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PASCAGOULA -- Jackson Countians will go to the polls Tuesday on the issue of instituting a 2 percent motel and hotel room tax to pay for promoting tourism in their…Click to Continue »

GULFPORT -- Federal prosecutors have dismissed a public corruption case against former Harrison County Utility Authority Director Kamran Pahlavan, reserving the right to bring future charges.Click to Continue »

Surveillance video posted on social media outlets has led to the arrest of a man suspected of burglarizing at least one St. Martin home, Sheriff Mike Ezell said.Click to Continue »

The state port will have at least until the end of 2019 -- more than 14 years after Hurricane Katrina -- to create jobs promised in exchange for more than…Click to Continue »

BILOXI -- People who witnessed a kidnapping attempt on Rustwood Drive intervened and held Elvin Timothy Holley until police arrived, Detective Steve Schlicht said.Click to Continue »

Retirees want administrators, county leaders to give up 12 percent of their salaries…Click to Continue »

GULFPORT -- A Georgia doctor has pleaded guilty to federal charges that accused him of running a prescription pill ring in Harrison County and elsewhere.Click to Continue »

It probably wasn't against the law for a man to openly carry a shotgun or rifle in two Gulfport stores Sunday.Click to Continue »

GULFPORT -- Investigators are checking surveillance footage at two grocery stores after receiving complaints of a man carrying a gun.Click to Continue »

A Biloxi woman is accused of pouring hot cooking oil on her boyfriend on Sunday.Click to Continue »