Charles Herrington
Multimedia Journalist
Moselle, MS
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Charles has worked at WDAM 7 for more than two decades. He was born and raised in Hattiesburg and attended the University of Southern Mississippi, where he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Radio, T.V. and Film in 1988.
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Johnny DuPree, the Democratic Party nominee for representative for the 4th Congressional District says he’s looking forward to campaigning for the general election in November.
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The PRCC Board of Trustees has voted not to increase in-state tuition for the upcoming 2022-2023 school year.
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WCU's Board of Trustees made the announcement Tuesday, a day after board chairman, Dr. Jimmy Stewart passed the news to employees in a message Monday.
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The Mississippi National Guard hosted a special lecture at Camp Shelby Saturday, presented by a World War Two veteran and former prisoner of war who recently turned 100-years-old.
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The mother of the first female from the U.S. Marine Corps to be killed in action in the War on Terror has announced she’s donating artifacts and memorabilia from her daughter’s military service to the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum.
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PFC Henry Lee Keen was the Gold Star Honoree during the event.
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Archaeologists at Camp Shelby are excavating a historic site used by thousands of soldiers just arriving for training in World War II
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This crash remains under investigation by MHP.
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Camp Iti Kana took a direct hit from an EF-2 tornado that swept through south Forrest County Wednesday night.
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Cadets from Youth Challenge Academy Class 56 got a glimpse of a potential future Thursday at Camp Shelby.
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The William Carey University School of Nursing announced some impressive news.
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Congressman Steven Palazzo says Vladimir Putin is “playing games with the world” and the Biden Administration is sending all the wrong messages to the Russian leader.
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Friday was the 5th anniversary of the deadly tornado that struck Hattiesburg and the surrounding area on Jan. 21, 2017.
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The chief of the Collins Fire Department says alternative ways of heating your home, such as using stoves ovens or outdoor heating equipment, can be a dangerous thing to do.
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156 students from across Mississippi have graduated from the latest class of the Mississippi National Guard’s Youth Challenge Academy.
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The national commander of the American Legion was in Hattiesburg Saturday night, asking for support in his campaign to prevent veteran suicide.
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Students at Columbia Primary School are using a new vending machine on campus.
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The Mississippi National Guard is hosting two special occasions on Nov. 9.
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A Hattiesburg solider killed in action in Vietnam was honored in a special memorial service Saturday.
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Meanwhile, Pearl River Community College is preparing to host an open house for hundreds of potential new students later this month.
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Pearl River Community College is transforming a former bookstore into a new customer service center.
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Camp Shelby is preparing to host a special reunion of World War Two veterans that was postponed due to COVID-19.
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Rep. Steven Palazzo says the whole process has bought the government some time.
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The National Guard Saturday hosted a ceremony honoring Mississippi military service personnel killed in the War on Terror.
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The Mississippi National Guard is preparing to honor the members of the armed forces from Mississippi who’ve died fighting terrorism since 9/11.
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A prominent part of a historic American warship that’s been on display in Jackson for decades has a new home at Camp Shelby.
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One will be for alligators. The other will be for Chilean flamingos.
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Students, as well as many families, enjoyed a Woodstock theme at the museum.
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Within a week of his COVID diagnosis, Isaiah Dennis was admitted into Covington County Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit and placed on a ventilator to help him breathe.
Covington County Hospital posted a Facebook video showing Isaiah Dennis, 21, giving a testimony of his COVID-19 diagnosis.
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While most people call 911 when they have an emergency, a little girl in Mississippi called 911 to express her love for first responders.
Sheriff Darrell Perkins was so moved by the call that he sought out Mylah’s family and met the little girl face-to-face at her home Thursday.
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School superintendents from across Mississippi are attending a statewide gathering, face to face, for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic.
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PRCC is helping boost the number of court reporters in Mississippi by offering classes on court reporting technology this fall.
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Music stores across the country are celebrating the big comeback of the vinyl record.
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More than 4,000 Mississippi National Guard soldiers will be training over the next few weeks in California in preparation for possible overseas deployment.
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Mississippi Speaker of the House Philip Gunn visited Hattiesburg Friday to take part in an annual Memorial Day ceremony at Camp Shelby.
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Dozens of students received their graduate equivalency degrees from Pearl River Community College Tuesday night.
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Pearl River Community College President Adam Breerwood just received a four-year contract extension approved by the PRCC board of trustees.
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More than 50 students graduated in a brief ceremony Friday morning at the Thomas Fine Arts Auditorium.
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An Army Reserve unit that assists, advises and conducts training at Camp Shelby has a new commander.
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The suspect’s name will be released after formal charges of murder and kidnapping are filed.
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Hundreds of potential students will gather on the Poplarville campus to “experience” college life.
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The Hattiesburg Zoo has announced the date it will open a major new exhibit that will have some very tall tenants.
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About two dozen items are on display through Sunday.
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A Hattiesburg Moose Lodge supported local first responders Thursday with free food and free toys.
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Staff members at the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum at Camp Shelby have just completed a big makeover of one of the facility’s major exhibits.
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Hattiesburg’s half marathon in 2021 will return to being an in-person event.
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2021 is shaping up to be a big year for the Hattiesburg Zoo.
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Services are primarily focused on evaluation and testing for COVID-19 and other cough and fever illnesses.