Usually the last day of school for summer vacation is a celebration for students, but at Gaston Point Elementary in Gulfport, Friday was somber for staff members because it was the last day forever.
In issuing a preliminary injunction, Judge Carlton Reeves said the law “threatens immediate harm to women’s rights, especially considering most women do not seek abortions services until after six weeks.”
A number of residents of the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Gulfport have a better understanding of the mission of the Combat Readiness Training Center and the work done by the Air National Guard.
Darryl Wayne Griffin, Sr., 55, of Carriere was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 87 months in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for accessing with intent to view visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
Attorney generals from across America are urging the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) to automatically forgive the student loans of veterans who became totally and permanently disabled while in service to our country.
The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood are asking a federal judge to block an Alabama law banning nearly all abortions across the state.
With an extra day off this weekend for most consumers, retailers are offering plenty of sales. According to BlackFriday.com, Memorial Day is a particularly good weekend for mattresses, appliances and furniture.
The White House Hotel hosted a fundraiser Thursday night to support the family of Biloxi Police Officer Robert McKeithen, who was shot and killed earlier this month.
An increase in violence means every day citizens could find themselves at crime scenes. The City of Jackson is working with a community group and doctors at the University of Mississippi Medical Center to provide trauma training.
Alison Spann calls the early release of John Walker Lindh "a slap in the face - not only to my father and my family, but for every person killed on Sept. 11th..."
Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast awarded an $18.9 million construction contract for the design and construction of an Expeditionary Combat Skills student berthing at Naval Construction Battalion Center in Gulfport.
Twelve first responders lost their lives in the line of duty in Mississippi and our neighboring states. This week, more than 40 men and women are riding in their memory.
The old Bay St. Louis train depot serves as the centerpiece for what is known as the Depot District. A row of retail spaces has fallen into disrepair and been abandoned in recent years, but a new beginning is in the air.
In a specially called meeting on Thursday, the Gulfport City Council approved a change directive that lifts the temporary suspension of work and gives contractor Jay Bearden Construction guidelines on how to fix the problems.
Sheriff Mike Ezell said 19-year-old Devin Von Musterman of Gulfport was arrested on three charges of aggravated assault, use of a deadly weapon causing serious bodily harm.
Gulfport Police Chief Leonard Papania said he didn’t want the alligator to cause a crash. What happened when he tried to prevent that from happening can only be described as internet gold.
With a forecast for additional rises along the Lower Mississippi River during the next two weeks, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is now anticipating the opening of the Morganza Spillway to accommodate the excess water.
Researchers working in the murky waters of the northern Gulf Coast have located the wreck of the last ship known to bring enslaved people from Africa to the United States, historical officials said Wednesday.
Oxford Police Officer Matthew Kinne is accused of shooting and killing Dominique Clayton, a woman with whom he had a relationship, according to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation.
There were dozens of bicycles riding in the parking lot at Cedar Lake Christian Academy Wednesday, but it wasn’t a race. It was a fundraiser for the United MSD Foundation.
When thieves stole school supplies from Woolmarket Elementary, including several ukuleles a couple of weeks ago, the teacher and her students were devastated.
One of South Mississippi’s biggest tourist attractions is gearing up for the Memorial Day holiday weekend. About 700,000 people visit Flint Creek Water Park in Stone County every year.
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says he’s concerned about the environmental impact of the Bonnet Carre’ Spillway opening. And he’s asking to meet with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to gather more information on how it affects Mississippi.
The Biloxi City Council unanimously voted to coordinate with CSX and the Mississippi Department of Transportation to begin the process of closing the railroad crossings at Nixon Street and Delauney Street.
A Devin Booker line of Nike Air Force 1 shoes will be available beginning June 8 and will feature a nod to Booker’s origins with a tongue that reads “Made in Moss Point.”
Detectives with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office and troopers from Louisiana State Police concluded a lengthy investigation Wednesday (May 22) with numerous search warrants and arrests being made related to a drug trafficking organization based out of Slidell.
We hope you are counted among the safe. We also hope you are also counted among those taking a moment to pause and honor our fallen troops this Memorial Day weekend.
More than one in four Mississippi third graders didn't pass a toughened reading test on the first try this spring, leaving it in question as to whether they will advance on time to the fourth grade next fall
Administrators at Ohio State University should release the names of all coaches, trainers and personnel who knew of but failed to act on complaints about a now-dead team doctor who sexually abused male students for nearly two decades, said attorneys for some of the victims.
Interim Chief Jeff McCutchen told media Tuesday that early in the investigation it was discovered that Kinne was in a relationship with the victim, Dominique Lashelle Clayton.
A Biloxi man is charged with murder after his girlfriend was assaulted and killed Monday night. Gary Wayne Wallace, 37, is being held on a million dollars bond.
Season 3 of the show will take place in the summer of 1985, when Coca-Cola changed its formula for Coke. New Coke was considered one of the biggest marketing blunders of all time.
