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Pass Christian police officers and staff will spend the next few weeks moving into their new headquarters. Friday was their first full day of operation in their new building on Espy Avenue. The 12,000 square foot building is called a fortress, because it's built to withstand 240 mile-per-hour winds. The building also features rooms, technology, and equipment Pass Christian Police never had before. more >>
One group of Mississippi bikers are using their helmets and Harley's to give back. Organizers of the Gulf Coast Bike Festival presented more than $3,000 to the Make A Wish Foundation. more >>
A media consortium led by Raycom Media television stations WLBT of Jackson, WLOX of Biloxi and WDAM of Hattiesburg and Jackson New Media's YallPolitics.com collectively earned a victory in an 18 month legal battle to unseal court records. more >>
Long Beach officials say after all the challenges and setbacks, it feels good to finally celebrate the opening of the new Harbor Master Building. At a ceremony Thursday morning, Mayor Billy Skellie cut the ribbon on the $1.2 million facility. more >>
A Jackson County program designed to help first time criminals turn their lives around is helping in other ways as well. The pre-trial diversion program also requires criminals to pay the victims of their acts, in cash. Since the program began about seven years ago, hundreds of non-violent, first time offenders have taken part. more >>
An Ocean Springs church has taken the mission of tending to its flock to a whole other level. The Crossroads Church of the Nazarene has built an on campus affordable housing complex, and anyone can live there. Some of the residents say it's more than just a complex, it's a community. more >>
BILOXI (WLOX) - Ole Miss quarterback Jeremiah Masoli has been cleared by the NCAA to play immediately after winning an appeal Friday afternoon. more >>
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Synthetic marijuana is now illegal in Mississippi. Gov. Haley Barbour on Friday signed a bill immediately banning the sale and possession of the herbal mixture known by names such more >>
BP PLC was on Saturday slowly raising the 300-ton blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, careful not to damage or drop a key piece of evidence in the spill investigation. more >>
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he saw and heard evidence that the U.S. counterinsurgency strategy is taking hold in critical Kandahar province. more >>
A weakening but still dangerous Hurricane Earl steamed toward the gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages of Cape Cod on Friday night, disrupting people's vacations on the unofficial final weekend of the short New... more >>
A Bay St. Louis man has been convicted of aggravated DUI and kidnapping related to the death of his girlfriend in 2009. District Attorney Hal Kittrell says Jerry Van Wagner was convicted Tuesday in Pearl River County Circuit Court. more >>
My wife thinks I'm stupid for heading to Boston with Earl poised to impact the area. "Why risk it?" she asked. If anyone knows the power of a storm, she told me, it should be the WLOX News Director. I keep asking Bostonians if they're worried. They all say, "About what?" more >>
Traffic is back to normal on Biloxi's Popp's Ferry Bridge. Biloxi Police had to close one lane of traffic across the bridge Friday morning so a welder could make a repair. The closure happened just before 9am, and caused some delays for morning commuters. more >>
Many Americans have skewed perceptions when it comes to their weight, often believing they are thinner than they really are, even when the scales are shouting otherwise, a new poll finds. more >>
The man Gulfport was considering hiring as its new fire chief has taken a job in Texas. Gulfport City Council members were scheduled to vote on David Foster's nomination in the coming days. more >>
The agency that oversees offshore drilling will investigate the fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Thursday's fire came less than five months after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that killed 11 people and spurred the worst offshore oil spill in the nation's history. This time no one was killed and the Coast Guard said no crude was leaking. more >>
Stark differences exist between the oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico and the blast that led to the massive BP spill. Most notably, no one was killed and no crude was gushing into the water, but the distinctions... more >>
A homeless man who called 911 from the hot tub of a suburban Portland home and asked for towels, hot chocolate and a hug got arrested for trespassing instead. more >>
Thursday, these blue crabs called the Gulf home. But by Saturday, someone in Atlanta will call it dinner. Crab trapper Robert Metz would love to sell his catch in South Mississippi, but since the oil spill, his local business hasn't rebounded as much as he'd like. And he's having a hard time understanding why. more >>
