Pascagoula football’s Jeffery Rush Jr. offered by Texas
Four-star recruit Jeffery Rush, Jr. is picking up another Division I offer - his ninth overall - from Texas. The junior defensive lineman has SEC offers from Ole…
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Uvalde schools suspend entire police force after outrage
By PAUL J. WEBER AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Uvalde school district on Friday pulled its embattled campus police force off the job following a wave of new outrage over the hiring of a former Texas state trooper who was…
Grieving husband dies after wife is slain in Texas rampage
Irma Garcia’s family was already reeling from her death in the Texas school shooting that targeted her fourth grade classroom and killed her co-teacher and 19 students. Then, a mere two days after the attack, her grieving husband collapsed and died at…
Gunman kills 19 children, 2 teachers in Texas school rampage
By ACACIA CORONADO and JIM VERTUNO UVALDE, Texas (AP) — An 18-year-old gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school barricaded himself inside a classroom, “shooting anyone that was in his way,” an official said…
Governor: 14 students, teacher dead in Texas school shooting
By EUGENE GARCIA and DARIO LOPEZ-MILLS UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The Texas governor says 14 students and 1 teacher were killed at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school. He…
Tornadoes strike Texas, Oklahoma; more storms in forecast
SEMINOLE, Okla. (AP) — A storm system spawned several tornadoes that whipped through areas of Texas and Oklahoma, causing damage to a school, a marijuana farm and other structures. There were no reports of serious injuries following the Wednesday night…
Texas family loses two in Hancock County crash; victims identified
A Texas family traveling through Mississippi lost two members when their vehicle ran off the interstate in Hancock County early Thursday morning. Mississippi Highway Patrol Trooper Cal Robertson said MHP responded to a report of a crash at 4:30 a.m.…
Coastal Mississippi announces new executive director
Coastal Mississippi is pleased to announce the appointment of Judy Young to the role of executive director for the coastal tri-county destination marketing organization. Young brings more than 20…
Justice Department again presses to halt Texas abortion law
AUSTIN, Texas — The Biden administration urged the courts again to step in and suspend a new Texas law that has banned most abortions since early September, as clinics hundreds of miles away remain busy with Texas patients making long journeys to…
Texas governor orders ban on private company vaccine mandate
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Monday to prohibit any entity, including private business, from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on workers and called on state lawmakers to pass a similar ban into law.…
Student taken into custody hours after Texas school shooting
By JAMIE STENGLE and JILL BLEED Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Police have arrested a student suspected of opening fire during a fight at his Dallas-area high school, leaving four people injured. Police say 18-year-old Timothy George Simpkins fled…
Texas, Oklahoma eye departure from Big 12
The college sports landscape is on the verge of a big change. It’s a possibility that Texas and Oklahoma could leave the Big 12 for the SEC became much…
Texas and Oklahoma exploring options for joining the SEC
Two Big 12 powers are reportedly looking to jump ship and are eyeing the SEC as an alternative conference affiliation. The Houston Chronicle first reported Wednesday that…
Mississippi State posts CWS-record 21 Ks in win over Texas
By Eric Olsen OMAHA (AP) -- As Will Bednar’s strikeout total kept climbing, it seemed everybody at TD Ameritrade Park was keeping track. Bednar didn’t want to admit it, but he was, too. “Uh, yeah,” he said sheepishly when asked.…
They now know her name, but what happened to Kimberly Ann Funk?
A key piece of information in a 30-year-old cold case has been confirmed. Now, Sheriff Mike Ezell wants to find out what happened to Kimberly Ann Funk and why she was found in the swampy area of Ward Bayou in…
Louisiana gator swaps swamp life for Texas beach getaway
PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE, Texas (AP) — A young alligator traced to the Louisiana bayous traded the swamp for a sandy Padre Island beach in South Texas. In an unusual spin from “Jaws,” the gator showed up Monday on Malaquite…
Thousands of cold-stunned sea turtles being rescued in Texas
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (AP) — Residents, some of whom lack heat or basic amenities in their own homes due to the unusually chilly weather, have been rescuing cold-stunned sea turtles and taking them to a convention center in a South Texas resort town.…
Court: Texas, Louisiana can end Planned Parenthood funding
A federal appeals court has ruled that Texas and Louisiana can cut off funding to Planned Parenthood.
Raising Cane's hosting fundraiser to help hurricane victims
– Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers will host a fundraiser on Tuesday to support local communities in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas affected by hurricanes Laura and Sally. With help from its loyal Caniacs, Raising Cane’s hopes to raise at least…
Pass Christian man wanted in Texas robbery case arrested
A routine traffic stop in Ocean Springs resulted in the arrest of a Pass Christian man wanted on armed robbery charges. Wednesday, an officer with the Ocean Springs Police Department conducted a traffic stop on Highway 90 for a traffic…
Laura blasts Louisiana coast with wind and wall of seawater
By GERALD HERBERT, MELINDA DESLATTE and STACEY PLAISANCE LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — One of the strongest hurricanes ever to strike the U.S. pounded the Gulf Coast with wind and rain Thursday as Laura roared ashore in Louisiana near the…
President Donald Trump to visit storm-hit Louisiana and Texas
The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he will visit the Gulf Coast this weekend to tour damage from one of the fiercest hurricanes to hit the United States. Trump said he would visit Texas and Louisiana on…
Texas renews court effort to ban abortion procedure
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Texas officials are trying to get a federal appeals court’s permission to enforce a ban on a commonly used second-trimester abortion procedure, even though the court has not yet ruled on…
Judges slow abortion bans in Texas, Ohio, Alabama amid virus
By DAVID PITT and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Federal judges in Texas, Alabama and Ohio have temporarily blocked efforts to ban abortions during the coronavirus pandemic. The rulings Monday were handed down as providers…