MDOT Contraflow Drill Helps Prepare for Hurricane Season
When a hurricane hits and you’re forced to evacuate, the Mississippi Department of Transportation wants to make sure they’re prepared to help. That’s why they held a contraflow drill today.
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When a hurricane hits and you’re forced to evacuate, the Mississippi Department of Transportation wants to make sure they’re prepared to help. That’s why they held a contraflow drill today.
Being able to rate and predict landfall of a storm like this can be hard for the National Hurricane Center, but that’s when the Hurricane Hunters take off. The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron also known as the Hurricane Hunters, fly directly into tropical storms and hurricanes to help save lives.
A cockatoo bird named Max A Boo is on the loose in Waveland.
The suspect in a January shooting in Gulfport turned himself into police today.
An elderly woman is safe after a fire broke out in her kitchen around 10 this morning.
We’re nearing the 10 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and concrete slabs still occupy many empty properties throughout Gulfport. City leaders say enough time has passed and are calling on property owners to clean up their land.
For the first time, Mississippians are carrying the ‘Flame of Hope’ across the state as part of the first ever ‘Special Olympics Unified Relay across America’.
Nearly 700,000 Mississippians do not have enough to eat and the Salvation Army in Gulfport is always there to help. But now, the Salvation Army is in need.
The finishing touches are being added to a new park in Biloxi just west of Porter Avenue and a stone’s throw away from the Biloxi Lighthouse.
Tourism is an important part of the Gulf Coast’s economy and a proposed tax in Jackson County will help more people than ever before find their way to South Mississippi as a vacation destination.
At today’s Jackson County Board of Supervisors meeting, the retirees asked for one county worker to step down, citing a conflict of interest, but the supervisors disagreed.
Former Harrison County Utility Authority Director Kamran Pahlavan who is currently facing federal charges says he served as an FBI informant for the investigation into corruption at the agency.
A blogger who pleaded guilty in a conspiracy to breaking into a nursing home and shooting unauthorized video of the ailing wife of a U.S. Senator was sentenced Monday to serve more than two years in prison.
Perjury charges against Diamondhead City Manager Richard Rose are set to be dropped.
A man accused of killing and dismembering a stripper out of the French Quarter and then dumping her body in the Gulf of Mexico, will act as his own attorney in his trial.
All lanes of traffic on 1-10 near Canal Road are now moving smoothly after authorities cleaned up a two car accident this afternoon.
The Biloxi Shuckers have defeated the odds. A week after they finished their 54 game road trip, they have clinched the first half of the season, earning them a playoff bid.
The Zombie Apocalypse has reached Gulfport! Dave Borkowski, owner of Billy Rays Entertainment, is bringing a unique event to the coast: Zombie laser tag.
The faith based rehabilitation program held a golf tournament today at the Preserve Golf Club in Vancleave. All proceeds from today’s event will go towards scholarships that will help proved service to those who may not have the means to pay for them.
The Zombie Apocalypse is in Gulfport. If you enjoy watching zombie shows or playing video games, Zombie Apocalypse Laser Tag is for you. News 25’s Shelby Myers is live with way you can kill some zombies this weekend.
He put his life on the line for his country, and now decades later, a local disabled veteran is hoping to get some help safe guarding his own home.
Today, Judge Breland Hilburn assigned Robert Douglas Sneed of Jackson to be a special master in the case of the Singing River Health Systems failing pension plan, according to the Sun Herald.
Construction of the Scarlet Pearl Casino Resort in D’iberville hit a milestone today with their topping off ceremony.
Living on the coast, we know far too well the devastation that floods can cause to our homes, but are you paying too much for your flood insurance?