In its 24th year as host city, Hattiesburg is welcoming 36 young woman from across the state this week as they compete for the title of Mississippi’s Miss Hospitality and more than $100,000 in scholarships and prizes. The Mississippi Miss Hospitality program was created in 1949, and the winner of this annual competition serves as goodwill ambassador for economic development and tourism, Marlo Dorsey, executive director of VisitHATTIESBURG, said at a Monday press conference.
The 72nd annual Mississippi Miss Hospitality competition, open to women ages 18-24, will take place at the historic Hattiesburg Saenger Theater, 201 Forrest St. Preliminary competitions are scheduled for 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday. The final competition is 8 p.m. Saturday.
05/07/21
An Iowa City man has been taken into custody after an alleged assault of his long-time girlfriend.
The incident began Wednesday after 6:30pm when a concerned citizen called police about a man yelling, pushing and striking a woman in the area of La Regia on Highway 1 West. The reporting party provided police with a description of the man’s truck, and explained that the woman gave her phone number to the reporting party after just meeting her today. She allegedly told the person that she was in an abusive relationship with the man, identified as 54-year-old Jeffery George of Elkhorn Trail.