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ANITA LEE/SUN HERALDGulfport High School seniors wait in the Coast Coliseum in Biloxi on Wednesday night to march down the aisle, receive their diplomas and become graduates.

Gulfport High graduates prepared for future

Gulfport High School graduates walked two by two, 355 strong, Wednesday down the aisle of the Coast Coliseum and toward their futures.

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GULFPORT

Gulfport hires urban-development director, comptroller

GULFPORT -- Incoming Mayor Billy Hewes has selected Greg Pietrangelo, who has management and construction sales experience, as urban-development director, an appointment the City Council unanimously approved Tuesday.
D'IBERVILLE

D'Iberville looking for new city manager

D'IBERVILLE -- The search is on for a new D'Iberville city manager.
NEWS

Southern Co. CEO defends Kemper County power project in Mississippi

PINE MOUNTAIN, Ga. -- The head of Southern Co. called the decision to write off $540 million in extra costs on a Mississippi power plant "a bitter pill for us to swallow," but he defended the project Wednesday as a long-term investment for the large utility.
GAUTIER

Gautier extends contract for Martin Bluff project engineers

GAUTIER -- The Gautier City Council approved an order to extend the engineering contract 30 months for the widening and improvement of Martin Bluff Road.
OCEAN SPRINGS

Tennis players question Ocean Springs courts costs, hours

OCEAN SPRINGS -- A couple told the Board of Aldermen there are no regular hours people can depend on at the city's newly improved Halstead Road tennis complex and complained about the fees to use the courts, noting there's no charge for Pascagoula's courts.
PASCAGOULA

Habitual offender in Pascagoula sentenced in assault that left man crippled

PASCAGOULA -- A Jackson County jury on Wednesday convicted Theodosius Maurice Torrey of aggravated assault in the April 1, 2009, beating that left a man confined to wheelchair and unable to communicate, according to the Jackson County District Attorney's Office.
JACKSON COUNTY

St. Martin teen faces drug, harassment charges after pot found in medical call

JACKSON COUNTY -- Dallon Nathaniel Lamey, 19, was arrested on suspicion of drug-dealing after an emergency medical team went to his home and found marijuana in plain view, Sheriff Mike Byrd said.
EDUCATION

Jackson County girl wins national poster contest

JACKSON COUNTY -- A fifth-grade student from East Central Upper Elementary School is helping put Mississippi on the map by winning Saris Cycling Group's National Poster Contest.
CRIME

Judge denies Manning new trial in 1993 slayings

JACKSON -- A judge has denied death row inmate Willie Jerome Manning's request for a new trial in the 1993 slayings of a 90-year-old woman and her 60-year-old daughter in Starkville.
NEWS

BP protester settles suit alleging retaliation

JACKSON -- A woman has reached a lawsuit settlement with a South Mississippi city where she says police arrested her for protesting the BP oil spill then arrested her again in retaliation for suing, according to court records.
NEWS

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