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Hancock County to open cold weather shelter tonight

The Hancock County Emergency Management Agency in coordination with the Hancock County Board of Supervisors will open a Cold Weather Shelter tonight. The shelter will be open from 6 p.m. Friday night until 8 a.m. Saturday morning and is located…

Candidates who qualified to run in 2023 elections

Wednesday was the deadline to qualify for the 2023 elections in state and county races. Below are candidates who qualified for county races. The Secretary of State has the list of candidates who qualified for state races here. HARRISON COUNTY…

Waveland man charged with murder in Florida cold case

New DNA testing helped officials identify a suspect in a cold case murder investigation in Florida -- and led them to Waveland, Mississippi. Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said 55-year-old Michael Lapniewski Jr. was arrested January 26 and charged with first-degree…

Wait, what!? Twitter user says Phil no MSU weather grad

  Mississippi State's Professional Meteorology Concentration program got a little shoutout on Groundhog Day. Josh Breslow, a digital journalist at LiveNow Fox based in Orlando, tweeted out to his followers that Punxsutawney Phil did NOT graduate from MSU despite what…

Mississippi candidate filing deadline passes

The filing deadline for Mississippi candidates has officially passed. Harrison and Hancock counties will have races for sheriff. For Harrison County, it is officially a two-man race between Republican Louis Elias…