JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi Public Broadcasting announced Andrew Bicknell as its new chief technology officer/director of Engineering, overseeing the agency’s statewide network of eight towers and 12 microwave towers. Bicknell has worked in broadcasting and communications engineering since 1984. Previously,…
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Harrison County Campus will hold the 2024 Student Art Exhibition and Competition on April 8-24 in the campus Fine Arts building. The show, which is held annually, will include works from students in Drawing, Design, Painting,…
POPLARVILLE, Miss. — In celebration of Women's History Month, the Pearl River Community College STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Club for the Poplarville Campus hosted a Women in STEM Symposium on Thursday, March 28. Dr. Verba Moore, a retired colonel…
Nicole Ruhnke, a communications professional with more than 15 years of experience serving organizations throughout the Pine Belt, has been named Director of University Communications/Chief Communication Officer (CCO) at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM). Ruhnke, a Pine Belt native…
Elvis, B.B. and King, are names Mississippi Aquarium visitors are very familiar with. Not only are they Mississippi music legends, but they are also the names of the three North American Beavers that call the aquarium home. Mississippi Aquarium invites…
Officials are responded to an accident on I-10 westbound near Exit 13 in Hancock County. According to Mississippi Highway Patrol Trooper Cal Robertson, a charter…
The Harrison County Sheriff's Office thanked its volunteers with a lunch and awards. These volunteers work alongside local law enforcement and have been nominated for their efforts. The…
Friday afternoon, a woods fire sparked up near the Moss Point exit on I-10. According to Kevin Craft with the Mississippi Forestry Commission, the cause of the blaze is undetermined and currently impacting woods. Multiple structures are in danger, but…
At approximately 12:45 p.m., University Police were alerted by the Simpson County Sheriff’s Office that an individual wanted on felony charges was on The University of Southern Mississippi’s Hattiesburg campus. Officers located an armed individual in the parking garage, not…
Bark'n Good Time is back at the Harrison County Fair Grounds. The event started today near the dog park with course ability tests trials and fast-cat trials. Saturday and Sunday, you can join…
An upcoming concert at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum has been canceled. In a Facebook post, the Coliseum wrote "Due to unforeseen reasons, the Sexyy Red, Jeezy & 42 Dugg concert at Mississippi Coast Coliseum on Saturday, April 13, 2024, has…
In Gulfport, Singing River Health System employees gathered to raise awareness for organ donation as part of National Donate Life Month. In the U.S., over 100,000 people are still waiting on…
Pass Christian leaders broke ground this morning on a new boardwalk along Highway 90 in the city. Mayor Jimmy Rafferty was joined by city leaders and DMR Director Joe…
BY JENNIFER PELTZ AND MIKE CATALINI Updated 12:17 PM CDT, April 5, 2024 NEW YORK (AP) — An earthquake shook the densely populated New York City metropolitan area Friday morning, with residents across the Northeast reporting rumbling in a region unaccustomed to it. The…
Fire crews are hard at work in Hancock County trying to contain this woods fire that has been going on for several day. Fire crews say homes close…
On Thursday, April 4, 2024, Harrison County Sheriff Matt Haley announced the arrest of 24- year-old Sharontay Rice of Savannah, Georgia on two felony counts of false pretense. According to Sheriff Matt Haley, Harrison County Criminal Investigation Division has been…
Around 12 a.m., Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to an accident on I-10 West at Menge Avenue. According to Trooper Cal Robertson, there was a three-car accident and two of the vehicles were on fire. Five people were injured, one with…
Here on the Coast, Hancock and Harrison County Fire Crews have spent the latter half of this week battling brush fires. Harrison County Fire Rescue…
It’s the first meeting of a weekend long event for the Magnolia chapter of the AUSA. It’s also the first time the meeting has been held here in Southern Mississippi. “It’s a…
A bill is in the Mississippi House of Representatives to honor the first African-American female Highway Safety Patrol officer. Felicia Breland was a native of…
The 87th annual Seventh District meeting for members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated began in Biloxi. Over 1,000 members have come to the Coast. A crusade…
The City of Pascagoula has announced that they are featured in the new Netflix Series: Files of the Unexplained! The series' first episode is the story of Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker and their UFO experience from 1973 on the…
Today, the Mississippi Senate voted to confirm Dr. Lance Evans as the next State Superintendent of Education. In December 2023, the State Board of Education named Dr. Evans to the post after a national search. Senate confirmation during the 2024…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — After men near Mississippi’s capital were buried in a pauper’s cemetery without their relatives’ knowledge, the U.S. Justice Department will help the city’s police revamp policies for performing next-of-kin death notifications. The intervention follows the discovery that seven…