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  • Section of Gulfport beach closed

    November 15, 2012 8:21 AM

    GULFPORT, Miss. - The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has issued a precautionary beach closure for a section of beach in Gulfport. The closure announced Wednesday stretches from Teagarden Road on the west to the old Veterans Administration property on the east. The department said the precautionary closure... more »
  • Isaac floods highways, some homes in south Miss.

    August 29, 2012 12:46 PM

    GULFPORT, Miss.- Hurricane Isaac dropped heavy rains on parts of south Mississippi Wednesday, flooding some homes and highways in low-lying areas. On the 7th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, however, some Gulf Coast residents say they're underwhelmed by the current storm. Schools and many businesses closed, and Mississippi's three coastal counties... more »
  • Report shows challenges for Miss. port

    August 7, 2012 10:56 AM

    GULFPORT, Miss. - A report says the Port of Gulfport faces numerous challenges as it tries to capitalize on $570 million in federal money it was given after Hurricane Katrina. A report dated July 30 says the 36-foot channel depth limits the vessels that can use the port. Other challenges... more »
  • Gulfport man gets 12.5 years for oil spill fraud

    June 7, 2012 5:09 PM

    GULFPORT, Miss. - A Gulfport man, identified as the mastermind of a family scheme to illegally obtain about $100,000 in oil spill recovery money, has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison. The Sun Herald reports U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden sentenced 50-year-old Bobby Earl Keys to 12½... more »
  • Casinos raise questions on offshore drilling

    February 10, 2012 8:37 AM

    GULFPORT, Miss.- Mississippi casino operators say they trust state leaders that exploration and drilling would be low-key for natural gas and out of sight of most of the mainland. However, the operators say in a letter to the Mississippi Development Authority, that they don't want tourist areas overrun by industrial... more »
  • Police: Gulfport man killed in shooting was murder suspect

    October 30, 2011 5:50 PM

    GULFPORT, MS- Gulfport police say a 26-year-old man who died from a gunshot wound in the head Sunday was out on bond charged with murder in another case. Police Chief Alan Weatherford says officers responding to a call of shots fired found Darcel Marquis Anderson about 3:15 a.m. ... more »
  • 3 found dead in Gulfport mobile home

    August 31, 2011 12:54 PM

    GULFPORT, Miss. - Gulfport police are investigating the deaths of three people found slain in a mobile home park. Harrison County Coroner released the names of the victims Wednesday - Gloria Morgan, 48, her son, Clarence Payton, 28, and family friend Charles Durr, 63, all of Gulfport. Hargrove... more »
  • Ex-mayor sheds shorts 5 years after Katrina vow

    February 2, 2011 1:07 PM

    GULFPORT, Miss. - There was a time when not even the president of the United States could get Eddie Favre to wear pants. Favre lost everything but the clothes he was wearing - which included Bermuda shorts - when Hurricane Katrina flattened Mississippi's Gulf Coast in 2005. He... more »
  • Judge sentences man in child porn, snakes case

    December 22, 2010 10:43 AM

    GULFPORT, Miss. - A federal judge in Mississippi has sentenced a man to 30 years in prison on charges of coercing an underage girl to pose for child pornography with poisonous snakes. John Joseph Maillet pleaded guilty in September to one count of production of child pornography. He was sentenced... more »
  • Prodigal cat returned home five years after Katrina

    December 8, 2010 12:39 PM

    BILOXI, Miss. - Five years after wandering away in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath, a gray and white cat named Scrub has been reunited with his Mississippi family. The Humane Society of South Mississippi says Scrub was identified by an implanted microchip. The 7-year-old cat was brought to the shelter... more »
  • Feds arrest man wanted for kidnapping

    November 14, 2010 3:20 PM

    Federal agents arrested a man from Louisiana, wanted in connection with the kidnapping of a girl from Las Vegas. She was found murdered in north Louisiana last month. Authorities arrested 53 year old Thomas Sanders in Gulfport, Mississippi this morning. Sanders was being sought on federal kidnapping charges... more »
  • Police: La. man confesses to Miss. bank holdup

    October 13, 2010 6:56 AM

    Gulfport police say a Louisiana man walked into the Harrison County Adult Detention Center and confessed to a 2005 bank robbery. According to police, Dale Evans Mott of Jennings, La., said he turned himself in because of the guilt. Police had been unable to solve the Feb. 10, 2005, holdup... more »
  • Dead fish floated ashore at Gulfport

    July 20, 2010 2:46 PM

    Marine biologists are trying to determine what caused the death of hundreds of thousands of Gulf menhaden that washed ashore Monday in Gulfport near Jones Park. Officials from the Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Marine Resources took samples of the fish to determine the cause of... more »
  • Inmate worker death under investigation

    June 10, 2010 1:01 PM

    Gulfport police were investigating Thursday the death of a state inmate during a mowing accident. Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove says the man was working for a city beautification crew and workers had to bring in a machine to lift the mower off the inmate. The inmate's name... more »
  • No oil found on 29 dead turtles in Gulf of Mexico

    May 4, 2010 9:12 AM

    The head of an organization that cares for sick marine life is saying that oil has not been found on 29 dead turtles that washed up on Mississippi beaches. The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport says necropsies had been completed on the turtles and found no oil. Experts... more »
  • Navy sending equipment to help in oil spill cleanup

    April 29, 2010 12:49 PM

    The Navy is sending equipment to help clean up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and Navy bases are being used as staging areas for the operation. And that's just probably the beginning of a larger Pentagon effort to deal with the environmental disaster. Navy spokesman... more »
  • Woman pleads guilty to Katrina fraud

    April 5, 2010 3:19 PM

    Authorities say a woman has pleaded guilty to defrauding the Federal Emergency Management Agency of $26,000 in Hurricane Katrina money. A news release from the U.S. attorney's office said Mary Hardy, also known as Mary Allen, submitted false documents to FEMA regarding residency in Gulfport, Miss. The release... more »
  • Former LSU, NBA star playing basketball in Japan

    April 2, 2010 1:11 PM

    Two important things haven't changed for Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf in the 14 years since he set off a firestorm of criticism by refusing to stand for the national anthem before NBA games. He's still a devout Muslim and playing basketball. Abdul-Rauf is now in Japan, the latest stop of... more »
  • Mississippi Seabees waiting to go to Haiti

    January 19, 2010 10:51 AM

    85 Seabees and their heavy equipment from Mobile Construction Battalion 7 in Gulfport, Mississippi await an airlift to Haiti, where they are expected to spend about six months helping to remove debris, clear streets and make roadways usable. Initial reports said the Seabees might fly out of Gulfport Saturday.... more »
  • Mississippi business fined

    October 5, 2009 9:33 AM

    A Gulfport, Mississippi business was hit with a $125,000 fine for failing to comply with the city's fire code. It may be the largest fine in the Gulfport history. Kevin Lock of General Lumber and Millworks says he's struggling to get by, after a city judge ordered him to... more »

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