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Man sought in girlfriend's assault in Ocean Springs

OCEAN SPRINGS -- Police have obtained an arrest warrant for a man accused of assaulting his girlfriend and leaving the scene as his pickup truck slung her to the ground, authorities said.

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Coast ready for its close-up as filming begins in Biloxi

Two separate movies are being filmed on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, one a novel-based murder mystery and the other a fictional Starz channel hurricane movie that includes Burt Reynolds.
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Tax cut four years ago has made money to run Ocean Springs increasingly tight

OCEAN SPRINGS -- Leaders of this city of 17,500 lowered the property-tax rate on homes and businesses by about 10 percent four years ago when city finances seemed good and there was about $1.3 million in reserve.
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Man accused in three burglaries in Ocean Springs

OCEAN SPRINGS -- Police have arrested an Ocean Springs man on charges of breaking into three downtown businesses Wednesday, Detective Capt. William "Chuck" Jackson said.
EDUCATION

St. Martin student will spend school year in Germany

OCEAN SPRINGS -- A St. Martin High School student was one of 50 in the southeast U.S. region chosen to study in Germany next school year.
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Rain may have decreased shrimp forecast in Mississippi Sound

BILOXI -- Coast shrimpers will head out into the Mississippi Sound on Tuesday for the start of the season, hoping for smooth sailing and full nets.
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OS to lose head of Building and Planning departments

OCEAN SPRINGS -- The city's building official, Rob Blackman, is resigning as of Friday after two years with the city.
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Program employs teens at Gulf Islands National Seashore in Ocean Springs

OCEAN SPRINGS -- It's about the money. But there is more.
ELECTIONS

Moran takes third term as mayor of Ocean Springs

OCEAN SPRINGS -- Connie Moran won a third term as mayor of Ocean Springs, the first person to pull off that feat since the 1930s.
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South Mississippi citizen scientists contribute to oil-spill knowledge

OCEAN SPRINGS -- Residents got a lesson on the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill Saturday from citizen scientists during a community event held at the Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Center in Ocean Springs.
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Scarce blueberries still star at Ocean Springs festival

OCEAN SPRINGS -- Despite a shortage of the main ingredient at the Red, White and Blueberry Festival on Saturday, the crowds came out in record numbers to shop at the eighth annual event, officials said.