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History
Hattiesburg is positioned at the fork of the Leaf and Bouie Rivers, Hattiesburg was founded in 1882 by Captain William H. Hardy, pioneer lumberman and civil engineer. Early settlers to the area were of Scottish, Irish, and English descent who came from Georgia and the Carolinas, attracted by the vast area of virgin pine timberlands.
The city of Hattiesburg was incorporated in 1884 with a population of approximately 400. Originally called Twin Forks and later Gordonville, Hardy gave the city its final name of Hattiesburg, in honor of his wife Hattie.
Where do the things we like to eat come from? According to local author Allan Nation, southeastern Mississippi cuisine is steeped in rich tradition and circumstance.
How has your life changed in the five years since Hurricane Katrina? The Hattiesburg American is looking for your stories of how Hurricane Katrina changed your life in the last five years.
Major crime in Hattiesburg dropped an average of 12 percent during the first six months of 2010 compared with the same period the year before, according to statistics released by the Hattiesburg Police Department.
Sobs echoed throughout the courtroom as Tevin Benjamin, 15, of Moss Point, was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life without parole Friday for his role in the 2008 shooting death of Michael Porter of Hattiesburg.
With classes at the new College of Osteopathic Medicine at William Carey University set to begin in just a month, the university today celebrated the opening of the first building in its new medical complex.
United Blood Service of Hattiesburg is once again holding their free lunch for donors event Friday, July 30 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at their center on South 28th Avenue.
One will be in prison for at least seven years after being sentenced to 20 years for shooting a teenage girl in the head a little more than a year ago on a Hattiesburg street.
A pilot and onlookers escaped injury when a helicopter's rotors separated and destroyed the cockpit and parts of the tail rotor struck a nearby hotel in Newport.
GULFPORT, Miss. - A Hattiesburg man has been sentenced to 18 months on federal charges of possession of stolen mail containing checks totaling $23,000. The Sun Herald reports that U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr.
A Hattiesburg woman who had lived in a dilapidated house has a new home tonight, thanks to a new partnership between the Hub City and the Salvation Army.
