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The Coast Guard is responding to a oil rig fire south of Grand Isle. A worker near the scene told WLOX News that the rig is on fire and people are in the water. The rig, Vermilion Bay 380, is owned by Houston-based Mariner Energy.
GMM Live Interview: It's moving day for Pass Christian Police. After five years of working in cramped trailers, officers are moving into their brand new headquarters this week. Meggan Gray was live from Pass Christian this morning, to show off the new and improved police department. She spoke with Pass Christian Mayor Chipper McDermott.
GMM live interview: Meggan Gray shows us a behind the scenes look at Pass Christian's new police department. She also spoke with Chief John Dubuisson.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A private residence in Gulfport has been transformed into a unique hotel property. The Almanett Guest House is a hotel and event facility.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A former Pascagoula court clerk turned herself into Sheriff's deputies in Jackson County after being indicted on three counts of embezzlement.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
For the last 2 years, Dalton Lumpkin and his wife have called site number 63 at Little Black Creek Waterpark home.
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.
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.
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...
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.
GMM Interview: Meggan Gray spoke with Hannah Bell of the United Way of South MS about how they help the community.
GMM Interview: Meggan Gray spoke with Director of De L'epee Deaf Center, Greg Crapo, about what United Way does to help the deaf center and what this center offers. She also spoke with Peter Stephens from the Catholic Social Services about the De L'epee food pantry.
A Hathaway man recently came across something we see everyday...a utility pole - but this utility poll appeared to him differently than most.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A pistol-packing 69-year-old woman in northern Alabama believes intruders will think twice before messing with her again. Police said Ethel Jones shot an 18-year-old man in the stomach when she found him inside her bedroom...
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...
By NANCY ARMOUR AP National Writer They sail solo around the world, climb the highest mountains and race around ovals at breakneck speeds.
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.
USM announced plans to cope with an expected $15 million budget shortfall next year, a plan that includes faculty layoffs and program closures. At USM Gulf Park, six teaching positions and five degree programs are slated to either be eliminated or consolidated to Hattiesburg. Trang Pham-Bui talked to several USM students as news of the budget cuts came down Monday.
The pilot suffered facial injuries and the passenger walked away unscathed after a small plane crashed into a field Monday. The FAA will investigate what caused the craft to go down and end up on its roof.
Scientists who discovered a gene mutation that causes a fatal neurodegenerative disease in American Staffordshire (Pit Bull) terriers say the same gene may also be linked to a similar, rare fatal brain disease in humans.
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If you are thinking about filing a claim or lawsuit against BP, here's some free advice from trial attorney Joe Sam Owen of Gulfport. He wants everyone to know that this falls under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. That means there's a three year statute of limitations.
Some Moss Point students are using their time and talents to help their neighbors in need. The good deed is part of a new post Katrina rebuilding program sponsored by International Relief and Development. The non-profit organization has helped more than 3,000 people rebuild since the storm.
The pregnant woman shot a school bus stop last Friday has been upgraded to good condition at UMC.
Authorities took three children out a home in Saucier Sunday night after finding meth precursors there. Harrison County deputies also arrested two people after responding to a complaint of meth being made at the home one Early Wind Drive.
Mississippi First Lady Marsha Barbour was all smiles Monday as she hand-released four Kemp's Ridley turtles into the waters of the Mississippi Sound. The turtles were rescued and rehabilitated at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport. IMMS has taken in some 40 turtles since the oil spill began. These are the first to be returned to Mississippi waters.
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