NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Monday named John Bailey as director of the agency’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, effective immediately. Bailey had been serving as acting director role since January. “John will build on his nearly…
The ballpark in Biloxi has a new name. Keesler Federal Credit Union has bought the naming rights and the ballpark will now be called Keesler Federal Park. The signage for the new name will be coming in the next several…
BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi would ditch a complex school funding formula that legislators have largely ignored since it became law a generation ago and replace it with a new plan that some lawmakers say is simpler…
Beauvoir Road from Beach Boulevard to Pass Road will be closed to through traffic starting Monday, April 29, through Friday, May 3. Plan ahead to take an alternate route. This closure will be in effect 24 hours a day while…
(Gulfport, MS) – The City of Gulfport has scheduled a ‘Road Closure’ for the citizens in the surrounding areas of 2nd Street. The east and westbound lanes of 2nd Street between Thornton Avenue and Pratt Avenue will be closed to through traffic…
POPLARVILLE, Miss. — Five Pearl River Community College students have been selected to receive the Mississippi Space Grant Consortium (MSSGC) STEM Student Stipend Award for 2024. Applicants were selected based on their work completed in the STEM Club as an…
Photos: (1) Post-Secondary Winners From left are Brent Bond, Electrical Instructor; Emmanuel Reyes, Silver Medal, Industrial Motor Controls; Bruce Bradley, Silver Medal, Electrical Construction Wiring; Piper Haag, Gold Medal, Baking & Pastry; Liliane Bullock, Bronze Medal-Culinary…
NEW ORLEANS – The Drug Enforcement Administration New Orleans Division, alongside its law enforcement partners, will host the 26th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 27. The goal of the event…
Gulfport police announced the arrest of two…
Local law enforcement agencies responded to a crash on I-10 west at the 24 mile-marker in Harrison County. In a social media post, Mississippi Highway Patrol reports that first responders responded to the scene of a two-vehicle crash that involves…
Biloxi Police are investigating two deaths after bodies were found Friday morning. Grandver Everett, the public information officer for the department, said the male and female were discovered…
Federal transportation leaders were in the River City Thursday to announce plans to update natural gas infrastructure in the area. The City of Moss Point is receiving relief from the U.S Department of Transportation to help modernize the aging and…
Canopy Children’s Solutions is set to host the Canopy Golf Classic in Diamondhead. The classic wraps up Canopy’s Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month events and helps…
The Biden Administration finalizing new rules today for power plants in one of the most significant environmental actions to date. It compels coal and new natural gas power plants to either cut or capture 90 percent of their climate pollution…
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press The man who fatally shot retired NFL star Will Smith after a car crash in 2016 has received a 25-year prison sentence following his January conviction on a manslaughter charge. Thursday's hearing in New Orleans…
A Jackson man is one of 11 people who were pardoned by President Joe Biden this week. The White House announced in a press release that 50-year-old Bobby Lowery was pardoned. Lowery was convicted of a non-violent drug offense at…
Motorists who normally use Interstate 10 in western Harrison County and eastern Hancock County might want to look for an alternate route. Mississippi Department of Transportation is advising travelers on its website that crews will be working on the overhead…
BY MICHAEL R. SISAK AND DAVE COLLINS NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein ’s 2020 rape conviction, finding the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced the ex-movie mogul with “egregious” improper rulings, including a decision to let women testify…
According to reports from WALA in Mobile, in a filing with Mobile’s Board of Zoning Adjustment, Amtrak is laying out new details for the planned passenger train service…
In just under 24 hours, a new Aldi location opens in Pascagoula. The grand opening festivities kick off at 9 a.m. Thursday morning. The first 100 customers through the door…
A Picayune man has been charged with shooting into a home in the Necaise community. Sheriff Ricky Adam said Jared Ladner was charged with shooting into a dwelling. He was taken to Hancock County jail and bond was set at…
A court date in the case of a Biloxi councilman indicted on federal drug charges has been changed. According to filings in U.S. District Court in Gulfport, Robert L. Deming III now has a court date for 3:30 p.m. May…
We’re diving deeper into the annexation of new land in Ocean Springs with many notable locations in the area now falling within city limits. The map showing the annexed land…
Gulfport Police have arrested a man charged in a Tuesday night shooting. 23-year-old Jose Ramos was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He was taken to Harrison County jail and bond was set at $250,000. Officers were sent…