The United Way of Jackson and George Counties announced Thursday it will raise $2 million for several South Mississippi non profits in this tough economy. As Patrice Clark reports, the organization came up with a new and exciting theme to raise money. more >>
A Vancleave woman faces eight felony counts of exploitation of a vulnerable person. Melissa Elaine Webster, 39, was arrested Wednesday by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Attorney General's Office. more >>
Two weeks ago, the St. Andrews Golf Course in Ocean Springs was shut down. On Monday, residents living in 61 of the condos surrounding the golf course had their water turned off. Looking for help, the residents contacted WLOX Action Reporter A.J. Giardina. more >>
After five years, state troopers say they finally feel like they can close the door on Hurricane Katrina. The storm forced the Mississippi Highway Patrol out of its offices on Biloxi's Back Bay. Now Troop K has finally moved into the new public safety complex in Harrison County and law enforcement officials expect the facilities to make their job easier. more >>
When it comes to figuring out if or how the dispersant will effect gulf marine life, researchers at the Gulf Coast Research Lab say, there are just too many unknowns, and that it will take time to sort out answers. Elizabeth Vowell talked with the researchers. more >>
At a time when some Mississippi colleges are slashing jobs and consolidating programs to save money next year, it's a different story with Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. MGCCC's budget. School leaders have taken some proactive steps to help the college brace for those funding cuts. more >>
The Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) Tourism Division announced Thursday the "VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown" will feature more than 12 locations along the Mississippi Gulf Coast when it airs Saturday, September 4 at 8:00 a.m. more >>
Federal authorities have lifted a fishing ban in the northern Gulf of Mexico from the Florida Panhandle to the far eastern coast of Louisiana. The 5,130 square mile area opened Thursday to fishing and shrimp harvesting. more >>
Thursday, St. Jude Children's Hospital patients, Dream Home Builders and vendors came out and signed messages on the floor of the St. Jude Dream Home. more >>
Engineers removed a temporary cap Thursday that stopped oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's blown-out well in mid-July. No more oil was expected to leak into the sea, but crews were standing by with... more >>
If they act fast, Mississippians can get a piece of $400,000 in rebates that the state has allocated for purchasing energy efficient appliances. more >>
A resurgence of bedbugs across the U.S. has homeowners and apartment dwellers taking desperate measures to eradicate the tenacious bloodsuckers, with some relying on dangerous outdoor pesticides and fly-by-night... more >>
A man who railed against the Discovery Channel's environmental programming for years burst into the company's headquarters with at least one explosive device strapped to his body Wednesday and took three people... more >>
The last ferry left for the mainland and coastal residents hunkered down at home as Hurricane Earl closed in with 105 mph winds Thursday on North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer Banks, the first and perhaps most... more >>
On Wednesday, Unified Command officials briefed local scientists and other academics about their findings so far in their search for sub-surface oil in the Gulf. They also presented them with a plan of action for future clean up and restoration of natural resources. more >>
Welcome to Stamford, CT, or whatever town the Amtrak conductor said we just passed. Last night, I was at a tennis grand slam. I went to the US Open and saw Oudin lose. more >>
By STEPHANIE REITZ Associated Press Writer The parents of six deceased U.S. soldiers are suing Prudential Financial, saying it paid paltry interest on military life insurance benefits while keeping more generous interest... more >>
President Barack Obama exhorted Congress on Monday to make passage of a long-languishing small business aid package its first order of business when it returns next month from its summer break. more >>
Is the tea party the new Republican Party? The grass-roots network of fed-up conservative-libertarian voters displayed its power in its biggest triumph of the election year: the toppling of Sen. Lisa Murkowski in... more >>
United Way agencies in South Mississippi begin their annual campaigns this week to raise funds to help the local community. This year more than ever there are so many agencies and needs that could use your help. Your local United Way organization provides a safety net for help in the basic needs of food, clothing and shelter. more >>
