John Fitzhugh has documented South Mississippi for over 31 years as a photojournalist at the Sun Herald newspaper. He is a graduate of the University of Florida with a degree in journalism.
He is a native of Jackson, Mississippi. He is married with three daughters and two dogs. He is a big soccer fan and loves the Saints.
Some people just have a need to help, no matter how silly they may look. State Representative Greg Haney needed to keep up his tradition of dressing like a turkey and bringing a smile to people’s faces.
One of the fires in the woods fire off of Palmer Creek Drive began when someone was burning trash and the fire got out of control, said Harrison County Fire Chief Pat Sullivan.
FEMA and MEMA officials were out assessing damages Thursday, so that the county and its residents can recover at least some of the costs of cleaning up.
Trees, roofs, damages, and problems, that’s the standard story after Hurricane Zeta. But, Popps Ferry Sales and Service is on the list of businesses that suffered major damage from the storm.
Hurricane Zeta dropped a lot of trees across the coast, but in Gulfport, it dropped a bomb at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Arkansas Avenue.
The country is on pins and needles watching the vote count for the presidential election drag on for days, with the margin of victory, whichever way it goes, guaranteed to be razor thin.
The busy hurricane season across the Gulf Coast has led to a shortage of volunteers to help with recovery. South Mississippi residents have pitched in to help their neighbors to the east and west this hurricane season.
Hundreds of families lined up today for a food distribution program in Lucedale. The federal program handed out boxes with meat, vegetables, cheese and milk.
The Mississippi Legislature voted in June to remove the old state flag that included an image of the Confederate battle flag.A significant portion of support for changing the flag came from the state’s business leaders.
A program at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College George County Center has been training linemen for 21 years, making sure there is never a shortage.
The USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box program was supposed to continue through Oct. 31. Instead, the last boxes were distributed on the Coast in August.
Cruisin' the Coast jump starts South Mississippi’s economic engine every year, and in a year when the coronavirus pandemic has hurt businesses so bad, this week has been a welcome boost.
Amy Delcambre's husband, Air Force Reserve Tech Sgt. Sean Delcambre died in August 2019 from cancer, a cancer she believes was caused by exposure to hexavalent chromium during the time he worked at Keesler’s 403rd Maintenance Wing.
A man described a scene of chaos inside Level Nightclub on Sunday morning. The man, one of three victims of a shooting in Biloxi, spoke to WLOX after being released from the hospital on Monday.
