Here’s your Mississippi Weekend: pumkin patches, Halloween festivals and photo competitions
The Merry Christmas tree farm in Nesbit is open for business, but wait, not for Christmas trees, but for pumpkins! The farm has a pumpkin...
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Cleanup efforts continue on Gulf Coast roads
by Sarah Ulmer
The Mississippi Department of Transportation said cleanup and recovery efforts continue on the Gulf Coast following the wake of Hurricane Nate. ...
Re-nourishment of Cat Island to finish in October
by Sarah Ulmer
With high-tech equipment pumping up to 50,000 cubic yards of sand per day from a shoal area in the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Corps...
Mississippi Aquarium to bring jobs to the coast, announces exhibits
by Alex Paton
The Mississippi Aquarium is currently being built and plans are already underway for exhibits. Visitors will get to see animals unique to the Gulf, a...
Giant Crocodile donated to local museum
by Sarah Ulmer
An 8,000 pound model crocodile was donated to the Mississippi Coast Model Railroad Museum....
RESTORE Act approves three projects for Gulf Coast
by Sarah Ulmer
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) announced that the Mississippi Initial State Expenditure Plan was approved by the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (RESTORE...
Bicentennial celebrations begin on the coast
by Chad Dixon
With music, food and hopefully a big group of people, swaying and singing happy-birthday, this weekend appears to mark the beginning of bicentennial celebrations around...
The Band Perry kicking off Mississippi Bicentennial concert
by Sarah Ulmer
GRAMMY Award winning band, and Mississippi natives The Band Perry will be coming home to kick off the Governor’s Concert for the Mississippi Bicentennial Celebration...
BP bill sets sights on distribution of funds
by Sarah Ulmer
JACKSON- Senator Brice Wiggins has filled a bill that proposes a process for distributing funds from the BP/Deepwater Horizon settlement. ...
Part of Cat Island now owned by Mississippi
by Sarah Ulmer
GULFPORT, Miss.- In a press conference today Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann announced that Mississippi had purchased 492 acres of Cat Island, previously owned by...