GULFPORT -- Coast casinos say they’re not opposed to oil and gas drilling in Mississippi waters, but they still have concerns they want addressed to protect the tourism industry as the state moves forward.
JACKSON COUNTY -- A Georgia man died in a motorcyclc accident Wednesday night on Old Foret Bayou Road, autorities said. Jackson County coronor Vicki Broadus identified the victim as Darnelly Baker, 28.
We’re living longer and procreating less, a demographer said.
BILOXI -- A video tour of progress in Biloxi ended Mayor A.J. Holloway’s 19th State of the City address Tuesday with a “wow” that echoed through the room.
JACKSON -- A month after former Gov. Haley Barbour pardoned nearly 200 people including convicted killers, Mississippi’s highest court today will take up the issue of whether those pardons complied with the letter of the law.
This weekend, South Mississippi Catholics will hear a letter from the Diocese of Biloxi’s Office of the Bishop regarding the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
On Friday night Long Beach resident Michele Ponte will make her game show debut as a contestant on the “Wheel of Fortune” first Military Spouse Week.
PASS CHRISTIAN -- Harrison County sheriff’s investigators arrested a Pass Christian man and have warrants for two others after a man went to a truck stop and reported he had been kidnapped and beaten.
Paradegoers will need to bundle up this weekend for Mardi Gras, as temperatures likely won’t get out of the 50s on Saturday and Sunday.
OCEAN SPRINGS -- Jackson County supervisors have voted to add money to the county Health Department budget in hopes of getting some services restored to a satellite office north of Ocean Springs.
GULFPORT -- A former Coast doctor has pleaded guilty to failing to pay thousands of dollars in child support while avoiding prosecution by living outside the United States.
LONG BEACH -- Mayor Billy Skellie said the last year has been one of continued rebuilding from the damage caused Long Beach by Hurricane Katrina, but the city was now at a turning point.
BILOXI -- Catherine Velma Lehman Conner knew her way around a farm and a car engine and she liked spending time with friends and family.
JACKSON COUNTY -- Authorities have one man in custody and are searching for two others in connection with a home invasion Wednesday morning on Seaman Road in Latimer, Sheriff Mike Byrd said.
Train hits pickup truck, driver has no major injuries
JACKSON -- Democratic bitterness over Republican campaign tactics in last year’s legislative elections erupted Wednesday in a debate over an otherwise routine local bill.
BILOXI -- So much lost during Hurricane Katrina can never be replaced, but in the case of Biloxi Blonde beer, it can be recreated.
OCEAN SPRINGS -- Angry parents took the mayor to task at a Board of Aldermen meeting Wednesday night, saying they received little sympathy when their young children were attacked by a downtown rooster.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is about to mail 90,000 letters telling residents what they must do to secure waivers from the agency’s previous demands for disaster assistance repayments.
