississippi are on the move and will be for most of January as they breed.
Lann Wilf, biologist for the Mississippi Department of Wildlife and Fisheries northern region, tells the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal (http://bit.ly/WnKzfV ) a much more abundant population and bucks with minds on the rut are
...Pascagoula man killed in one-car accident
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - Police say a 22-year-old Pascagoula man died when his vehicle left the roadway and struck a utility pole.
Lt. Jeff Barnes of the Pascagoula Police Department tells The Mississippi Press http://bit.ly/WCH2dO ) Jessie Hughes died in Saturday's crash.
Barnes says a passenger in the vehicle, 22-year-old Donovan Gordon, also of
...Petal man faces arson charge
PETAL, Miss. (AP) - Petal Fire Department investigators have arrested a 29-year-old man on an arson of a dwelling charge.
The Hattiesburg American reports (http://hatne.ws/ZfsYbS ) Aquialius Antwane Dixon of Petal was booked into the Forrest County Jail on Thursday. He is held on a $50,000 bond.
Fire Investigator Marion Sims says the Nov. 10 fire
...Forrest Co. garbage bills to drop
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - Forrest County residents using the county solid waste service will see their monthly bill lowered by $5.35 for garbage pickup, beginning Feb. 1.
The Hattiesburg American reports (http://hatne.ws/ZfruOP ) Waste Pro will take over as the county's contractor providing solid waste pickup, after being awarded the 5-year
...A welcome end to highway work in Petal
PETAL, Miss. (AP) - Officials, businesses and residents in the city of Petal are welcoming the end of a $13 million 2-year highway improvement project.
The Hattiesburg American reports (http://hatne.ws/103nl6L ) that the project widened Mississippi Highway 42 from two lanes to four and installed turn lanes. Petal Mayor Hal Marx says residents are
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