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2021

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January 29

February 7

February 25

February 26

March 5

March 26

March 30

May 4

  • A small twin-engine airplane crashed into a home on Annie Christie Drive, killing all three passengers and an occupant of the house

May 15

  • The Hattiesburg Zoo opened its expanded Africa exhibit, featuring two giraffes, Sue Ellen and Alberta

May 17

  • Officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the extension of the walking trail around Duncan Lake

May 25

May 27

  • Officials held a dedication ceremony for a portion of Highway 49, from the intersection of Hardy Street to one mile north, to designated it as the "Clyde Kennard Memorial Highway" after Senate Bill 2481 was signed on March 17

May 29

June 1

  • A new mural called "Welcome to Midtown" was unveiled on the east side of the Midtown Market building

June 9

  • Toby Barker was reelected mayor of Hattiesburg. Council members Jeffrey George and Carter Carroll were releected to the City Council, and Dave Ware defeated incumbent Mary Dryden. Council members Nicholas Brown and Deborah Delgado were unopposed.

July 22

July 30

August 4

August 17

September 21

October 19

  • The city council unanimously voted to allow the old Forrest Hotel to become a residential apartment building

October 21

  • Peggy Sealy was sworn in as the first female police chief of the Hattiesburg police department

October 24

October 26

  • USM announced it was leaving Conference USA and joining the Sun Belt Conference

October 27

November 1

  • Officials at the Hattiesburg Zoo held a ribbon cutting for a new giraffe feeding station

November 5

November 16

  • The Hattiesburg city council voted to rezone the area around the former Calico Antique Mall to allow the building to be renovated into a food court, bar, and office space

November 19

November 23

  • Hattiesburg officials announced that a $500,000 grant would be matched with city funds to create Midtown Green, a new 4.2 acre park on Crestmont Avenue in Midtown

December 6

Other

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