Pet of the Week: Paw-Paw is looking for a forever home
Every other Tuesday we have the pleasure of featuring an animal up for adoption at the Humane Society of South Mississippi. Katie King is here with us to introduce…
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Gulfport natives takes reins of Mississippi Valley baseball program
Gulfport native son Milton Barney Jr. is moving up to the college ranks as a head coach. Mississippi Valley State University announced Thursday that Barney will become the seventh head coach in the program's 66-year history. "What we are going…
Crime Stoppers posting signs hoping for tips in cold case
Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers have posted signs in locations around Gulfport, hoping the public will help provide information that will lead to answers about what happened to Kevin Slater.…
Gulfport PD investigating shooting on Holly Circle
On August 9, 2022, at approximately 3:39 a.m., the Gulfport Police Department responded to the 170 block of Holly Circle in reference to a shooting. Once on scene, officers…
Bayou View student surprised with essay win
Jake Goldin may have just left Bayou View Elementary for the middle school, but he was given a chance to come back to receive a big honor. InvestWrite is an…
UPDATE: Man injured after being hit on Highway 49
Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to an incident at Highway 49 southbound just north of Highway 53 this morning in which a man was injured. MHP spokesman Cal Robertson said a helicopter…
Downtown Gulfport businesses will spruce up, thanks to facade grants
Seven businesses will be able to give their storefronts a facelift, thanks to Gulfport Main Street Association and a facade grant. The Facade Grants Master Plan awarded more than $25,000 in this first round, in partnership with the Mississippi Power…
Seabees get new digs with opening of barracks on base
Seabees who stay on base at the Naval Construction Battalion Center will have new digs starting today when an 88-room building is opened this morning. Construction on the barracks began more than three years ago when an $18.9 million contract…
Annual Gulf Coast Music & Food Truck Fest Hits Coast
The 2nd annual Gulf Coast Music and Food Truck Festival hit the coast ready to fill a crowd hungry for a good time. As the name would imply, guests entered the event greeted by 22 different food trucks with all…
Community Comes Together To Help Clean Up Coast
Gulfport Police Department along with volunteers cleaned up debris and trash around courthouse pier road Saturday morning. Chief of Gulfport Police Department Adam Cooper says they go through an entire box of trash bags by they time volunteers finish cleaning…
Gulfport man sentenced as habitual offender in home invasion case
A Gulfport man will spend 30 years in prison as a habitual offender after pleading guilty this week to armed robbery, aggravated assault and burglary. Andrew Treadaway, 34, pleaded guilty in Harrison County Circuit Court and was sentenced by Judge…
Third generation expanding building, farm supply company to Coast
Building houses and relationships, Dufrene Building Materials has come to the Coast and is open to the public. Dufrene held its grand opening on Friday morning at its store on Highway 49 in…
Fort Bayou, Wilkes drawbridges to be closed overnight for work
The state Department of Transportation will be closing Coast bridges in the next few days. On Sunday night, the Fort Bayou drawbridge will be closed from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. for emergency repairs to the draw. The bridge got…
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…
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…