The Coast Guard rescued eight people Saturday from an overturned vessel near Horn Island off the coast of Mississippi. At 9:52 a.m. Coast Guard Station Pascagoula received an emergency relay from…
A pair of fugitives wanted for murder in Mobile, Alabama, were arrested Friday morning in Moss Point by US Marshals working with the Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force. 22-year-old Devanta Hall was taken into custody near the 4900 block…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is firing baseball coach Brad Bohannon after a report of suspicious bets involving his team, with the school saying he violated “the standards, duties and responsibilities expected of university employees.” The firing announced Thursday came…
A suspect in a murder that happened near Scarlet Pearl Casino Resort in September is in Harrison County jail. 18-year-old Karmelo Derks of Prichard, Alabama, is charged with first degree murder. He was extradited from Mobile after being arrested there…
A Mobile woman kicked off the new year with a windfall, courtesy of Harrah's Gulf coast. The woman, identified only as Keyla D., won $842,662.75 progressive jackpot on a the Ultimate Texas Hold'em table at Harrah's. She made a $5…
Some home cooking at this year’s Sugar Bowl in the form of former Ocean Springs Quarterback Bray Hubbard, who just signed with…
Last year’s Heisman Trophy winner Alabama Quarterback Bryce Young declared for the NFL Draft today. Young is projected to be the number one overall selection if the…
On the first day of winter, high school football players from across the country started the first day of the rest of their lives. It was certainly a…
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for faking his own death in Alabama to avoid criminal charges of impregnating a teenage girl in his home state of Mississippi. Jacob Blair Scott was sentenced Monday…
Mississippi Power is sending a storm team to Alabama to help with recovery efforts after severe weather. Spokesman Jeff Shepard said a team of 75 lineman, engineers, and…
By MARK KENNEDY NEW YORK (AP) — Guitarist Jeff Cook, who co-founded the successful country group Alabama and steered them up the charts with such hits as “Song of the South” and “Dixieland Delight,” has died. He was 73. Cook…
Pascagoula Police are searching for a man who is wanted in connection to a statutory rape case. Police asked the public's help in locating 32-year-old Travis Rasco. They said the man, 6-foot-2 and 170 pounds, drives a 2007 black 2-door…
D'Iberville Police have confirmed that the vehicle law enforcement was looking for in relation to a shooting at Scarlet Pearl on Wednesday morning has been found. Chief Shannon Nobles said police in Prichard, Alabama, found the Nissan Altima early Thursday…
D'Iberville Police released photo of suspects believed to have been involved in the shooting death of Nicholaus Craig, who was staying at Scarlet Pearl Casino when he was shot…
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A military veteran pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to faking his own death off the Alabama coast to try to avoid sexual abuse charges in Mississippi. Jacob Blair Scott pleaded guilty to charges of sending…
An Alabama woman died Thursday in a two-vehicle crash in Jackson County, Mississippi Highway Patrol reports. About 7:30 a.m., troopers responded to a call about a fatal crash on Highway 614. A 2009 Chevy HHR driven by 47-year-old Carrie Gwen…
When high profile high school football recruits from the state of Mississippi start pulling in big time Division I offers, Ole Miss and Mississippi State are usually the…
A scary morning at an elementary school in Gadsden, Alabama today when police shot and killed a man. Police say someone called and said a…
A man riding a bicycle on Seal Avenue on Wednesday evening was hit by a train and died, Biloxi Police said. Capt. Milton Houseman said the man, identified as 47-year-old Kevin Mosley of Biloxi, was south of the CSX railroad…
The Biloxi Shuckers and Montgomery Biscuits game scheduled for tonight was postponed after members of the Montgomery organization tested positive for Covid. The teams are following Minor League Baseball’s health and safety protocols. The Shuckers and Biscuits will continue to…
Authorities in Tennessee say they have located an abandoned vehicle used by a man wanted in Alabama for murder and the jail official who disappeared with him. Williamson County Sheriff’s Office said via Twitter on Friday that a vehicle used…
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — One of the most recognizable attractions in Alabama is getting an upgrade after more than eight decades in the water. The battleship USS Alabama, which draws thousands of visitors annually at its berth just east of…
By JAY REEVES A federal board began hearing testimony Monday on whether to let Amtrak resume passenger train service linking New Orleans and Alabama’s main port city over the objections of freight companies. The hearing, conducted virtually by the Surface…
Five men indicted by an Alabama grand jury have been arrested in connection with fires set at Walmarts in Alabama and Mississippi. The indictment, issued under seal, was released Thursday after the men were arrested in Gulf Shores, Ala. The…