By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi community with an elaborate Confederate monument plans to unveil a larger-than-life statue of Emmett Till on Friday, decades after white men kidnapped and killed the Black teenager for allegedly whistling at a…
Ocean Springs police have identified two people suspected of stealing the Miner’s Toy Store Statue. Police say David and Katja Malin are wanted for grand larceny in…
A mainstay in downtown Ocean Springs has gone missing. The statue of two children on a tricycle -- an 90th birthday present to John and Maryalice Miner that sat in front of their store, Miner's Doll and Toy Store on…
In Ocean Springs, behind the Hancock Whitney Bank on Hwy 90, a gravel road will take you to the Twelve Oaks Nature Preserve.…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mystery solved: The top administrator in the Mississippi House says he unilaterally made the decision to take a statue of a racist former Gov. Theodore Bilbo off public display and put it…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A statue of white supremacist former Mississippi Gov. Theodore Bilbo has quietly been moved out of sight in the state Capitol — a move praised by Black lawmakers who say he never…
Biloxi's statue of Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise should be ready for its unveiling in time for his birthday weekend this fall, according to a press release from the city. A preliminary look at the statue, which will be placed…
Two worlds collide: that of a Saucier sculptor and her hero, Biloxi native and astronaut of Apollo 13 fame, Fred Haise. Mary Ott Tremmel Davidson’s been spending a lot of time with Fred, but her husband has been quite supportive.…