Mississippi Children's Home Services has received a $3 million state grant to build a new Gulf Coast group home and vocation training transitional work force housing facility on 80 acres in Harrison County. more >>
The summer tourism season wraps up on Labor Day. Despite the oil spill turning some South Mississippi visitors away, officials are optimistic about this holiday weekend and the fall season. more >>
It's a different city but similar story when it comes to budget woes and the economy in Gulfport. But, amid the challenges, Mayor George Schloegel's administration says it has managed to tackle a persistent problem with the budget. more >>
Biloxi Police says a phone call about an alleged shooting at the Isle Casino in Biloxi Wednesday night turned out to be nothing more than a hoax. more >>
Even as President Barack Obama was announcing the end of combat in Iraq, American soldiers were sealing off a northern village early Wednesday as their Iraqi partners raided houses and arrested dozens of suspected insurgents. more >>
The number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. has dropped for the first time in two decades - decreasing by 8 percent since 2007, a new study finds. The reasons range from the sour economy to Mexican violence and... more >>
Thursday will be an exciting day at the St. Jude Children's Hospital Dream Home in Harrison County. At noon, dream home sponsors will meet young patients from that amazing hospital that helps so much at no charge to families. Together, they will sign the floor of the dream home sending well wishes to the winner of the $565,000 luxury home. more >>
The Moss Point School District will soon be home to a state of the art, $18 million middle school to replace Magnolia Junior High, which was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. In June, after a long battle with FEMA over funds to rebuild, the district finally got the green light to build. more >>
With more ways to learn than ever, it's not enough to just teach reading, writing, and arithmetic. Teachers must be tech savvy, as well. Elizabeth Vowell has the story. more >>
Oil giant BP says it has spent more than $5 million a week on advertising since the Gulf Coast oil spill - more than three times the amount it spent on ads during the same period last year. more >>
It's a question that keeps surfacing: Is seafood from the Gulf safe to eat? A new study posted Wednesday by a private Boston lab raises questions about whether toxic chemicals are still in the water and the food chain. The lab said it found dispersant in a water sample near Horn Island, and it claims samples show oil and toxins in crab. Trang Pham-Bui asked some consumers in Biloxi if they are concerned about the findings. more >>
The DMR took oyster fishermen for a boat trip on Wednesday, checking out the health of area oyster reefs. The results were mixed. Closer to shore, the samples taken from the Pass Christian tonging reef were decent. There were healthy oysters and much evidence of new growth. Farther from shore, many of the shells were barren. A fishermen expressed concern that the season may well be a bad one. more >>
Strong winds in recent days have kept Harrison County sand beach crews especially busy. Wednesday, several teams were working in Biloxi trying to remove sand that has collected along Highway 90. more >>
A new partnership is sprucing up a neighborhood, Harrison County officials say has been on the decline. As part of the deal, a private developer is paying for a major landscape project on Janus Road. Meanwhile, the county has pledged to manage the upkeep for the next few months. more >>
Ten billion dollars and 68 unmanned surveillance planes is the potential value of a contract between Northrop Grumman Aerospace in Moss Point and the U.S. Navy. Those figures were announced Wednesday at a ceremony celebrating the beginning of work on the ambitious program. Doug Walker was there and has the story. more >>
Mississippi election commissioners on Wednesday removed all four Reform Party candidates from the November congressional ballot because of questions about the state party's leadership. more >>
The Forrest County Community Work Center inmate who walked away from a Hattiesburg work site last week was captured Wednesday. Sheriff's deputies caught up with Paul Pettis around 3pm in Panola County, Mississippi. more >>
Behind Earl and Tropical Storm Fiona in the Atlantic, the seventh tropical storm of the season formed. Forecasters said Wednesday that Gaston is the fourth tropical storm to form in the last 11 days. more >>
Live United. That's what United Way of South Mississippi is asking from everyone from now until the end of the year. The organization launched its 2010 campaign Wednesday morning at the Hard Rock in Biloxi. About a dozen non-profit groups who partner with United Way were there to tell people more about how they help those in need. more >>
