2009

February 12

 * Citizens Bank holds a ribbon cutting at the a new branch in Bellevue

February 15

 * Freeman Moore Mazda on Broadway Drive closes

February 17

 * WMAH (PBS) and WXXV (FOX) are two of the Mississippi stations that cease analog broadcasting. WDAM (NBC) and WHLT (CBS) continue broadcasting both analog and digital signals.

February 25

 * Ashland Inc. announces it will close the Hercules plant by the end of the year

March 27

 * Groundbreaking ceremony for Century Park, a new residential community at USM

April 6

 * A construction worker suffers injuries after falling from the fourth floor of the old Hattiesburg High School building while working on renovations

May 1

 * Horace W. Flemming Jr., president of USM 1997 to 2001, died at age 65.

July 21

 * The Parkhaven neighborhood is named a historic district.

July 28

 * Ground is broken on the new Chain Park at Twin Forks in downtown Hattiesburg

August 7

 * The Hattiesburg Public School District begins the school year with a new 10 point grading scale

October 4

 * First Baptist Church holds its first Sunday service in its new building on Lincoln Road