255th Air Control Squadron team heads to Florida to assist in Hurricane Ian recovery
Mississippi’s National Guard is deploying to help with recovery efforts in Florida by areas impacted by Hurricane Ian. Hurricane Ian made landfall…
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NOAA: Tampa Bay dropped 5 feet in storm reverse surge
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The waters of Tampa Bay dropped 5 feet in a phenomenon known as reverse storm surge as powerful Hurricane Ian passed to the south, weather officials say. Then, it came back, according to the National Oceanic and…
Floods trap many in Florida as Ian heads to South Carolina
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (AP) — Rescue crews piloted boats and waded through flooded streets Thursday to save thousands of Floridians trapped after Hurricane Ian destroyed homes and businesses and left millions in the dark. The destruction began to come into focus a…
Guard units from Gulfport, Meridian to deploy to Florida
Gov. Tate Reeves on Wednesday approved a request for assistance from the state of Florida as Hurricane Ian is making its way north through that state. Approximately 20 soldiers and airmen of the Mississippi National Guard from Meridian and Gulfport…
Hurricane Ian nears Florida landfall with 155 mph winds
By CURT ANDERSON ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., (AP) — Hurricane Ian’s most damaging winds began hitting Florida’s southwest coast Wednesday, lashing the state with heavy rain and pushing a devastating storm surge after strengthening to the threshold of the most dangerous Category 5…
Eye on Ian: Hurricane Hunters fly into storm to gather data
Hurricane season is in full swing and with Hurricane Ian about to hit Florida, it's prime time for the brave group we call the Hurricane Hunters. Captain…
Florida highway covered in Coors Light beer after semi crash
BROOKSVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida highway had to temporarily close Wednesday after a semitrailer carrying cases of Coors Light crashed and turned the roadway into a silver sea of beer cans. The multi-vehicle crash occurred shortly after 6 a.m.…
Jackson County man to serve life for murder of Florida woman
A St. Martin man will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty to killing a Florida woman. Phillip Allen York, 56, was sentenced to life in prison for the 2019 murder of Sarah Jane Willard. Willard,…
Stennis-fueled Artemis launch a 'go' for Saturday
The countdown is on -- again, for the Artemis launch. A pre-launch briefing today said the "moon rocket" is good to go and is set for a 1:17 Central Time…
Hurricane Andrew made landfall as CAT 5 in Florida 30 years ago
Today marks the 30th anniversary of one of the most destructive natural disasters in our country’s history. On this date in 1992, Hurricane Andrew…
Python hunt! 800 compete to remove Florida’s invasive snakes
More than 800 competitors will be trudging through the Florida Everglades for the next eight days, in search of invasive Burmese pythons that will bring in thousands of dollars in prize money. The python hunt officially began Friday morning and runs through 5 p.m.…
Rescued manatee flown from Texas to Florida on cargo plane
CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. (AP) — An ailing manatee that was found and rehabilitated in Texas late last year was flown to Florida on a cargo plane and released into a bay near a wildlife refuge along the Gulf Coast this…
US agrees to update critical habitat for Florida manatees
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials have agreed to revise the critical habitat designation for Florida manatees, which have been dying in record numbers because water pollution is killing a main food source. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife…
Court: Feds can require tracking of charter fishing boats
By KEVIN McGILL NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge on Monday rejected a lawsuit filed by Gulf of Mexico charter fishing boat operators opposed to federal regulations that include a requirement that they affix tracking equipment to their vessels.…
Allegiant to offer air service from Gulfport to Florida this summer
Allegiant air service announces new nonstop flights to Sanford, Florida via Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport beginning May 18, 2022, and operating through the summer. Orlando Sanford International Airport is about a 45-minute drive from Disney World in Orlando and Universal Studios…
Ocean Springs man takes down monster gator in South Florida
An Ocean Springs man took down a 13-foot alligator that had been poaching calves on a private cattle ranch. Doug Borries, who owns Dynamic Outdoors TV,…
Florida man fights off bear on his back porch
A Florida man fought off a black bear and managed to save his dogs. The video was shot by a doorbell camera at a home in Daytona Beach. It shows the…
Seth Farni making home run first impression at St. Stanislaus
Of the eight Major League Baseball superstars competing in this year's Home Run Derby, half of them hit more than 27 home runs in a single round. That means a local high school…
Mississippi pharmacist, Louisiana marketer plead guilty in health care fraud scheme
A Mississippi pharmacist pleaded guilty today and a Louisiana marketer pleaded guilty on Aug. 12 in the Southern District of Mississippi for their roles in a multi-million-dollar scheme to defraud TRICARE and private insurance companies by paying kickbacks to distributors…
NASA engineer realizes personal space dreams at Stennis Space Center
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,”…
Firefighters officially end search in Florida condo collapse
MIAMI (AP) — Firefighters officially ended their search for bodies in the debris of the collapsed Surfside condo building on Friday, even as police and forensic specialists continue working to identify human remains. Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah told…
Four more bodies recovered from Florida condo collapse site
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - A fire official says four more victims have been be found in the rubble at the site of the Florida condominium collapse, bringing the death toll to 36. Miami-Dade Assistant Fire…
Florida works to avoid ‘catastrophic’ pond collapse
Crews in Florida are working to prevent the collapse of a large wastewater pond to avoid a “catastrophic flood.”
NCAA Women’s Basketball: Mississippi State vs. Florida
Mississippi State Women’s basketball, 14th ranked Lady Bulldogs on the road tonight, taking on Florida. Mississippi State-68 Florida-56 Ole Miss-62 Auburn-58