Few children turn out for annual Lionâs Easter Egg hunt
Few children turn out for annual Lionâs Easter Egg hunt By Charles Herrington | April 3, 2021 at 6:35 PM CDT - Updated April 3 at 6:35 PM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - An annual Easter egg hunt in Hattiesburg that usually brings out hundreds of children only attracted a few youngsters on Saturday.
Less than two dozen children turned out to look for eggs at the 73rd Community Easter Egg Hunt, hosted by the Lionâs Club and the City of Hattiesburg.
It was held at Vernon Dahmer Park.
Last year, the event was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hattiesburg opens new batting cages at Vernon Dahmer Park
Hattiesburg opens batting cages at Vernon Dahmer Park By Melissa Rademaker | January 8, 2021 at 7:13 PM CST - Updated January 8 at 7:13 PM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Friday was a busy day at Vernon Dahmer Park where the city of Hattiesburg unveiled brand new batting cages with a ribbon-cutting.
The batting cages are a “Your Penny at Work” project funded by the 1% sales tax on restaurants, hotels and motels to improve facilities across the city.
“For so many in our city, having a place where you can go and work on your craft and you can go and work on your swing and go through the process of learning the game, it’s been hard to do,” Mayor Toby Barker said.