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Bay High take flight into real world

JUSTIN MITCHELL/SUN HERALDBay High Principal Andy Parker announces valedictorian Katie Broadhead at the graduation ceremony Thursday.

BAY ST. LOUIS -- Bay High student speaker Bella Gonzalez told fellow graduates Thursday evening to pack their bags and get ready to take flight into the real world.

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GRADUATIONS

Hancock High twins go to wire in battle for valedictorian

Brayley and Breeley Sellier have battled each other for top grades all through high school, so it was no surprise it went down to the wire as to who would be valedictorian for Hancock High graduation Friday.
HANCOCK COUNTY

CEO out at Hancock Medical Center

The Hancock Medical Center Board of Trustees announced Thursday the departure of the hospital's CEO, Robert Pascasio.
BAY ST. LOUIS

Census: Bay St. Louis sees biggest population gains on Coast

One of the Coast's favorite cities has experienced more population growth in the past couple of years than any other city in South Mississippi.
BAY ST. LOUIS

Bay St. Louis bridge walk gets all wet
HANCOCK COUNTY

Hancock County, Diamondhead POA request permit to dredge Devil's Elbow

Hancock County supervisors and the Diamondhead Property Owners Association are asking the Department of Marine Resources for permission to dredge Devil's Elbow, the DMR said Monday in press release.
SPORTS

Newton County eliminates Rockachaws

Newton County defeated St. Stanislaus in Game 2 of the 4A South State championship series on Saturday night.
HANCOCK COUNTY

Hancock County teen's memory kept alive with gift of learning

KILN -- "Are you sure you don't want to go?" was the last thing 17-year-old Tanner Adam asked his twin brother, Taylor, on Sept. 13, 2008. As Tanner left with friends to ride four-wheelers, Taylor prepared for a date.
HANCOCK COUNTY

Officer memorials set in Biloxi and at Finley Cemetery

BILOXI -- The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer plans its annual Mississippi Coastwide Police Appreciation Service on Sunday on the property where its historic church once stood.
HANCOCK COUNTY

Company fined $1 million for illegally filling Hancock County wetlands

GULFPORT -- An Alabama-based real estate investment company has agreed to pay a $1 million fine for damaging wetlands and polluting waters in a development project in Hancock County.
BAY ST. LOUIS

MS company pleads for illegally filling wetlands

A Mississippi corporation has pleaded guilty to illegally filling wetlands near Bay St. Louis.