2025-07-07 00:00:00 The Pine Belt News is a locally owned and operated news outlet in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The Pine Belt News was formed in 2018 from the merger of The Lamar Times, The Petal News, and The Hattiesburg Post. It is the most-read newspaper in the Hattiesburg metro area. 

Free to download, the Pine Belt News app allows users to continue supporting local journalism. They receive a mobile browsing/reading experience, complete with the following features:

• Relevant, local news from the community • Various categorized sections, including Crime, Obituaries, Politics, Sports and more. • Social posting features, allowing for Friends, Groups, Neighborhoods and more to add user-content (Photos, Videos, etc).