The goal is to equip them with skills like interviewing and conflict resolution that’ll get them in the door at local schools and organizations.

Trip Edwards is a junior at Innova Preparatory School in Hattiesburg but lives in Richton. One day in December, his father, John Edwards, said he came across an opportunity that he couldn’t let Trip ...

LAWRENCE COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency has confirmed that one person is dead and three ...

HATTIESBURG: 12th Annual Hattiesburg Craft Beer Festival. Saturday, March 14, from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. RSJ Community Arts Center; Attendees will enjoy unlimited samples of more than 1 ...

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - A new registry is now open to firefighters in an effort to track the prevalence of cancer among those in the profession. The National Firefighter Registry for Cancer was ...

The WDAM 7 First Alert Weather Team expects a squall line to move through with damaging winds of more than 60 mph, but brief, ...

JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Five people are recovering from injuries after a two-vehicle crash that happened in Jones County during Wednesday night’s severe weather event. According to the ...

Travelers should expect additional delays on I-59 SB between Evelyn Gandy and the US 49 interchange. A semi truck came off the road, landed in the I-59 median and is stuck in the cable barrier.

Nearly three dozen Buc-ee’s locations have received an “F” The grades came from 88 customer complaints to Buc-ee’s that were not addressed in a timely fashion, according to BBB officials. The oldest ...

Counties in and around the Pine Belt are spending the morning surveying damage left over from Wednesday’s severe weather.

The market is sponsored by the Downtown Hattiesburg Association, which encourages people to come downtown, shop local, and connect with their neighbors.

The sheriff’s office said Nellie Rustin, 82, was found Wednesday “by an 83-year-old lifelong friend, Buddy Rustin, after a remarkable thought occurred to him.” ...