GULFPORT -- A Picayune man has been sentenced to prison for 57 months on a guilty plea to possession of child pornography.

BILOXI -- Yesterday Jimmy Buffett's hour-long concert to open Margaritaville Casino Biloxi streamed live on Radio Margaritaville and today his fans are logging onto the Sun Herald to see pictures of the party.

Unemployment rates have dropped on the Coast for the third consecutive time this year, according to data released today by the Mississippi Department of Employment Security.

NEW YORK Stock futures rose Thursday on more evidence of modest job growth in the U.S., though the landscape for the nation's factories appeared hazy.

JACKSON -- Chase Nyman rapped three hits, including a two-run homer, as Pascagoula defeated Hernando 9-6 to win the Class 5A state baseball championship on Tuesday night at Smith-Wills Stadium.

LATE DAY CHANGE: A big final-hour comeback pulled the Dow Jones industrial average nearly back to where it started Wednesday. The Dow was down as much as 191 points earlier as the threat of a financial crisis spreading from Europe shook markets.

A big final-hour comeback pulled the Dow Jones industrial average nearly back to where it started Wednesday.

Wes Rea hit a three-run homer as Mississippi State defeated Arkansas 9-1 Tuesday in the opening round of the SEC Tournament at Hoover, Ala.

BILOXI -- A few thousand of Jimmy Buffett's closest fans came out for his hour-long concert to kick off the grand opening festivities of his latest venture, Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Casino & Restaurant, in Biloxi. HIs performance at the opening streamed live on Radio Margaritaville on SIRIUS/XM Channel 24.

D'IBERVILLE -- D'Iberville police officials have identified 18-year-old Johnny Le as the swimmer whose body was recovered Tuesday afternoon at The Cliffs off Riverside Drive.

GULFPORT -- The Gulfport City Council will be asked Tuesday afternoon to accept a lease for 60 acres of the old VA property on U.S. 90.

BOLIVAR, Tenn. Prosecutors have increased the severity of charges against the mother of a man who abducted two young Tennessee girls after he killed their mother and oldest sister.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. His passes were hitting receivers in stride and right between the numbers, not skipping off the ground or whizzing behind their heads like so many of Tim Tebow's.

CINCINNATI A life-size swine statue is back at home after disappearing in the city once dubbed "Porkopolis."

Sun Herald staffer Don Hammack filed this report and sent photos of the USS Mississippi prior to boarding the submarine in Florida. He is en route to the state on the sub for its commissioning on June 2:

HAWTHORNE, Calif. Today, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon spacecraft to orbit in an exciting start to the mission that will make SpaceX the first commercial company in history to attempt to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station – something only a handful of governments have ever accomplished.

NEW YORK U.S. stock futures are following European and Asian markets downward as policy makers argue over how best to spur growth.

MIAMI Tropical Storm Bud is still swirling well off the Mexican coast but is not strengthening.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. A $32 million set of projects across seven states in the Mississippi River Basin will restore a variety of wetland types, from Iowa to Louisiana.

JACKSON COUNTY -- A man died this afternoon in an apparent work-related accident at Mississippi Phosphates on Industrial Road, authorities have confirmed.