Gulfport Business owners upset with parking situation speak at City Council meeting
Business owners in Downtown Gulfport are making sure their voices are heard. After the Gulfport City Council went through their agenda, the floor was…
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City of Gulfport discusses Airport Road extension and I-10 overpass at public hearing
Working to interconnect Gulfport, a public hearing was held at Gulfport Premium Outlets where the community asked questions and made comments on new…
Public hearing offers residents information Interconnecting Gulfport project
The city of Gulfport is offering public meetings so the public can learn more about a planned transportation project to provide alternate travel routes from Airport Road and Creosote Road intersections to Landon Road along the Highway 49 corridor Gulfport…
One victim in drive-by shooting on Martin Luther King Jr. BLVD in Gulfport
On July 11, 2022, at approximately 6:03 p.m., the Gulfport Police Department responded to the 2900 block of Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard in reference to a drive-by-shooting. Upon arrival, Officers located a male victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. …
Biloxi searching for 13-year-old runaway
Biloxi Police are asking the public's help to find a runaway girl. 13-year-old Jaliyah Bates was last seen June 15 about 8:50 p.m. in the 300 block of Benachi Avenue near Division Street. Jaliyah was wearing a black shirt with…
Harrison County man to serve 22 years after impregnating 13-year-old
A Harrison County man will spend more than 20 years in prison after impregnating a 13-year-old girl. District Attorney Crosby Parker said 40-year-old- Antonio Cantrell Owens pleaded guilty last week to sexual battery and was sentenced to 22 years day-for-day,…
Male victim taken to hospital after shots fired in Gulfport
A man was hit by gunfire just a few hours ago in Gulfport. The shooting happened around 7 p.m. at MLK Jr. Blvd and Ohio…
Interconnecting Gulfport: Public input meeting this Wednesday
This Wednesday, Gulfport leaders are seeking your input on plans to extend Airport Road and create a new I-10 overpass near the Outlet Mall. It’s a plan they’ve been…
City of Gulfport announces Gumbo Festival coming to the Coast
The City of Gulfport held a press conference today to announce a new festival coming to the Coast that will bring even more tourists to the…
Argument over sunglasses leads to fatal shooting in Gulfport
What started as an argument over sunglasses on Monday ended in gunfire -- and one man dead. Gulfport Police report that 16-year-old Lional Cornelius Jackson Jr., of Gulfport was arrested Monday…
Overnight Gulfport shooting leaves one dead, one injured
An update on that overnight shooting in Gulfport- it seems it stemmed from an argument over sunglasses. Two people were shot -- one of them killed -- and now a teenager…
Advocates condemn killing of Mississippi transgender woman
GULFPORT, Miss (AP) — LGBTQ advocates say the recent fatal shooting of a 27-year-old Black transgender woman along Mississippi’s Gulf Coast reflects a disturbing pattern of…
Wilkes Bridge to reopen to 4 lanes next week
Good news, South Mississippi! The Wilkes Bridge will reopen to four lanes of traffic next week. Gulfport Police tweeted out that the bridge will be closed next week on Wednesday and Thursday from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. They followed…
Reward offered for informaton on 1999 cold case
A reward has been offered for information that leads to the arrest in a 1999 cold case. Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers said in a press release that the family of Kevin Slater and its organization is offering the $5,000 reward.…
Coroner identifies victim in Gulfport shooting
A man killed in a shooting near Avenue C in Gulfport on Monday night has been identified. Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer said Anthony Lavern Oatis Jr., 30, died from a single…
Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo ready for July 4 weekend
The Mississippi Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo is this weekend, with fishermen ready to reel in big prizes and maybe even a state record. The tournament runs July 1 to July 4 at Barksdale…
Two Gulfport juveniles charged with breaking into Saucier home, stealing guns
Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson said two juveniles have been charged with residential burglary. Peterson said deputies responded Wednesday to a complaint of a residential burglary on North Shaw Road in Saucier. Deputies were able to view home surveillance video…
Gulfport man arrested in Emerald Pines shooting
Gulfport Police have made an arrest Thursday in a shooting at Emerald Pines Apartments that left one person dead and another in the hospital. Police say on Monday, Makhari Seven Gasaway, 20, got into a fight and pulled a gun,…
One dead, one critically injured in overnight shooting in Gulfport
Gulfport police are hunting down leads, trying to find the person responsible for a deadly overnight shooting. Gulfport Police responded to the Emerald Pines Apartments off…
Satellites to track turtles IMMS will release this weekend
We all know turtles aren't the fastest creatures, but do you ever wonder where they are headed? At the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport, a one-of-a-kind experiment is…
SOUTHERN COMPANY HOSTING 'RESCUE RODEO' AT PLANT WATSON
Hundreds of southern company employees within the emergency response teams are on the coast this week for their annual 'rescue rodeo.' This isn't your ordinary rodeo, emergency response teams from southern companies in Mississippi, Alabama,…
Gulfport tax preparer pleads guilty to helping file false tax returns
A Gulfport man pleaded guilty Thursday to preparing false federal tax returns for clients. Orland Reed is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 22 and faces a maximum penalty of three years in prison as well as supervised release, restitution and…
Meet the Chiefs event this afternoon in Gulfport
Today you have a chance to meet the men in charge of protecting Gulfport. A ‘Meet the Chiefs’ event is happening at 4 this afternoon at the Goldin…
Arrests made in connection to drive-by shooting on Three Rivers Road in Gulfport
Three arrests have been made in connection with a drive-by shooting on Three Rivers Road in Gulfport. On June 6, 2022, the Gulfport Police Department arrested 19-year-old Dayjohi Keshawn Wright, on two counts of drive-by-shooting, and 20-year-old Raymond Allen Derks…