Jonathan Brannan
News Reporter
Biloxi, MS
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Jonathan Brannan is from the small town of Petal, MS and he has a passion for delivering the latest news to the community. He graduated from Petal High School in 2008 and studied broadcast journalism at the University of Southern Mississippi.
When he's not reporting, Jonathan is on stage and screen non-stop. He first appeared in the musical Oz! as the Tin Woodsman when he was 14, and hasn't looked back since. He has held a lead role in over 15 musical theatre performances in the South, including Gaston in Beauty and the Beast, Rolf in The Sound of Music, Larry in the Sondheim musical Company, and many others.
Jonathan even appeared in the Universal Pictures film, Pitch Perfect, as one of the opening Treblemakers, and continues to appear in films and commercials across the Southeast. He also has a steady singing career, as he performs regularly with jazz combos and big bands in weddings and other events all throughout the country.
He is thrilled to join his co-worker, and friend, Karen Abernathy, singing in the Coast Big Band.
Jonathan's wife, Alyssa, is an engineer for Chevron and the couple has a daughter who you can spot occasionally stealing the spotlight on JB's social media accounts.
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A morning drive turned deadly on Highway 53 in Harrison County near Lizana School Road.
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It was pretty quiet around the Pass Christian Harbor five days after the oyster season was originally scheduled to begin for the 2018-2019 season. Now, that start has been delayed because of rain, and there’s no telling when it could open.
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Thousands of students were getting an idea of what their future could hold in Biloxi at the sixth annual Pathways to Possibilities career fair.
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A ceremony on the Coast was used to shed light on a monumental day in world history 100 years ago. Those holding this ceremony at the Naval Construction Battalion Center wanted to make sure to keep the memory of the event alive, even a century removed from it.
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There was a special celebration in Saint Martin Monday honoring the men and women who served our country. Students at the high school were invited to bring a military hero in their life to class.
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Tucked deep in the back of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Jackson County campus in Gautier, you’ll find the Estuarine Education Center, 40 acres of nature that’s begging for you to explore it.
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At Ocean Springs High, students thanked servicemen and women a few days early.
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D’Iberville city employees left early Friday morning headed to Springfield, FL, to bring some much-needed relief to the hurricane-stricken area.
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A long line of storm damage in Jackson County left a big mess to clean up Thursday morning. Once the storm cleared the area, it didn’t take long to start seeing what it left behind in Escatawpa.
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Students in Ocean Springs got to enjoy a little Halloween fun in the middle of the school day Wednesday.
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Pascagoula city officials took action to cut off water and sewer service to four apartment complexes in town due to $81,000 in unpaid utilities.
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The fight to find a cure for a rare disease is getting closer to the finish line, and it's all stemming from one family in South Mississippi.
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Waveland resident CeCe Collins is concerned about the presence of snakes near her residence a Cambridge Cottages.
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A huge relief group from cities across South Mississippi left Monday morning heading to Florida. The caravan left from Gulfport sending help and supplies to those affected by Hurricane Michael.
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Master shipbuilder Larry Putnam has spent more than 40 years working at Ingalls Shipbuilding, and like other long-time employees, his is a story of hard work and dedication that spans decades.
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The legacy that Ingalls Shipbuilding leaves on the community is expanding its reach into coast high schools. The Shipbuilder Academy started three years ago, and its enrollment gets bigger each year.
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The long road to recovery after Hurricane Michael is just beginning in Florida, and folks here in south Mississippi are hoping to help with that. Wednesday morning, a group of about a dozen employees with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department loaded up and headed out to Port Saint Joe, Florida.
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The Harrison County School District (HCSD) pushed out a response saying they wanted to “clarify misleading issues raised in certain recent press reports and by reported statements by officials of the cities of Gulfport and Biloxi”.
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South Mississippi is hosting a group of veterans from around the region this weekend.
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Even though this is Jake Galle’s first full year at Resurrection Catholic High School, it didn’t take him long to fit right in on the football team, or in class.
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As you may know, this is WLOX’s second year to host Gulf Coast Idol. One of last year's winners sat down with Jonathan Brannan to discuss her experience.
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Cait Chandler is making a big splash both in the pool and the classroom. The senior at Vancleave High School is a championship swimmer and sixth in her class. How does she do it? She counts her blessings, and stays humble.
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Mike and Brenda say they have met a handful of other couples who have built houses on the Gulf Coast after visiting for Cruisin'. Now, they get to cruise year round.
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Three days, six courses, and more than 1000 golfers; The Slavic Invitational golf tournament is a huge tradition that tees off right here in south Mississippi.
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The Ocean Springs School District is looking to tap into the community’s potential to provide more educators by partnering with William Carey University for an alternate route to earning a teaching license.
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Big improvements are underway at some of Hancock County's industrial sites. Leaders in the county are hoping this gets them back to pre-Katrina business levels.
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More than a thousand women from all over the country attended the Success Women's Conference Friday.
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Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico one year ago. One woman’s connection to a Mississippi company gave her the opportunity to help her hometown on the island after the storm.
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Culinary students from Gulfport High School put what they’ve learned into practice in a real world scenario.
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A group of dedicated ladies in Moss Point celebrated their hard work in a special ceremony.
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Leaders in Pascagoula are working to help combat homelessness.
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City workers in Gulfport rolled up their sleeves and got to work Friday morning in an effort to beautify the city’s parks.
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When disaster strikes, south Mississippians step up. That’s the case as Hurricane Florence rushes ashore on the East Coast.
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A big event is being planned to raise money for the Mississippi Aquarium in Gulfport.
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Fire investigators in Jackson County are still trying to figure out what started an early morning fire at a vacant industrial site.
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Students at Southern Miss' Gulf Park Campus are settling into new dorm rooms as the fall semester gets underway. It's the first student housing the Coast branch of the university has ever had.
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City and county leaders are hoping that a new program will help eco-tourism find its full potential in our state.
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Director of County Emergency Services Earl Etheridge held a briefing inside the emergency operations center before sending crews out to survey Jackson County.
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One of the largest moonshine busts in the Magnolia State in many years happened on Tuesday in Hancock County.
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A new way to shop and help support those in need is now available in Jackson County.
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The gates are open and the public is finally invited to explore the Popps Ferry Causeway Park in Biloxi. It has essentially been decades in the making for the city, ever since the first piece of land was purchased there by the city in the 80s.
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Right now, a big step forward for one coast family in the fight against a rare disease. Five-year-old Willow has been living with Multiple Sulfatase Deficiency for about two years.
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People in South Mississippi remembered the devastation that happened 13 years ago during Hurricane Katrina.
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Biloxi's plan to replace the 40-year-old Popps Ferry drawbridge is a project that may take many years to kick off.
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If you ask those in the gaming industry, like the Silver Slipper's general manager John Ferrucci, he'll tell you that the wording of the lottery bill isn't conducive to working with casinos.
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Concerns are being voiced about the Port of Gulfport using a contaminated site for future construction.
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The Biloxi School District's former Police Chief Paul Cannette pleaded guilty to embezzlement Tuesday morning.
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A popular restaurant chain is doing its part to give back to the community. You might know Olive Garden for its yummy warm meals, but there's something you may not know about the restaurant that may warm your heart.
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The family-friendly entertainment destination has rolled out a new virtual reality game, adding to its already expansive and tech-savvy arcade.
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