Ocean Springs
CRIME & SAFETY
Authorities respond to mental health crisis on Bay Bridge
Multiple agencies responded to the Bay St. Louis Bridge last Tuesday evening after a woman began experiencing what police officers called a “mental health crisis,” stopping traffic in the westbound lane for a couple of hours. “At about 7:35 p.m. on Tuesday, we received a call from dispatch...
Train hits 18-wheeler in Gulfport, blocking several railroad crossings
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - Gulfport Police said a train struck an 18-wheeler’s trailer Thursday after it became stuck on the tracks at the rail crossing at 33rd Avenue and West Railroad Street. The crash happened Thursday morning around 7:30. The train was heading east when it collided with the...
4 sentenced in federal drug conspiracy case
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Four members of a federal drug conspiracy have been sentenced in federal court in Mobile, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Alabama announced this week. Otis Sanders Jr. and Maurice Marcell Carter, both of Moss Point, Miss., Richard Dewise of Grand Bay,...
Gulfport Police Officer appointed president of the FBI National Academy Associates
QUANTICO, Va. (WLOX) - On Tuesday, the FBI National Academy Associates, Inc. National Board announced Craig Petersen as the association’s next president. The announcement happened during Petersen’s swearing-in ceremony at the FBINAA 60th Annual National Training Conference in Kansas City, Missouri. Petersen served as Deputy Chief of Police...
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