2019

January 13

 * GattiTown closed

March 15

 * Former police chief David Wynn died

March 29

 * The Plaid Rhino, a restaurant off of Westover Drive, closed

April 9

 * Officials held a ground-breaking ceremony for the new Public Safety Complex.

April 11

 * Fred's announced it was closing 159 stores across the country, including one of its Hattiesburg locations off of Broadway Drive

April 21

 * Venture Church held its first service at its new gulf coast campus

April 23

 * An extra 1% tax on hotels and restaurant sales was approved by 81% of voters in Hattiesburg to pay for various parks and recreation projects

May 16

 * Fred's announced it was closing another 104 stores, including its location in Hattiesburg at 5266 Old Highway 11

June 13

 * Regions Bank held an official ribbon cutting ceremony for its new mortgage center on Lincoln Road. It opened earlier in the year, moving about 300 employees from its downtown office.

Other
These are events that don't have a specific known date
 * Bianchi's Pizzeria closed in January
 * The Hattiesburg Zoo moved Kuasa, a seven year-old Sumatran tiger, to Dallas to be part of a breeding program in early February
 * Georgia Blue, a restaurant in the Westwood Square shopping center, closed in early 2019