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Mississippi shipbuilder Ingalls plans to hire 3,000 new workers

PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) — A shipyard that’s the largest private employer in Mississippi says it is planning to hire about 3,000 new full-time employees. Ingalls Shipbuilding held a hiring event Wednesday in Pascagoula. Its parent company, Huntington Ingalls Industries, said…

Remembering Keli Mornay

Sunday morning around 3:45 a.m., Biloxi Police responded to a 911 call on South Shore Drive for a domestic related incident. Once on scene, officers found 34-year-old Keli Mornay and 44-year-old Byrain Johnson…

Casey Vaughan wins Gautier mayoral race

Gautier has a new mayor after incumbent Phil Torjusen fell short, receiving only 46 percent of the votes. Casey Vaughan won with 53 percent of the votes. Vaughan has…

Billy Knight wins Moss Point mayoral race

In Moss Point, Democratic candidate Billy Knight won the mayoral municipal general election with over 80 percent of votes. Winning by a landslide, Knight defeated Republican candidate Richard…

Jim Rafferty wins Pass Christian mayoral race

Tuesday polls opened across the Coast for municipal general elections and multiple cities elected new leaders. Rafferty says he has spent his entire career in the human resources field…

Interior Dept. gauging interest in Gulf of Mexico wind power

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration wants to know whether offshore wind companies want to move into the Gulf of Mexico. The agency that oversees offshore leases will publish a request for…

Two Coast student artists place in MDWFP art contest

Two Coast students placed in their age groups in an art contest as part of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. Students from across the state submitted artwork for the 2021 Youth Art Contest. The first-place winners are:…

City of Biloxi: Mayor, City Council re-elected to new terms

Mayor Andrew "FoFo" Gilich and all seven Biloxi councilmembers have been re-elected to another term. Mayor Gilich, along with Councilmembers Dixie Newman of Ward 3, Robert Deming III of Ward 4, Kenny Glavan of Ward 6 and Nathan Barrett of…