Good morning, Hattiesburg.

Families gathered at Paul B.

Johnson State Park for the Fall Festival, which featured a kids' fishing rodeo where tagged fish earned prizes, games, a cakewalk, a costume contest, trick-or-treating, a golf cart parade, and awards for best-decorated campers + carts.

The Macedonia Fire Department's second Car Show and Chili Cook-Off drew vintage cars, motorcycles, jeeps and attendees who bought tasting armbands at Macedonia Baptist Church across from the fire station in Petal, raising new fundraising revenue for the department as organizers plan to make it an annual event.

About 70 runners and walkers ran the University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Training Club's inaugural Nightmare on Eagle Walk 5K on Saturday, starting and ending at Renasant Bank Stadium, and the race raised money to send students to conferences (NATA, MATA) and buy learning tools like cupping and emergency kits while offering trick-or-treating and a costume contest.

Barktoberfest brought candy, costumed dogs, and pet-friendly activities to the front of Southern Pines, with trick-or-treating & contests for families and their pups.

The Mississippi Latinx Art Association held its third annual Día de los Muertos parade Saturday, featuring authentic Mexican costumes, mojigangas, and a mariachi band as it processed Main Street (from the Rebekah Stark Johnson Community Arts Center to The Creators Plaza), and the event was supported by a Mississippi Arts Commission grant and local donors.

The MHSAA released public-school playoff brackets: Class 1A-4A will start Nov.

6, Class 5A-7A brackets will be released Nov. 6 with playoffs starting Nov. 13, + the state championships are set for Dec. 3-5 at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville.

Southern Miss beat ULM 35-21 in Monroe as Steven Robinson rushed for 151 yards and Jamarice Wilder ran for 104, and the two combined for three rushing touchdowns while Landry Lyddy threw a touchdown pass.

Southern Miss will host James Madison on Thursday, Nov. 5 at 7:00 p.m.