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At-home COVID tests available at county health departments

Starting Monday, free at-home COVID-19 tests will be available at all Mississippi county health departments. Each family can receive eight tests (four packages) of BinaxNOW antigen rapid self-tests per month. No doctor’s note or documentation of any kind is necessary.…

Lightning strike sparks fire at home in Saucier

No one was injured and one person escaped an early morning house fire in Saucier on Friday morning. Harrison County Fire Rescue reports the fire at the home on Old Highway 49 was started by a lightning strike. Harrison County…

Chapel Hart on WXXV tomorrow

America was introduced to Chapel Hart on Tuesday night thanks to America’s Got Talent and a golden buzzer performance. The Poplarville trio have become social media darlings with interviews everywhere and…

Rededicating the Judy Toups Trail in Vancleave

The Judy Toups Trail in Vancleave was rededicated this morning. The Pascagoula River Basin Alliance, or PRBA, held the ceremony along with members from the Mississippi Department of Wildlife,…

Teenagers charged in armed robbery in St. Martin

Two teenage cousins are charged with armed robbery in St. Martin which sheriff’s investigators believe was an inside job. Eighteen-year-old Malik Toliver of Biloxi and 19-year-old Kendrick Thompson of Gulfport both made their initial…

Man shot in the foot at D'Iberville apartment complex

D'Iberville Police are investigating a Wednesday evening shooting that injured a man. About 9 p.m., officers responded to a call at the Timber Grove Apartments on Automall Parkway about reports of gunfire. Officers found an 18-year-old black male with a…