Claiming no victory, President Barack Obama formally ended the U.S. combat role in Iraq after seven long years of bloodshed, declaring firmly Tuesday night: "It's time to turn the page." Now, he said, the nation's... more >>
Bon Jovi and Brad Paisley will perform two free concerts in Gulf Shores, Alabama in October as part of the "Concerts for the Coast" campaign to bring tourists to the Alabama Gulf Coast. more >>
Two unexplained infant deaths at the same address last year have prompted the Army to review all unexplained infant deaths at North Carolina's Fort Bragg in the past four years. more >>
Saints fans have just a week left to buy a chance at winning an authentic New Orleans Saints Super Bowl Ring. The New Orleans Saints Charitable Foundation has been selling tickets for two months, raising money to help those affected by the Gulf Coast oil spill. more >>
Oystermen eager to see what the 2010 season will bring will get their chance Wednesday when the Department of Marine Resources conducts its annual oyster reef tour. more >>
Gulfport Memorial Hospital is cutting 47 workers and its hospice care program to deal with an $11 million budget shortfall. But those employees could get back to work sooner than expected. more >>
More than $890,000 of taxpayer money has been stolen in Jackson County, and investigators are pointing the finger at former county clerk Ginger Lynn Lashley. Lashley, 50, was served an eight count indictment for embezzlement Tuesday. more >>
A van stolen from a daycare was used to smash through the front of an unoccupied gas station early Tuesday morning. Investigators in Spanish Fort, Alabama said the thieves were trying to steal an ATM. more >>
St. John Elementary hopes to be one of 34 school to get a visit from an NFL player, along with a $10,000 health and wellness grant from the NFL. They got revved up for the competition Tuesday night with a Black and Gold Back to Football Pep Rally. more >>
The Mississippi Heritage Trust wants to show you what $26 million can do to resurrect historic properties from the ruins left by Hurricane Katrina. The Hurricane Relief Grant Program grants helped save 300 of Mississippi's historically significant structures, both publicly and privately owned. more >>
I was honored to be asked to speak at the five years since Katrina "Phenomenal People Gala." It was hosted by Bill Stallworth and his amazing "Hope Community Development Agency" who have put so many people back in their homes since Katrina. more >>
Five years ago, the east Biloxi beachfront home of Pat Kuluz was washed away by Katrina. He had doubts he would ever come back. Those doubts were erased two months ago when he and his wife finally moved back into a new home. more >>
The Department of Environmental Quality is overseeing a sewer waste clean up operation on one of Waveland's busiest streets. City leaders say crews are on Waveland Avenue cleaning up waste water that over flowed into ditches and yards over the weekend. As Al Showers reports, Waveland leaders say mother nature is to blame for the mess. more >>
Although layoffs are still a possibility, Harrison County Sheriff Melvin Brisolara said he'll look at cutbacks, other than jobs, to deal with a new budget that's $1.3 million smaller. County supervisors approved the new $18 million budget for the sheriff on Monday. He said it will mean some belt tightening, including not filling open positions and consolidating some services. more >>
The city of Pass Christian is considering cutting jobs and raising taxes as part of its budget proposal. City leaders hope the extra money will help the city cope with a $600,000 shortfall next year. Pass Christian has not raised taxes in nine years, but that could soon change. The city wants to increase the millage rate which means residents could pay more in ad valorem taxes on your home, your car tag and utilities. more >>
Republican Gov. Haley Barbour and a bipartisan group of Mississippi lawmakers are considering saving, rather than spending, one of the two pots of federal stimulus money Congress recently approved. more >>
By his own reckoning, a Navy electrician spent just eight hours in Vietnam, during a layover on his flight back to the U.S. in 1966. He bought some cigarettes and snapped a few photos. more >>
The Bay-Waveland School District will celebrate the opening of two new schools today, five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the community. Waveland Elementary's ribbon cutting ceremony will take place at 9:00 this morning. That will be followed by a 10:30 a.m. ribbon cutting at North Bay Elementary. more >>
Two more programs are on the chopping block at USM Gulf Park. USM officials just announced that the Engineering Technology Master's program is being axed, as well as the Specialist Degree in Education. more >>
