City of Laurel quickly becoming tourist destination
City of Laurel quickly becoming tourist destination By Eddie Robertson | May 12, 2021 at 6:51 PM CDT - Updated May 12 at 7:50 PM
LAUREL, Miss. (WDAM) - If youâve been to Laurel lately, you canât help but feel the vibe and notice that the city is becoming quite the tourist destination thanks in part to the HGTV hit show, âHome Town.â
The show features Ben and Erin Napier, residents who are passionate about where they live and restoring classic old homes inside the city.
As a steady stream of visitors from across the country travel to Laurel to experience life in The City Beautiful, some of those tourists have also decided to plant roots here by purchasing homes of their own.
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Magee wins Democratic nomination for Laurel mayor The general election will take place on June 8. (Source: WDAM) By WDAM Staff | April 6, 2021 at 11:19 PM CDT - Updated April 6 at 11:36 PM
LAUREL, Miss. (WDAM) - After an hours-long delay, Laurel election officials finally revealed vote counts from Tuesday’s municipal primary elections about three hours after polls closed.
Polls closed at 7 p.m., but the city did not announce any updates on the count until around 10 p.m.
Incumbent Mayor Johnny Magee clinched the Democratic nomination for mayor and will face independents Kim Page, Anthony Hudson and Miranda Beard in the June 8 general election.
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