By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A top Mississippi health official says about 20,000 students are currently quarantined for COVID-19 exposure in the state. That's 4.5% of the public school population. The data comes from…
The Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission recently awarded a $1.7 million contract for runway lighting aid and electrical improvements at Stennis International Airport. The project includes the replacement of…
There is a Hurricane Camille Memorial located in Biloxi. It is on the lot of the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer’s beach front grounds. Katrina destroyed…
Today marks 52 years since Hurricane Camille made landfall on the Mississippi Coast. The year was 1969 when Hurricane Camille slashed through the Mississippi Coast. Biloxi Library Historian Jane Shambra said, “It was…
Walmart announced Tuesday that stores in Lucedale and Pascagoula would be closed as of 2 p.m. for deep cleaning and restocking. The move is part of the a company plan to allow third-party specialists to deep clean in the stores…
The Louisiana Department of Transportation on Tuesday closed the U.S. 90 bridge near Pearl River to make emergency repairs on the East Pearl River Bridge. The LADOTD issued the advisory just before noon, advising motorists to find an alternate route…
Ocean Aero, manufacturer and service provider of ocean-going autonomous underwater and surface vehicles, is relocating its manufacturing operations and headquarters from San Diego to Gulfport, the Mississippi Development Authority said in a press release today. The project is a $4.65…
The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting an additional 3,323 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 67 deaths on Tuesday. Twenty-nine deaths occurred between August 11 and August 16, and 38 deaths occurred between August 2 and August 13,…
Standing in her grandparents’ backyard in the small town of Cocoa Beach, Florida, 13-year-old Nyla Trumbach watched NASA’s space shuttle launch from Kennedy Space Center on nearby Merritt Island. “Not only could I hear it, but I could ‘feel’ it,”…
The CASH 3 Draw winning numbers for August 16th are: 0-3-0. All numbers are unofficial until certified by the Mississippi Lottery Corporation.
Starting today, the City of Long Beach is under major infrastructure construction being performed by the Harrison County Utility Authority. Construction will take place over the following year…
The Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center announced today the re-scheduling of Summer Beach Fest that was supposed to take place later this month. The three-day festival was set…
On Sunday, August 15, 2021, at approximately 12:09 p.m., the Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a fatal crash on Highway 98 East in George County involving a pedestrian. A 2020 Freightliner semi-truck was traveling East on Highway 98. Darrell Wayne…
The Pascagoula Walmart will be closing tomorrow August 17th at 2 p.m. for additional cleaning and sanitizing, as well as to give time to associates to re-stock shelves. The store will reopen on August 19th at 6 a.m.
The George County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's assistance in identifying a person of interest in a commercial burglary that occurred in the Howell area over the weekend. At approximately 1:30 a.m. on Monday, August 16th, GCSO Deputies responded…
Moss Point Main Street commissioned a mural to be painted on the north side of the Masonic Lodge on Main Street that will now greet southbound visitors. River Prince, artist…
Open to the public, anyone could walk into the MGCCC Jackson County Campus cafeteria to get their COVID vaccine today. Available on site were the…
‘ There’s not a shortage of beds, there’s an RN shortage.” That’s a comment from Singing River Health System CEO Lee Bond regarding the negative bed situation hospitals are facing…
This school year, Hancock Whitney is helping grow ‘girl power’ exponentially by bringing Wall Street to the classroom. Hancock Whitney has partnered with Gulfport…
Sunday, a former Pascagoula councilman and current finance manager at the Jackson County Port Authority lost his battle with COVID-19. Fifty-one-year-old Joe Abston was moved to the intensive care…
Friends, family, and law enforcement brothers and sisters will gather to mourn the loss of George County Sheriff’s Deputy Bobby Daffin one week from today. Thirty-seven-year-old Deputy…
The nonprofit organization Loaves and Fishes held a yard sale at their building in Biloxi over the weekend. The organization has provided breakfast and lunch multiple times a week…
Boss’d up Women teamed up with Moss Point resident Genesis Wess to host the inaugural ‘Stop the Violence’ Rally. The event was held to promote…
Memorial Hospital continues to fight their battle against COVID-19 one vaccine at a time. Saturday, Team Memorial partnered with the Keesler Federal Credit Union to host another pop-up vaccine…