It was a mixed bag of results for Forrest and Lamar county city elections, with most incumbents, including Hattiesburg Mayor Toby Barker, retaining their seats.
Municipal elections were held Tuesday in Hattiesburg, Purvis, Sumrall and Lumberton. Petal s races were decided in April s primary and runoff elections.
Polling places reported no issues in Tuesday s election, according to city clerks. Turnout, they said, was low. Around 10% of registered voters came out, said Purvis city clerk Catherine Kemp Tuesday.
Hattiesburg city clerk Kermas Eaton said only around 30% of registered Hattiesburg voters participated.
Vote totals remain unofficial until they are certified by the Mississippi Secretary of State s office.
Dales Young Ranger
Muhammed Amin writes about his experience in the Yorkshire Dales National Park and in particular his pleasure when attending a bird box making session in Grassington. Here he writes of his experience and what the young rangers learned on the day. IT was a very bright sunny day. As I arrived at the National Park Centre, I could already hear the twittering of birdsong coming from the trees and I got more excited. We started with Ian and Mark, the two bird ringers explaining their work. Bird ringing is the process of attaching a tag to the leg of a bird with an individual identification number. The age, gender, species and wing size is then noted down. All the information collected is sent to the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO). This information helps track the movements and the life span of the tagged birds.
Austwick Church news: With the Government’s national ‘Step’ Regulations progressively enabling more activities to restart, we are now gradually reintroducing services of worship in our churches. Initially these are combined services to include everyone in the parishes of Clapham, Keasden, Austwick and Eldroth: Sunday, April 25, 9.30am, Austwick; Sunday, May 2, 9.30am, Eldroth; Sunday, May 9, 11am, Keasden. Ascension Day Thursday, May 13, 10.30am, Austwick; Sunday, May 16, 11am, Clapham. Parish News: The current edition can be found on the link below or from the village website: drive.google.com/file/d/1lLD4YaMwMxFiXWKeqE O8NVJIZ8xsv8I/view?usp=sharing WI: We began the first meeting of the year with a Zoom presentation. Sarah Lister had been our last speaker in March 2020 and she returned in April 2021 with her talk about the surprising revelations from the Settle graveyard. Her excellent talk about two Settle families, the Ellis family and the Slinger family, revealed