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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS

Maroon Tide strikes early, evens series with Pascagoula

PICAYUNE -- Picayune wasn't ready to end its baseball season.
PASCAGOULA

Ingalls in Pascagoula lays keel for Coast Guard ship James

PASCAGOULA -- Ingalls Shipbuilding celebrated a milestone in construction on the National Security Cutter James for the U.S. Coast Guard with a keel-laying ceremony Friday morning.
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.
MOSS POINT

Head Start records stolen from Moss Point

MOSS POINT -- Head Start records, some of which contained personal information, have been stolen from the Jackson County Civic Action Committee Inc.'s office in Moss Point.
MOSS POINT

2 armed men rob Hancock Bank in Moss Point

MOSS POINT -- Police are looking for two men who wore masks when they robbed a Hancock Bank branch at gunpoint on Mississippi 613 on Friday morning.
PASCAGOULA

Woman, 89, dies in five-vehicle accident in Pascagoula

Four people were taken to Singing River Hospital on Friday afternoon after a five-vehicle accident at U.S. 90 and Chicot Street in Pascagoula.
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Pascagoula's class steals hearts

Recently, I spent a day getting to know some people in Pascagoula. I heard a real-life "fish story" from a man fishing along the beachfront, had an eye-opening conversation with a 60-year-old woman who sits downtown every day just to tell people hello as they walk by and obtained "the secret" to...
LONG BEACH

Long Beach man facing felony DUI charge has had two prior convictions in five years

LONG BEACH -- A Long Beach man faces prosecution on a felony DUI charge, Police Chief Wayne McDowell said.
RELIGION

Grace Independent Baptist in Ocean Springs teaches the next generation about God

OCEAN SPRINGS -- Pastor Paul Perkins of Grace Independent Baptist Church is planning for the future in a big way.
HARRISON COUNTY

D'Iberville designer drug trial delayed because attorney wants chemistry expert

GULFPORT -- The trial of a man accused of picking up packages of a designer drug shipped to D'Iberville from China has been delayed while his attorney consults an expert in chemistry.