Hurricane Earl, now a powerful Category 4 storm, barreled toward the U.S. coast early Tuesday after battering tiny islands across the northeastern Caribbean with heavy rain and winds that damaged homes and toppled power... more >>
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal said Monday the federal moratorium on deepwater oil drilling endangers thousands of jobs. He also urged the president's commission investigating the Gulf oil spill to press BP to fund a testing program to assure the public that Gulf seafood is safe. more >>
The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Fiona has formed in the Atlantic Ocean behind Hurricane Earl, which is battering the northeastern Caribbean. Fiona formed east of the Leeward Islands on Monday afternoon and forecasters say a tropical storm watch may be required later in the day. more >>
Five years after Hurricane Katrina's wrath, President Barack Obama sought to reassure disaster-weary Gulf Coast residents Sunday that he would not abandon their cause. more >>
The equipment failures blamed for the Gulf oil spill might have been detected if the owners of the Deepwater Horizon continued to have the rig's drilling equipment verified by independent experts - something federal... more >>
USM is dropping over 20 programs and not renewing the contracts of 29 professors, 11 of which were tenured, in an attempt to trim the university budget. Ten of these individuals serve in the College of Arts & Letters. more >>
Glenn Beck, the man behind Saturday's rally at the site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech, has built an empire around his own voice that grew exponentially with his move to Fox News Channel... more >>
As the 5-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches, the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast continues its efforts to repair and rebuild the Gulf Park campus in Long Beach, along with the university's teaching and research sites throughout the Mississippi Gulf Coast. more >>
It's the story of two communities, forever connected, through the power of a camera lens and a monstrous storm called Katrina. It all started after a group of high school students traveled to Bay St. Louis six months after the storm. From that trip, a documentary was born and a lasting link from the Midwest to the Gulf Coast was created. more >>
Sunday marks the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina hitting Mississippi's shores. Within hours congregations like Christ United Methodist Church in Jackson were getting to work distributing help to those in need. more >>
A relay run commemorated the fifth anniversary of Katrina by bringing the Mississippi Gulf Coast together, from east to west. Elizabeth Vowell was there and has the story of celebration. more >>
The rebirth of the business district. That is what Hancock County's Chamber of Commerce Director is calling the return of Trapani's Eatery to the Bay St. Louis beachfront. Almost five years to the day Katrina destroyed the locally owned restaurant, the Trapani family was finally able to celebrate a new beginning. more >>
An update on oil spill response operations was given to the public Saturday in Ocean Springs. Representatives from six different agencies made up a panel at the Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Center. The panel discussed many topics some of which included subsurface oil monitoring and where oil is currently washing ashore in South Mississippi. more >>
Engineers will soon start the delicate work of detaching the temporary cap that stopped oil from gushing from BP's blown-out Gulf of Mexico well and the hulking device that failed to prevent the leak - all while trying... more >>
Five years after Hurricane Katrina flooded more than 80 percent of this city, the Army Corps of Engineers says billions of dollars of work has made the city much safer and many of its defenses could withstand a storm as... more >>
Federal investigators became visibly annoyed Thursday as BP executives were unwilling or unable to provide a clear picture of the company's heirarchy or say who was in charge of the rig leased by the oil giant the day it... more >>
The cleanup of history's worst peacetime oil spill is generating thousands of tons of oil-soaked debris that is ending up in local landfills, some of which were already dealing with environmental concerns. more >>
Pascagoula firefighters spent more than more than five hours trying to save the Greater Antioch Missionary Baptist Church on Highway 90. Fire officials believe the fire started in the back of church near the kitchen and fellowship area. Patrice Clark gets reaction from church members about losing their place of worship. more >>
A 16-year-old Vancleave boy died Friday morning after being hit on his bicycle Thursday night. Trent Lloyd Romero was riding his bike in Vancleave on School Land Road around 8:30pm when he turned onto Jim Ramsey Road straight into the path of a 2000 Ford pick up truck. more >>
