Dr. Joe Paul has officially been inaugurated as the 11th president of the University of Southern Mississippi. The inauguration took place at the Bennett Auditorium on the Hattiesburg campus, coming more than 50 years after Dr. Paul first stepped foot…
If you were driving on Highway 90 and you saw a giant hotdog, that's because it's Cruisin' the Coast! For the first time in Cruisin' history, the iconic Frankmobile made an appearance. The giant hotdog…
Mississippi State University has received a five-year extension for the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish to address the global food security challenges through aquatic food systems. The lab is funded…
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith is encouraging livestock producers in the state to consider U.S. Department of Agriculture disaster assistance programs to help them recover from prolonged drought. 44 counties are currently experiencing extreme…
Jackson County Sheriff's traffic deputies are investigating a one-vehicle that happened at 3:30 Wednesday afternoon, October 4, that killed a Vancleave resident. Sheriff John Ledbetter says 20-year-old Samantha Byrd was driving alone in a Toyota Avalon, south on Old River…
BY MICHAEL GOLDBERG JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre will answer questions under oath about the misspending of federal welfare money in Mississippi, where public money intended to help some of the nation’s poorest people was used to…
What began as a suspected shoplifting case turned into a hit-and-run and felony pursuit from Bay St. Louis to Pass Christian on Thursday morning. Police say a suspect, Phillip McLauren, driving a 2-door 2012 Chevy Silverado pickup left Rosetti's Liquor…
The Department of Marine Resources is opening a new area for shrimping starting October 7th. The area is in the Biloxi Bay Channel and south to Deer Island. The season is from 6 a.m. October 7th to midnight December 31st.…
Last night Beau Rivage held its own Cruisin’ the Coast party, drawing in a huge crowd for the event. It was a star-studded event down at the Beau Rivage for…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate has approved a resolution introduced by U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) in honor of the late singer-songwriter, James “Jimmy” William Buffett, who passed away last month. The Senate passed the…