Gulfport recognizes its outgoing city council members and Mayor Billy Hewes
Gulfport, Miss. (WXXV) - The Gulfport City Council recognized its outgoing members, as well as retiring Mayor Billy Hewes. This comes ahead of the new…
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Gulfport Ward 5 Special Election Results
The results are in for the Gulfport Ward 5 Special City Council Election. BJ Sellers unofficially wins the seat with a majority of the votes. Absentee ballots still have to be counted before the results are finalized. Sellers received 56%…
City of Gulfport passes resolution for Ward 5 special election
The Gulfport City Council passed a resolution to set up a special election for the vacant Ward 5 council seat. That motion passed unanimously at Tuesday’s…
Update: Gulfport Councilman Myles Sharp officially tenders resignation
Gulfport Ward 5 Councilman Myles Sharp officially tendered his resignation to Council President Rusty Walker Friday, days after announcing his intention to resign. Sharp's resignation takes effect at 11:30 p.m. on Monday, December 30. Since the resignation takes effect with…
Gulfport councilman announces intention to resign seat
A Gulfport councilman has announced his intention to resign his Ward 5 seat. Myles Sharp posted to social media on Tuesday that he will leave the city council because of a new job opportunity coming up in the new year.…
Special called meeting in Gulfport for Community Development Block Grant plan
The Gulfport City Council will hold a special meeting today at 1:30 p.m. to review and adopt the 2024 Community Development Block Grant plan. The grant comes from the United States Department of Housing and Development and will provide suitable…
City of Gulfport adopts changes to its voting precincts
The Gulfport City Council voted Friday to approve new precincts for future city elections ahead of a looming deadline. The city faced a July 31st deadline to get…
Gulfport receives grants from US Department of Housing and Urban Development
Big changes could be coming to the City of Gulfport in the future. The United States Department of Housing and Development has announced that Gulfport will receive a 2024 CDBG Entitlement allocation…
"You have zoned us out.": Community members fear over-industrialization in their Gulfport neighborhoods
Gulfport locals are appealing the city council's decision to grant a zoning variance for the development of a cold storage facility similar to…
Wayne Miller named Gulfport Chief Administrative Officer
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…
Gulfport City Council passes promenade project agreement
Gulfport City Council members met to discuss multiple issues yesterday, including the adoption of an agreement for the city’s promenade project. The Interlocal Cooperation Agreement passed unanimously. The agreement…
Gulfport City Council votes to ban parking on grass
Gulfport City Council has amended its international property maintenance code to include language that prohibits parking on grass. Councilman R. Lee Flowers says when the council updated…
Gulfport City Council votes to accept 2022 redistricting map
Almost at full capacity, Gulfport community leaders and residents packed city hall to hear from city council on their decision to redistrict the city. City hall erupts…
Gulfport City Council holds redistricting workshop
As the City of Gulfport continues to grow, the time has come to redraw the ward lines which could impact residents for the next ten years. The City of Gulfport…
Gulfport City Council weighs redrawing district lines
The City of Gulfport must redraw its ward lines after a population shift over the last ten years. Several plans have been brought forward. The 2020 Census found that about…
Incumbent Mayor Billy Hewes Moves on to June 8th General Election
Republican Incumbent, Gulfport Mayor Billy Hewes, won the majority of the Primary vote on Tuesday, and will face Democrat Howard Page in the race for mayor June 8th. Hewes's challengers, Jennifer Adams, came in with 26-percent of…
Controversy over Community Development Block Grant money in Gulfport
Wednesday evening, the Gulfport City Council held a public hearing on the proposed Community Development Block Grant amendment. The City of Gulfport recently released its proposed community development block grants budget where the city hopes to reallocate unused CDBG funding…
Gulfport city council calls special meeting to discuss new Sportsplex
Tonight a special city council meeting was called to discuss a new Sportsplex as well as expansions to the existing complex in Gulfport. The new proposed 250 acre Sportsplex will be located south of Interstate 10 with a focus on…
Aviation museum in Gulfport moving forward
An aviation museum that is coming to Gulfport is one step closer to completion. The board for the museum went in front of the Gulfport City Council to ask for an extension to complete upgrades which are required by contract…
Gulfport Council concerned about number of officers set to retire
The hefty number of Gulfport police officers set to retire has some city officials worried. In the next few years, 43 Gulfport police officers become eligible to retire and according to officials that means over 1,000 years of experience. City…
Courthouse Road Improvements Gulfport
Gulfport City Council members consider approving a contract with a construction company for improvements on courthouse road. The project includes paving Courthouse Road between Pass Road and Highway 90 while installing raised medians from Perry Street south to Highway 90…
The Allman Brothers Band Family Honored in Gulfport
Those who were at today’s Gulfport City Council meeting got the chance to meet the family of a music legend from South Mississippi. The City Council honored the son of legendary bass player Lamar Williams from the Allman Brothers band.…
Child Honored at Gulfport City Council Meeting
The Mayor of Gulfport’s Youth Council will be working to create free library stations throughout the city. The announcement was made at the Gulfport City Council meeting today. Mayor Billy Hewes honored six-year-old Brooklyn Walker and her family for creating…
Gulfport Redevelopment Commission Gains Support from City
Several Gulfport projects may have been stalled or possibly called quits on if it weren’t for a decision made at Gulfport City Council today. Gulfport City Council met and discussed whether or not the Gulfport Redevelopment Commission has authority to…