A special session of the state legislature gets underway later this morning. Governor Haley Barbour called the session to consider an incentive package for KiOR, a biofuels company that is going to build five biofuel production facilities in our state. more >>
Toyota recalled 1.33 million Corolla sedans and Matrix hatchbacks in the U.S. and Canada Thursday because their engines may stall, the latest in a string of quality problems at the Japanese automaker. more >>
Five years after Katrina, the area along Racetrack Road in D'Iberville remains a neighborhood on the mend. The storm caused heavy destruction there, leveling dozens of homes with an angry surge. Today, new homes have been built and others are under construction. There are still slabs and "for sale" signs, but folks who've built back are optimistic. more >>
Putrid. Cheesy. Fishy. These aren't exactly smells you want under your nose. However, a workshop sponsored by the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant used these smells to teach seafood processors how to detect oil in their products. more >>
The search for justice is on hold for the family of a Biloxi murder victim. The trial of John Paul Necaise came to a shocking end after Necaise tried to commit suicide Thursday. Necaise is charged with capital murder in the 2008 kidnapping and stabbing death of Frank Roberts. more >>
Officials, organizations and businesses from Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi are forming a new economic development coalition for the Gulf Coast. Dubbed "Ready 4 Takeoff," the coalition is calling for federal government purchases of seafood for the military, schools and other agencies to help the Gulf seafood industry recover from the BP oil spill. more >>
By STEPHANIE NANO Associated Press Writer Two large Iowa farms have recalled 550 million eggs because of possible contamination with salmonella. Investigators from the Food and Drug Administration are... more >>
The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the conviction of a Jackson County man sentenced in 2009 to two consecutive life sentences plus 75 years in prison for sexual battery against two children. more >>
A Seabee wife deals with her husband's deployment while also facing breast cancer and the loss of her home to hurricane Katrina. Jeff Lawson reports. more >>
Bombers and torpedo planes will be the stars of the latest expansion of the National World War II Museum, and visitors will be able to get close-up views of the war planes on elevated catwalks. more >>
A coastal protection project that came about after Katrina but delayed by the Gulf oil spill, is finally underway. This week, workers are planting hundreds of thousands of plants along the beaches of Harrison County. The dune vegetation is part of a federal program. As Trang Pham-Bui reports, the plants are supposed to protect our shorelines from future storms and curb erosion. more >>
The code office in the City of Long Beach has been busy issuing permits, so the rebuilding effort can continue. Today, about 15,500 people call the City of Long Beach home. When Hurricane Katrina hit almost five years ago, about 17,500 people made up what's known as the Friendly City. more >>
Volunteers from Habitat for Humanity are at it again this week. The timing couldn't be better with the fifth anniversary of Katrina just a few days away. The storm destroyed thousands of homes on the coast, so Habitat is needed now more than ever. Doug Walker visited the latest build site in Pascagoula and has the story. more >>
Before Hurricane Katrina, 6,500 people called Pass Christian home. Five years later, 4,500 people are at home in the Pass. 1,800 homes were destroyed or severely damaged during the storm. Today, 1,500 homes have been repaired or rebuilt. more >>
Five years after Hurricane Katrina, much of Mississippi's recovery initiatives in housing, infrastructure systems and emergency communications, have been successful according to an annual progress report released Thursday by Gov. Haley Barbour. more >>
Former Bay St. Louis Eddie Favre became a bit of a folk hero after Hurricane Katrina wiped out the town where he was born and raise. Mayor for 16 years when the storm hit, Favre was left with just the shirt on his back, flip flops and shorts. more >>
I'm spending three days in New Orleans this week to discuss ongoing and future news coverage of the oil spill. I was among 20 journalists chosen to take part in a seminar sponsored by the Poynter Institute: "The Gulf Oil Disaster: Covering What Comes Next." I'm hoping to learn more and better ways to report on the variety of issues surrounding the oil crisis. more >>
You've probably heard the saying "turning trash into treasure" but this Alabama teen is taking it to a whole new level. 18-year old Jessica Boykin is turning tar balls into jewelry. more >>
