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Motorists urged to avoid Highway 90 east of Highway 49 due to heavy sand accumulation
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - The Gulfport Police Department is urging all motorists to avoid using Highway 90 east of Highway 49 due to significant sand accumulation on the roadway. This issue, caused by extremely windy conditions along the beachfront, necessitates a closure for safety and to allow MDOT to clear the area.
Parents charged in Mississippi baby’s death
The parents of a Mississippi baby have been arrested in connection with the 4-month old’s death. Police in Gulfport have arrested Angel Ja’Nai Williams, 24, and Denilson Marcus Elligson, 27. Elligson has been charged with one count of capital murder and Williams has been charged with one count...
Human remains found in Lincoln County identified
LINCOLN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – The human remains found in Lincoln County in November 2023 have been identified. The Daily Leader reported the Mississippi State Crime Lab determined the remains were of 30-year-old Tyler Advani, a missing Harrison County man. Authorities said Advani was last reported to be in Brookhaven in August 2023. Lincoln County […]
Outreach on the Beach draws in thousands with Christian music, addiction recovery resources
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - Hands waving in the air was a sight that performers were greeted with as they played their favorite Christian songs on Saturday at Jones Park. To organizers like Josh Hutchinson, it’s more than another Christian music festival. “There’s resource booths from across the country and...
Shrimp Season to Close West of Gulfport Channel
Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) announced Friday, April 26, 2024 that beginning Wednesday, May 1, 2024, all waters south of the Intracoastal Waterway and west of the Gulfport Ship Channel in Mississippi territorial waters are closed to shrimping. The annual closure takes effect at 12:01 a.m.
Shrimping to close in some Mississippi waterways: MDMR
BILOXI, Miss. (WKRG) — It is almost the end of the shrimping season in the waters north of the Intercoastal Waterway and west of the Gulfport Ship Channel in Mississippi territorial waters, according to a release. The annual closure is set to happen at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, May 1. “Mississippi territorial waters south of […]
Food trucks, vendors flood streets of Downtown Wiggins for annual Pine Hills Festival
WIGGINS, Miss. (WLOX) - Food trucks and vendors are set to fill the streets of downtown Wiggins as festivalgoers prepare for the annual Pine Hill Festival, a time that the Stone County Economic Development Partnership director Layla Essary says will help to bring economic attention to both Stone County and Wiggins.
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