2010

February 10

• The location of the original Hi-Hat Club in Palmer's Crossing is given a marker as part of the Mississippi Blues Trail

February 12

• Between three and four inches of snow falls the night of February 11 and the morning of February 12

February 14

• The new Wayne Lee Fire Station One fire station opened downtown

February 18

• Construction begins on a 10,000 square foot storm shelter next to the Forrest County Multipurpose Center

March 2

• An early morning fire destroys the Katie Avenue Plaza

April 16

• International Filing Co. closes

April 24

• Diddy Bops opens on Highway 98

May 21

• Chain Park opens

May 27

• Big Lots opens its new location on Highway 98

June 7

• Pancho's Mexican Buffet closes

June 13

• J.R. Winstead, of Hulett-Winstead Funeral Home, dies at age 82

June 24

• Chesterfield's on Highway 49 closes, planning on moving to a new location

July 15

• Wintzell's Oyster House closes

October 30

• Beverly Drive-In destroyed by fire

November 25

• The Pride of Mississippi USM marching band marches in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Other

These are events that don't have a specific known date

• Pizza Inn opened on West Hardy Street
• University Mall is purchased by University Mall Partners LLC in March
• The Bottling Company closes in June
• The Hudson's name is dropped from Hudson's Treasure Hunt and Hudson's Dirt Cheap stores after a change in ownership
• Big Buck Sports, a sporting and hunting goods store off of South 40th Avenue, closed mid-summer
• Century Park, a new dorm at USM, opened in mid August