Charles Herrington
Video Journalist at WDAM-TV (Moselle, MS)
I'm a native of Hattiesburg and have been a reporter/photographer at WDAM for more than 30 years.
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2 days ago |
wdam.com | Charles Herrington
CAMP SHELBY, Miss. (WDAM) - More than 400 high school students from Mississippi and Louisiana are at Camp Shelby this week, participating in a summer camp designed to improve leadership and team-building skills. It’s all part of the annual Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps’ Cadet Leadership Challenge.
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2 days ago |
wdam.com | Charles Herrington
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - The City of Hattiesburg and its firefighters are giving families a fun way to cool off this summer. The Hattiesburg Fire Department turned on the water Thursday from its Ladder 8 truck to convert a parking lot at Tatum Park into a pop-up splash pad. The activity, part of “Summer Splash Days,” will happen every Thursday in June and July, from 1p.m. to 3 p.m. at various parks and schools.
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3 days ago |
wdam.com | Charles Herrington
MOUNT OLIVE, Miss. (WDAM) - Two-term Mount Olive Mayor Cliff Kelly won re-election to a third term Tuesday. Kelly, a local businessman, defeated challenger Marcia Hull with 57 percent of the vote. Kelly said he’ll focus on improving infrastructure in his next term. “One of our biggest goals is to try to get more infrastructure improvements out on the highway, so we can possibly move or entice other businesses to come in along that highway,” Kelly said.
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3 days ago |
wdam.com | Charles Herrington
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - The opening week of the annual FestivalSouth continues Thursday with an evening of classical music at the University of Southern Mississippi. “Classics by Candlelight” will feature chamber music with pianist/music coordinator Theresa Sanchez. “Chamber music is best performed in smaller venues anyway, like maybe a home sometimes, or a little chapel or just small auditoriums, but this way, with all the candles, it will be extra special,” Sanchez said.
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1 week ago |
wdam.com | Charles Herrington
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - The annual Juneteenth celebration has begun in Hattiesburg. Saturday, Hattiesburg Juneteenth celebration organizers hosted a flag-rarising ceremony at Vernon Dahmer Park for the Juneteenth flag. Juneteenth is a national holiday celebrated each June 19th. It commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the U.S. Saturday’s ceremony included dance performances and the reading of the Emancipation Proclamation.
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It’s a big Municipal Election Day across Mississippi. In Hattiesburg, there several races to watch, including the one for mayor and three council seats. Incumbent mayor Toby Barker is running against LaKeylah White. And races in wards 1, 3 and 4 are also taking place. https://t.co/QfmTXw9fBa
The Hattiesburg Zoo was packed with visitors Saturday as an expanded Africa exhibit was officially opened. “Experience Africa” now has seven new buildings and six new animal exhibits, including a hyena, Colobus monkeys and two giraffes, named Sue Ellen and Alberta. https://t.co/AytBbBOgxk
Two companies have submitted bids to operate the new jail kitchen at the Covington County Law Enforcement Complex. Covington Co. Supervisors opened bids Friday from Tiger Correctional Services of Jonesboro, Arkansas and Summit Jail Food Service from Sioux Falls, South Dakota. https://t.co/AzVOF2byUa