The American Red Cross Southeast Mississippi Chapter has named John McCarty is new executive director. He begins his new duties on August 21. McCarty succeeds John McFarland, who died of cancer in May. He was 76. McFarland served the Red…
Big Play Entertainment Center in Biloxi partnered with local biker clubs and the community to help feed children on the Coast with its food drive for the Gulf Coast…
Officers responded to the area of Brighton Circle and Somerset Court for multiple reports of an SUV, later determined to be a grey 2007 Toyota 4-Runner, driving recklessly, and discharging a firearm in the area. Upon their arrival, officers located…
Local volunteer amateur radio operators gathered for a state-wide simulated emergency test this weekend. Members of the Harrison County Amateur Radio Emergency Service worked with other radio operators…
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America Six former Mississippi law officers who tortured two black men have pleaded guilty to state-level charges. One of the officers shot one of the victims in the mouth during the racist assault, and…
Moss Point will finally get some relief through FEMA after a long battle for assistance. President Biden has approved individual assistance for Jackson County residents effected by the tornado…
The victim in the deadly I-10 crash in Harrison County on Monday has been identified. Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer said 24-year-old Jaelan Baker of Fayetteville, North Carolina died when his pickup truck crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer…
Hancock County Emergency Management officials say the woods fires burning near Bayou La Croix and I-10 have subsided. Officials are calling the fires in Hancock County the I-10 wildfire, which engulfed…
The city of Bay St. Louis has issued a burn ban due to dry conditions and high winds. This comes on the heels of a fire in Mud Bayou that threatened Buccaneer State Park earlier this week, as well as…
Interstate 10 is open to traffic in eastbound and westbound lanes today after a grass fire forced the highway to be closed in both directions. Mississippi Department of Transportation said the highway re-opened about 1 a.m. today after closing just…