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PressRegister: The count of Alabamians treated for health complaints they attribute to the spill stands at 205. #oilspill #BPoilspill http://ow.ly/2zhnx more >>
PressRegister: State police say #alcohol appears to have been a factor in a Thursday night accident that killed a Mobile County man. http://ow.ly/2zcT7 more >>
PressRegister: Police say a Mobile man faked a carjacking to try to get his mother's car back after he loaned it and it wasn't returned. http://ow.ly/2zc6e more >>
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The state park service has bought land and is moving forward with building a shooting range in South Mississippi — despite opposition from neighbors, one of whom is considering a legal challenge. more >>
Attorney Kenneth Feinberg told the Sun Herald on Thursday his claims operation had paid $60 million for losses the BP oil disaster caused, but only half that amount was administered through his Gulf Coast Claims Facility, with the rest paid to real estate professionals through a separate process he also oversees. more >>
Students in the Catholic Diocese of Biloxi consistently score higher, usually much higher, than the rest of the country on the standardized tests they take each year. But for Superintendent Mike Ladner, it’s not good enough. more >>
Jacksonville State coach Jack Crowe told Alabama reporters all along that he expected to see Jeremiah Masoli on the field for his team’s opening game against Ole Miss. more >>
BP PLC was on Saturday slowly raising the 300-ton blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, careful not to damage or drop a key piece of evidence in the spill investigation. more >>
The remnants of Hurricane Earl dumped wind-driven rain on Cape Cod's gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages Friday night, but its close brush with the Northeast was less intense than feared only hours earlier. more >>
ATLANTA — The opening scene was too familiar. Black smoke rising from a burning oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico and workers plucked from the sea. But Thursday’s fire on an oil-production rig 100 miles off the Louisiana coast appears to have ended without disaster. more >>
A judicial watchdog agency has recommended the state Supreme Court suspend Stone County Justice Court Judge Teresa Brown Dearman and order a public reprimand for acts of judicial misconduct. more >>
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Chris Johnson wore a visor and T-shirt and stayed busy as Tennessee’s top cheerleader. Drew Brees and Reggie Bush dressed in their New Orleans uniforms, though they stayed on the sideline all night long. more >>
BUXTON, N.C. — The last ferry left for the mainland and coastal residents hunkered down at home as Hurricane Earl closed in with 105 mph winds Thursday on North Carolina’s dangerously exposed Outer Banks, the first and perhaps most destructive stop on the storm’s projected journey up the Eastern Seaboard. more >>
Unlike the blast that led to the massive BP spill, the latest oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico killed no one and sent no crude gushing into the water. more >>
Hurricane Earl scooted past the North Carolina Outer Banks in the dark of night, leaving residents and officials waiting for daybreak to see how much damage the storm's winds and waves could do. more >>
PASS CHRISTIAN — Officials from the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources took oyster fishermen out on the reefs off the Pass Christian Harbor on Wednesday to give them a preview of what to expect from the upcoming oyster season. more >>
MOSS POINT — Northrop Grumman celebrated the success of its aerospace program Wednesday as it began assembly of the first fuselage for a $10 billion Navy contract. more >>
BILOXI — Two BP employees handed out food to residents in need Wednesday morning, but the mobile pantry that hauled in the groceries is still waiting for a financial contribution from the oil giant. more >>
ATLANTA — Hurricane Earl continued its march toward the coastal United States on Wednesday, prompting people along the Atlantic coast to brace for the powerful storm’s expected impact later this week. more >>
BAY ST. LOUIS — The devastation of Hurricane Katrina is now a distant memory for the hundreds of students here who have spent the five years since the storm going to school in small trailers. more >>
PASCAGOULA — A former Jackson County accounts-payable clerk indicted on eight felony counts of embezzlement is accused of stealing $890,000 from the county over a nine-year period in what State Auditor Stacey Pickering described Tuesday as likely the largest individual embezzlement case in state history. more >>
WASHINGTON — Declaring the combat mission in Iraq over after more than seven years, President Barack Obama also sought to use the milestone Tuesday night to buy patience from voters on the economy, and patience from fellow Democrats on the war in Afghanistan. more >>
