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Newton County eliminates Rockachaws

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

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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.
HANCOCK COUNTY

Waveland repeat drunken driver gets 5-year prison term

GULFPORT -- A Waveland man with a history of drunken driving has been ordered to serve a five-year prison term without the hope of early release.
DIAMONDHEAD

ACLU: Diamondhead POA violates residents' 1st Amendment rights

The Diamondhead Property Owners Association has been asked to stop enforcing covenants that prevent candidates from displaying political yard signs and campaigning door to door.
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS

Logan, Guillot pace Rocks to 10-6 win

BAY ST. LOUIS -- Cody Logan scored four runs, Joe Guillot drove in three runs and St. Stanislaus lived to fight another day.
BAY ST. LOUIS

Hancock County asks court to add Bay St. Louis to bathroom lawsuit

Hancock County filed a cross-claim against the city of Bay St. Louis on Tuesday to add the city as a necessary party in the lawsuit filed by residents disputing the construction of a comfort station on the beach. The cross-claim was filed in Chancery Court of Hancock County.
HANCOCK COUNTY

4 homes approved for Pearlington buy-out program

Hancock County's buy-out program has finally gotten off the ground.
HANCOCK COUNTY

Children's obituary tribute to Bay St. Louis mom goes viral

BAY ST. LOUIS -- Antonia "Toni" Larroux would be amused and amazed to know the obituary her children wrote for her has gone viral on the Internet. She would like it that others think her children are as funny as she was, her longtime friend Myrtle Haas said.