Truck pushed car into path of tractor-trailer
MOSS POINT — Police on Wednesday released more details as they pieced together what happened in a four-vehicle wreck that killed an Alabama couple on Interstate 10 on Tuesday.
Man sentenced to 20 years in wife’s killing
PASCAGOULA — Thomas Carr, 68, will spend the next 20 years in prison for stabbing his wife to death at their Parker Road home in St. Martin in 2008.
Landing reenactment crew revealed
OCEAN SPRINGS — The 1699 Historical Society is planning a weekend of festivities for one of the most celebrated voyages of exploration on the Coast.
School district cancels prom after lesbian’s date request
JACKSON — A northern Mississippi school district decided Wednesday not to host a high school prom after a lesbian student demanded she be allowed to attend with her girlfriend and to wear a tuxedo.
Crew: Road work slowed response to fire
Harrison County firefighters said their response to a house fire Wednesday was delayed by 20 to 30 minutes because they were not advised of roads closed for construction on 28th Street.
Roberts honored
BILOXI — Lucimarian Roberts has spent her life helping other people.
PEER demands utility authority records
GULFPORT — A state review committee is demanding certain project records from the Harrison County Utility Authority by Friday or it will subpoena the documents.
JACKSON — Mississippi channels mentally ill children through a lonely cycle of restrictive psychiatric facilities when community-based programs would better serve them, a youth advocacy group said Wednesday in a lawsuit.
Gulfport seeks part-time firefighters
GULFPORT — The city of Gulfport is advertising a part-time firefighter position on its Website to compensate for cutting out overtime for full-time firefighters.