The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is planning to conduct prescribed firing operations today at the Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge. The potential burn site represents 133 acres located at the end of Bayou Bend Road,…
In less than a week, the Fort Bayou Drawbridge will shutdown for repairs, causing local leaders to make their final preparations in notifying the public. The intersection of Bienville Boulevard and Washington Avenue will look quite different…
Over the weekend, Courtney Farms in Ocean Springs hosted a cocktail, mocktails, teas, and infusion ‘Growing your own Beverage Garden’ workshop. The hands-on workshop allowed each guest to plant their own beverage garden with herbs of their…
On Saturday, a ‘Feeding the Hungry’ Food Giveaway was held in Moss Point. Over 200 free meals were distributed at this giveaway. The food distribution was set up outside a convenience store in Moss Point. As people…
Sweet Repeats, a kids consignment shop in Hurley, is hosting a sale at the East Central Community Center. The sale ends tomorrow and all items will be 50 percent and all sales are final. The consignment shop…
Huntington Ingalls Industries Executive Vice President and Ingalls Shipbuilding President Brian Cuccias is retiring from the company. This announcement was made this morning. Kari Wilkinson will serve as executive vice president of Huntington Ingalls Industries and president…
Today 250 members of the Ocean Springs School District had appointments for their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Bright and early before school starts, 250 Ocean Springs teachers, administrators, bus drivers, staff, and other school district workers had their…
HATTIESBURG, MISS. – The Mississippi Department of Transportation will close the Fort Bayou drawbridge in Ocean Springs on Sunday, March 14, at 10 p.m. The closure is part of an ongoing $20 million bridge repair project to rehabilitate and upgrade the…
After almost 48 hours, authorities have found the body of the missing boater in Pascagoula. Fifty-four year-old Grady ‘Buck’ Williams was last seen Sunday when he reportedly lost control of his boat near Pascagoula Point Park and…
Employees with the Ocean Springs School District are excited to partner up with Singing River Health System Thursday to receive their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. More than 200 Pfizer first dose COVID vaccines will be…
Ocean Springs is preparing for the impending Fort Bayou Drawbridge closure which is scheduled to take place at the mid-point of this month. MDOT has announced the bridge will be closed to replace bridge shafts and is…
A missing Jackson County teen has been found safe. According to Sheriff Mike Ezell, before she was located, 14-year-old Olyvya was last seen around 2:30 Monday afternoon getting into a gray or silver Toyota Camry at St. Martin High School.…
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss (OSSD) -- Ocean Springs School District is excited to announce a partnership with Singing River Health System to provide over 200 Pfizer 1st-dose COVID-19 vaccinations to interested OSSD employees. “Singing River Health System has been an incredible…
The search continued today for a missing boater in Jackson County. Sunday at 3 p.m., Marine Patrol responded to an unmanned fishing vessel in Yazoo Bayou across from the Point Pier in Pascagoula. Officers obtained video footage…
This weekend, the Gulf Coast Orchid Society hosts their annual Orchid Show in Gautier. The calendar says it is winter, but the warm weather has many people here on the Coast thinking of the spring and beautiful…
After a year hiatus, it is time to get back in the saddle in Jackson County come May. The annual Jackson County Sheriff’s Rodeo will kick back up again this year after last year’s event was canceled…
Residents of Jackson and George counties will soon be able to visit their local libraries once again. Beginning on Monday, March 1st, branches in the Jackson-George Regional Library System will reopen at 50 percent capacity after previously…
While the world was being introduced to coronavirus last year, Ansley Gilich was introduced to a different disease: B-Cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Just weeks before the nationwide COVID-19 shutdown, Ansley left St. Alphonsus and would not return…
The Mississippi Highway Patrol put on a demonstration at today’s Battle of the Badges blood drive that could also help save lives. This vehicle simulates a rollover accident with an adult and child passenger inside. Neither of…
Law enforcement, Singing River Health System, Jasper the K9, firefighters, and every day citizens were out in full force today, rolling up their sleeves and donating blood to The Blood Center, which is facing a critical need…
The Moss Point Police Department is asking for help finding additional information about a drive-by shooting that happened November 5th, 2020. On November 5th just after 4 p.m., officers responded to Gregory Street regarding an unresponsive man by…
With the removal of Mario King from office, the Moss Point Board of Alderman called for a special meeting this afternoon. On the agenda was swearing in Ward 3 Alderman Robert Byrd as the interim mayor Concluding…
The Mississippi Department of Transportation will close the Fort Bayou drawbridge in mid-March for a bridge repair project in Ocean Springs. A detour will be in place using Interstate 10, Interstate 110 and State Route 57. “We ask the traveling public…
Moss Point Mayor Mario King, 33, and his wife, Natasha R. King, 32, of Moss Point, Mississippi, pleaded guilty Wednesday before U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to conspiracy to commit wire fraud relating to the Mayor’s Gala held in 2019,…