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Two people found dead at Biloxi bus stop
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Biloxi police are investigating after two people were found dead at the Rue Magnolia bus stop Friday morning, located in the 800 block of Beach Boulevard. Biloxi police said a patrol officer was in the area around 6:18 a.m. and noticed a man and woman in...
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.
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 […]
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...
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...
Pass Christian Pirates Claim Region 4-4A Track Title
The Pass Christian Pirates scored 187 points to claim the Region 4-4A track and field boys title while the Lady Pirates accu- mulated 122 points to finish second behind champion Columbia High School. The Pirates were led by event winners Landon Laphand (400m, 50.14), Talan Lindmark (800m, 2:05.41), Edoardo Gherardelli...
Police arrest Gulfport shooting suspect
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - Gulfport Police arrested 23-year-old Jose Ramos and charged him with one count of aggravated assault on Tuesday. Police were called to the 1900 block of 18th Avenue around 8:27 p.m. Officers then found one man suffering from a gunshot wound, and he was then taken to...
Picayune man pleads guilty to possession with intent to distribute 13 grams of fentanyl, officials say
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - A Picayune man pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 13 grams of fentanyl. Brandon Lamont Myers, 41, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court in Gulfport. According to court records, on August 14, 2023, law enforcement officers obtained a search warrant for Myers’ residence...
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