Biloxi Police Department’s Citizen’s Police Academy Application Deadline Approaching
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Biloxi Police Department’s citizen’s police academy application deadline approaching

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The Biloxi Police Department is accepting applications for its inaugural citizen’s police academy. The academy is designed to give citizens insight into how the police department serves the community. Citizens will get classroom-based teaching, a ride-a-long, department tour, and hands-on demonstrations with some police equipment. Biloxi PD Captain Thomas Goldworthy said, “We wanted to start connecting with the community and…

Coast Electric Celebrates Operation Round Up Campaign
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Coast Electric celebrates Operation Round Up campaign

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Coast Electric is celebrating all of the charitable organizations that the company’s members have generously donated to over the past year by rounding up their bills. Members have their bills rounded up to the next dollar each month and of that money, 65 percent goes into a fund for charitable organizations that serve the three-county service areas of Harrison, Hancock,…

‘christmas Connects’ Holiday Event At The Pillars Of Biloxi
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‘Christmas Connects’ Holiday event at the Pillars of Biloxi

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Pillars of Biloxi is connecting seniors with children this holiday season by hosting their Christmas Connects event. The Distinguished Gentlemen and the Boys and Girls Club of Ocean Springs sent residents at the Pillars of Biloxi their Christmas wish list and the residents and caregivers went out and bought gifts. Tomorrow, the students will be able to receive their gifts…

First Pediatric Flu Death Reported In Mississippi For This Season
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First pediatric flu death reported in Mississippi for this season

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MSDH reports the first confirmed pediatric flu death in the state for the 2021-2022 season. Pediatric deaths are defined as deaths of individuals under 18 years of age. Including this reported death, there have been a total of 23 pediatric flu deaths reported in Mississippi since pediatric flu deaths became reportable in the 2008-2009 season. Dr. Mitchell Sanford with Memorial…

Morning Business Report: December 14th, 2021
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Morning Business Report: December 14th, 2021

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Target recalls a popular Christmas decoration after reports of injuries and so far, this holiday season, more packages are getting to their destination on time. Jane King is at the Nasdaq Marketsite with those stories and more. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report

Boys And Girls Club To Visit Pillars Of Biloxi

Boys and Girls Club to visit Pillars of Biloxi

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The Pillars of Biloxi has partnered with the Distinguished Gentlemen of Ocean Springs and the Boys and Girls Club of Ocean Springs for Christmas. Here to tell us what’s happening are Joshua Purvines and Courtney Williams. Tags: Boys and Girls Club, Pillars of Biloxi, the Distinguished Gentlemen of Ocean Springs

Pet Of The Week: Meet Forest
Pet of the Week

Pet of the Week: Meet Forest

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It’s Tuesday which means it is time for our Pet of the Week. Our feline friend Forest has made the trip over from the Jackson County Animal Shelter along with Adoption Coordinator Maridee Mallette. Categories: Pet of the Week Tags: jackson county animal shelter, pet of the week

North Gulfport’s Sixth Annual Community Christmas Takes Place Saturday
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North Gulfport’s sixth annual Community Christmas takes place Saturday

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The Harrison County Board of Supervisors is hosting another Christmas event this year and they hope you can make it. District 4 Supervisor Kent Jones is organizing it all. North Gulfport’s sixth annual Community Christmas is this Saturday from noon to 2 at the Isiah Fredericks Community Center on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. It’s a drive-thru event and it…

Possible Remains Of Felicia Cox Recovered
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Possible remains of Felicia Cox recovered

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Authorities have uncovered the remains of a Mississippi woman following a tip from executed inmate David Neal Cox last month. On Sunday, police discovered what’s believed to be the body of Felicia Cox in Pontotoc County. Before his November 17th execution, David Cox told his attorneys he killed Felicia Cox, providing detailed instructions on where investigators could find her remains….

12/14 Rob's "above Seasonal Temperatures" Afternoon Forecast
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12/14 – Rob’s “Above Seasonal Temperatures” Afternoon Forecast

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Dense morning fog will continue to be a factor through the weekend as overnight low temperatures will bottom out in the upper 50s to low/mid 60s. The winter blowtorch continues late-week as deep Gulf ridging continues to dominate our area leading to very warm afternoon highs, likely reaching or surpassing daily records for a few areas. Thursday and Friday will bring…

12/14 Rob Knight's "much Warmer Temps Ahead" Morning Forecast
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12/14 – Rob Knight’s “Much Warmer Temps Ahead” Morning Forecast

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A fetch of low-level Gulf moisture riding north over a stationary frontal boundary will continue to bring cloud coverage to the area along with above seasonal temperatures. Dense morning fog will continue to be a factor through the weekend as overnight low temperatures will bottom out in the upper 50s to low/mid 60s. The winter blowtorch continues late-week as deep…

Comeback Coolers Receives Donations Of 500 Coolers
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Comeback Coolers receives donation of 500 coolers

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‘People helping People’ is the phrase used to describe the 500 coolers delivered to Comeback Coolers tonight. In the fall, coolers were delivered to a company that flooded in Tennessee called Hood Container. The employees were thankful for the help and wanted to pay it forward by donating 1,000 coolers to others who could use them in the future. A…

Long Beach Head Coach Ryan Ross Retiring From High School Football
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Long Beach Head Coach Ryan Ross retiring from high school football

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After nearly three decades of coaching football in the Magnolia State, Long Beach Head Man Ryan Ross is calling it a career. As first reported by the Gazebo Gazette, Ross deciding to retire comes off a two-year stint with the Bearcats, going 1-18 during that span, following his nine-year run at Ocean Springs in which he posted a mark of…

Biloxi Fire Department Growing Beards For Male Cancer Awareness And Prevention
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Biloxi Fire Department growing beards for male cancer awareness and prevention

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Things are looking a little hairy at the Biloxi Fire Department in an effort to raise money for male cancer awareness and prevention. Beginning in November, Biloxi firefighters were able to donate $20 to grow a beard, something the department doesn’t typically allow. After paying the initial buy in, firefighters are allowed to keep their facial hair until someone donates…

Mississippi Gulf Coast Ymca Throws Children’s Christmas Party
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Mississippi Gulf Coast YMCA throws Children’s Christmas Party

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The Mississippi Gulf Coast YMCA got in on all the holiday fun this evening, inviting members and their children to participate in some festive activities. At the Blossman Family Branch, kids were invited to make an assortment of Christmas crafts, eat holiday treats, and meet the big man himself and discuss what’s on their Christmas lists. Earlier in the day,…

Harrah’s Gulf Coast Donates $12k To Local Autism Center
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Harrah’s Gulf Coast donates $12K to local autism center

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Early last week, Harrah’s Gulf Coast made a sizeable donation to Mississippi Centers for Autism and Related Developmental Disabilities. Harrah’s Gulf Coast has been a supporter of the Mississippi Centers for Autism and Related Developmental Disabilities for years, but this year they took their support to a whole different level. With the help of their guests, the casino was able…