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WATCH: Alligator spotted at Bay St. Louis beach
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (WLOX) - It’s something you don’t see very often- an alligator swimming in the water, feet from the Bay St. Louis beach and beachgoers. A video, uploaded to X by Cory H. Friday afternoon at 1:16 p.m., shows the large gator wading in the water.
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.
Hope Haven ‘Men Who Cook’ event draws huge crowd
In honor of Child Abuse Awareness Month, Hope Haven Children’s Advocacy Center partnered with Riecke and Associates, LLC, to host the first annual Men Who Cook event on Sunday at the Bay St. Louis Muncipal Harbor. “I think it went really well,” Hope Haven Executive Director Jennifer Boehm said...
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 […]
A warm and humid Friday
A ridge of high pressure over the northern Gulf will keep our temperatures high and rain chances low through the weekend. At the surface, our winds will be southeasterly for the next few days which will bring the warmth and moisture from the Gulf of Mexico into SELA, which means higher dew points and increasing cloud cover through Sunday. The winds will be getting stronger through the weekend, expect wind gusts of 25 to 35mph especially Friday through Sunday. For the first week of Jazz Fest and the Zurich Classic, expect partly to mostly cloudy, warm, humid and windy conditions with rain chances at 20% or less.
Bay St. Louis Film Festival kicks off Saturday at 100 Men Hall
Two award-winning feature films presented by the filmmakers will kick off Bay St. Louis’s first independent film festival this Saturday, April 27 at the historic 100 Men Hall. Robert Altman’s Mississippi-filmed comedy COOKIE’S FORTUNE will feature screenwriter Anne Rapp while the documentary ONLY THE YOUNG will be presented by...
West Harrison Sweeps Silver in Region 4-6A Meet
The West Harrison Hurricanes and Long Beach Bearcats made the trip to Pascagoula for the regional championships in track and field this past weekend. The top four finishers in each event quali- fied for the South State championships that will be held tomorrow at Hattiesburg High School at 11 a.m.
Bay Rotary ‘Goes to the Races’
The Rotary Club of Bay St. Louis will host its second annual Kentucky Derby-themed “Rotary Goes to the Races” jazz brunch and fashion show this Friday, April 26, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Bay Community Center. “We have been working our butts off to make this event...
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