A few places on the Coast will be collecting Christmas Trees for recycling starting December 26 and running through January 13. Locations available for collection include: Pass Christian Harbor The east side…
A local Boys and Girl Club is fulfilling its mission in helping the youth in the community. With new editions coming to the afterschool program, young students will be setup for success…
Did you know that turtles can fly? Well, not literally, but they did fly to MillionAir in Gulfport. Each year, the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies and Mississippi Aquarium receive Kemp's Ridley…
The Gulfport city council voted unanimously to name Wayne Miller chief administrative officer. Leonard Papania will be retiring from the position at the end of the year. Wayne Miller grew up in Harrison County…
The Biloxi City Council voted today to approve a new ambulance service to serve the city. The city approved Pafford Medical Services to be the new provider earlier this month, after a public bidding process. Biloxi Fire Department has 168…
BILOXI, MS – (December 12, 2023) – Golden Nugget Casino Biloxi has fulfilled its 9th round of charitable giving this year, bringing their total community donations to over $40,000 in 2023. This December, Golden Nugget donated 25 bikes to support…
With Christmas fast approaching, Waste Pro has announced an update to its garbage collection schedule. Garbage will not be collected on Christmas Day or New Year’s Day. Due to the…
This morning around 11:30, a car and a bus collided with each other in Ocean Springs. The crash happened on Highway 90 near the Chateau Bayou Apartments. According to the Ocean Springs Police Department, the driver of the car was…
The Mississippi Department of Transportation has named Billy Owen as the new District 6 engineer. Owen will assume the duties held by Kelly Castleberry, who is retiring the end of the year. Owen begins his new duties on Jan. 1.…
The Mississippi Gaming Commission will hear from a Biloxi developer on Thursday who will make its application for site approval for a new casino. RW Development will present its plan for site approval on Thursday at a meeting in Jackson.…
The Jackson County Board of Supervisors on Monday moved forward with a zoning exception to allow a proposed RV Park in Gulf Park Estates. The board voted 4-1 to approve the zoning exception for the RV Park. Supervisor Randy Bosarge,…
Back Bay Mission is partnering with Open Doors Homeless Coalition to host a Christmas Day brunch. The brunch will run from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Christmas Day at the Micah Day Center in Biloxi. Many other sponsors will come…
Gulfport, Miss. - A Biloxi man pled guilty to being in possession of more than 290 visual depictions of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Todd W. Gee and Acting Special Agent in Charge Eric DeLaune of Homeland Security Investigations in…
JACKSON, MISS. – ‘Tis the season for holiday travel. With more vehicles on the highways, the Mississippi Department of Transportation wants to help keep your holidays merry and bright by limiting travel delays caused by highway construction and offer a…
(Gulfport, MS)-According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration one person is killed, on average, about every 39 minutes in a drunk-driving crash, totaling more than 13,000 lives lost each year. During the Christmas and New…
BY MICHAEL GOLDBERG Updated 7:28 PM CST, December 18, 2023 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The county election officials under whose watch ballot shortages hampered voting in Mississippi’s largest county said technical mishaps and insufficient training were to blame for election day…
The University of Southern Mississippi has named Stephanie McLendon director of the new Executive Education Services on the Gulf Park Campus in Long Beach. A native of Mississippi, McLendon has extensive background in diverse training environments: global manufacturing, government, academia,…
KILN, MISS: Southern Mississippi Planning and Development District has hired Vanessa Chatelain as the new career coach for Hancock High School. As a career coach, Chatelain will assist seniors in their post-graduation plans. The career coach initiative is a statewide…
If you are still in need of a Christmas tree, the Walmart in D'Iberville is giving them away for free. You do not need to check them out so they will go fast.…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — One Kentucky family got a little something extra when they picked out their Christmas tree this year: an owl. Lexington resident Michele White said that it’s a tradition for the family to pick out a Christmas tree…
All branches for the Jackson-George Regional Library System will be closing this Thursday, December 21, starting at 5 PM. The libraries will be closed from December 22 through Christmas Day. Branches will reopen on Tuesday, December 26, at their regular…
The Boys and Girls Club of the Gulf Coast got to go on a little shopping trip today! Academy Sports and the Harrison County Sheriff's Office took students on a shopping spree.…
For the second year in a row, Merit Health Biloxi has made a donation to Back Bay Mission. Previously, Merit Health would give gifts to healthcare workers. Those providers asked that the money…
Twice a year, Mississippi students in 4th through 12th grade can compete in the Mississippi stock market game. This game is a simulation of a real market and gives students the…