Here's your local news at a glance for Saturday, the 1st of August.
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🏘️ Community
Extra Table Feeds marked 16 years fighting hunger at a Sweet 16 banquet in Hattiesburg on Thursday night and honored local partners with its new Good on the Go Awards.
The nonprofit unveiled a specialty Mississippi license plate to support statewide food relief efforts.
💼 Business
Off the Hook, a Louisiana fast-food chain, will open its first Mississippi restaurant this fall at 6218 US Highway 98 in Hattiesburg.
The menu features po'boys + gumbo + seafood platters, and details on the grand opening date and hours will be announced soon.
🎭 Culture
Workers from the Mississippi National Guard are excavating a Camp Shelby WWI hospital garbage dump to uncover over 500 artifacts such as ceramic dishes and medicine bottles.
The site may contribute to a future exhibit at the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum and will continue to be dug for years.
Mississippi National Guard archaeologists are digging at a WWI-era garbage dump used by Camp Shelby’s post hospital and have uncovered over 500 artifacts — ceramic dishes, medicine bottles, and more.
A Louisiana team recently worked on the site, and many finds may be featured at the Armed Forces Museum.
🎓 Education
Mississippi law from July 1 lets retired teachers return to classrooms in designated shortage districts with a 30-day waiting period and 50% salary+retirement benefits, while some educators say the pay cut+lost certifications make the offer less appealing.
The provision is set to sunset on July 1, 2036.
Hattiesburg Public Schools welcomed students back for the first day of classes today at district campuses.
Teachers have implemented updated safety protocols as the new school year begins.
🏥 Health
Dr. Quenyatta Echols-Williams from Hattiesburg Family Health Center warns parents that back-to-school may bring colds, stomach bugs and pink eye.
She advises keeping sick children home and teaching good hygiene practices—washing hands and coughing into the inner elbow to prevent illness.
🏈 Sports
Gulfport native Brittney Reese, a four time Olympian and seven time world champion, will be inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame tonight at 7 p.m. at the Clyde Muse Center in Pearl.
The ceremony is live streamed for those who cannot attend.
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