A new supermarket chain is headed for South Mississippi. The Picayune Item is reporting that Aldi will be setting up shop in Picayune. The announcement was made Friday at the Greater Picayune Area Chamber of Commerce's Coffee With the Mayor-elect,…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Never before seen case files, photographs and other records documenting the investigation into the infamous slayings of three civil rights workers in Mississippi are now open to the public for the first time, 57 years after…
A man thought to have been thrown from the bed of a truck in a two-car collision early Sunday apparently left the vehicle on his own. The initial report showed that a Chevy Silverado truck was traveling east on U.S.…
Katelyn Perry of Ocean Springs said she knew when she heard Miss Virginia Caressa Cameron sing "Listen" from the Broadway show "Dreamgirls" that she would someday sing it on the pageant stage, too. That happened Thursday night at the Miss…
MolinaCares Accord, in collaboration with Molina Healthcare of Mississippi, is hosting a series of drive-thru COVID-19 vaccinations events this summer, with an immunization event at 9 a.m. in Saturday in Gulfport. The event is open to all Mississippians eligible for…
A Moss Point man is facing capital murder charges after the death of a toddler. Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell said in a press release that James Garland Ward, 27, brought a 20-month-old female to Singing River Hospital. The child…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Foo Fighters, Lizzo, Demi Lovato, Ludacris, The Isley Brothers, Melissa Etheridge and Trombone Shorty are among the acts slated to take the stage at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, which returns this fall after…
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — A new training facility for people who want to learn coding is coming to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The University of Southern Mississippi’s School of Computing Sciences and Computer Engineering and Mississippi Coding Academies are opening…
The Mississippi state Supreme Court on Thursday agreed with a lower court that Prestige Oysters was wrongly denied an application to use land zoned C-4 as a marina. Tazz Halili Trust, doing business as Prestige Oysters, in 2015 bought property…
The Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art is planning a three-day weekend full of events in honor of Independence Day. On Friday, from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., a members only reception in the Ohr O’Keefe Welcome Center for Quintron. Artist talk…
Mike Hoss will take over as play-by-play announcer for New Orleans Saints game day broadcasts on WWL, the flagship station of the team, Audacy Broadcasting announced on Thursday. Hoss will join color analyst and Saints all-time leading rusher Deuce McAllister…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Four words on Mississippi’s license plates have sparked a federal lawsuit. American Atheists, the Mississippi Humanist Association and three nonreligious state residents filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the state over its “In God We Trust” license…
By JENNA FRYER CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Jeff Gordon will leave the Fox Sports booth to take a daily role at Hendrick Motorsports as vice chairman and the second-ranking team official to majority owner Rick Hendrick. Wednesday’s announcement positions the…
Feed My Sheep, in a partnership with My Brother’s Keeper, will host free health screenings today for Gulfport’s homeless population and the general public at Feed My Sheep’s facility at 2615 19th Street on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 from 11:00…
U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Ron Piret will take over as the new commander of the Naval Meteorology Oceanography Command at Stennis Space Center on Friday. Piret will be relieving Rear Admiral John A Okon in a 10 a.m. ceremony. U.S.…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans jail inmate awaiting extradition to Mississippi to face a homicide charge died at a hospital where he was taken Tuesday after he was found unresponsive at the lockup, the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office…
The First Lady of the United States, Jill Biden, arrived in Jackson this afternoon as part of an effort to encourage people to get vaccinated against the…
Moss Point Police have arrested one person in connection with a May 27 shooting on Lilly Circle and are asking the public's help to find two more suspects in the case. Police Chief Brandon Ashley said in a press release…
Singing River Health System continues its efforts to increase the vaccination rate in South Mississippi with events this week. The events are free and anyone who has not yet received a vaccine is encouraged to attend. On Thursday, Singing River…
IP Casino Resort Spa continues its long-standing record of charitable giving, donating a total of $839,000 to local charities and organizations to date in 2021. IP Casino Resort Spa and Boyd Gaming are dedicated to giving back to the communities we…
Mississippi Aquarium will release seven endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles into the Gulf of Mexico at 5:30 p.m.on Thursday, June 24. The Aquarium staff will release the turtles near…
LEXINGTON, Miss. (AP) — Two more young men have been charged with capital murder in the shooting death of an Ocean Springs man found dead on June 2…
By Eric Olsen OMAHA (AP) -- As Will Bednar’s strikeout total kept climbing, it seemed everybody at TD Ameritrade Park was keeping track. Bednar didn’t want to admit it, but he was, too. “Uh, yeah,” he said sheepishly when asked.…
Rescue teams from several fire departments in South Mississippi rescued a kayaker from the Tuxachanie Creek on Sunday. Harrison County Fire Chief Pat Sullivan said the 26-year-old D'Iberville man and another kayaker overturned in the rain-swollen Tuxachanie. One kayaker was…