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PASS CHRISTIAN — There was a field of pink at the Boys & Girls Club on Saturday morning — pink ribbons, pink wigs, pink sweats, pink boas, pink masks, pink balloons — all in support of the Pink Heart Funds, a local charity that provides wigs to adults and children with cancer.
OCEAN SPRINGS — Walkers descending the Jackson County side of the Biloxi Bay Bridge will soon be able to rest in a picturesque locale.
Four structures to be built with federal grants
Here’s a look at news in South Mississippi over the past week. Read the full stories at sunherald.com and see video reports on Sun Herald TV. To become a Sun Herald subscriber, call 1-800-346-2472.
Eddie Bellman, the Biloxian who helped keep the “Elvis was here” stories alive on the Mississippi Coast, died Friday at 89. Through stories backed by photographs and film, Bellman regaled locals and occasionally the nation with observations about a young Elvis, who in 1955 and 1956 performed and played here.
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OCEAN SPRINGS — The ambience of downtown Ocean Springs framed the art, crafts and merchandise that lined streets filled with thousands of shoppers for the 31st annual Peter Anderson Festival on Saturday.
BILOXI — While they wait for the economy to turn and credit to loosen, developers are moving ahead with plans to expand a casino and build shops, restaurants, a marina, miniature golf course, museums and housing in Biloxi.
Recycled cell phones help military
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LONG BEACH — A fire Friday at a home on LaRosa Road gutted the residence, injured a firefighter and claimed the lives of the homeowners’ three dogs.
MEMA Director Mike Womack on Friday urged Mississippians to prepare for the winds and rain Ida could bring by late this weekend or early next week.
HARRISON COUNTY — Two more of South Mississippi’s most wanted criminal suspects have been taken into custody, this time in Galveston, Texas.
PASCAGOULA — Jackson County sheriff’s deputies Friday arrested a county employee, Ginger Lynn Lashley, 49, on a charge of embezzlement and called in the state Auditor’s Office to continue the investigation.
PASCAGOULA — Circuit Court Judge Robert Krebs on Friday sentenced Frank D. Patton to life in prison for the 2008 murder of his 30-year-old wife, Remika Patton.
GULFPORT — Earl Lee Braziel will serve 15 years for manslaughter for a fatal shooting after Braziel involved himself in an argument between his cousin and another man.
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. Esther Heymann was overflowing with grief for her stepdaughter. Standing in a blustery snow, overlooking the empty field where Flight 93 had crashed a couple of years earlier, she couldn't stop crying.
BILOXI — A classified ad for a job as a “route service driver” is a scam and the ad has been pulled from the Sun Herald.