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

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
 * Regions Bank opened its new mortgage center on Lincoln Road and moved about 300 employees from its downtown office