2022

January 1

 * Forrest General Hospital finalized an agreement to take over Perry County General Hospital in Richton

January 13

 * FedEx announced it will open a 217,000 square-foot distribution facility at the I-59 Supply Chain Park

January 18

 * The Hattiesburg city council voted to adopt Alternate 3 Redistricting Plan, adjusting the bounds of the wards within the city to account for population changes

January 21

 * Dr. Rodney Bennett announced he would step down as the president of USM when his contract ends on June 30, 2023

January 24

 * The Saenger Theater received a $250,000 grant from the MDAH, which will be combined with $500,000 from the Hattiesburg Convention Commission, to renovate the ceiling of the theater

March 12

 * Fat Boy's Pizza opened on Highway 49 in the former La Fiesta Brava building

April 4

 * A new mural called The Hattiesbirds debuted on the side of the Campus Book Mart across from USM

April 11

 * A new mural located across from Hawkins Elementary called We Are the Future was unveiled

April 12

 * Officials at the Hattiesburg Zoo announced that one of the new giraffes was pregnant

Other
''These are events that don't have a specific known date
 * Work began replacing the 120 year-old railroad bridge across the Leaf River near Petal River Park in early 2022
 * Former police chief Frazier Bolton died in March