Biloxi News

Monday was when most people from the United States observed Memorial Day. In this essay, flight attendant Heather Poole shares a touching story related to her by her friend Art, who gave up his seat in First Class and gave it to a soldier.

Original cast members from the show at the old Red Dog Saloon at the Deer Ranch on DeBuys Road in Biloxi will hold an "Eight Flags Encore Show and Reunion," at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 9, at the Biloxi Community Center, 591 Howard Ave., Biloxi.

Hopes are high that the summer will bring visitors and their money to Mississippi's coastal attractions as Memorial Day weekend kicks off the period of increased tourism.

The Walter Anderson Museum of Art is proud to announce it is expanding its life-long learning programs with a new series of Ceramics Classes with Biloxi artist Paulette Dove.

THE PAUL JERMYN COLLECTIONWar Memorial Bridge, dedicated to the World War I soldiers of Harrison and Jackson counties, opened in 1930 and carried traffic across Biloxi Bay between Ocean Springs and Biloxi until 1962.

Travelers line up to pick up their tickets Thursday at the Southwest Airlines desk inside the Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport terminal in Pearl.

During a visit to our local post office Saturday last, I spoke to the clerk on duty about how the... Pascagoula native Jimmy Buffett came home Tuesday and opened Margaritaville Casino & Restaurant in Biloxi.

He's back. The shark and other Coast kitsch are returning to welcome tourists to Biloxi with a sense of fun that washed away with Hurricane Katrina.

JULIAN BRUNT/SPECIAL TO THE SUN HERALDPfc. Everett Richard of Biloxi was killed during the D-Day invasion almost 68 years ago.

Fans who sweated through the afternoon at Party at the Point were rewarded with a stellar line-up of musicians and a view of the Biloxi Back Bay and Mississippi Sound.

Hopes are high that the summer will bring visitors and their money to Mississippi's coastal attractions as Memorial Day weekend kicks off the period of increased tourism.

JOHN FITZHUGH/SUN HERALD Bryan Colwell, from left, and Vikki Leftwich of Covington and Janet and Dale Stram of Mandeville dance to the Fabulous Thunderbirds at the Party at the Point music festival in Biloxi on Friday.

The jump in revenue came before Margaritaville Casino, the 12th casino in South Mississippi, opened this week.

JOHN FITZHUGH/SUN HERALDThe stairwell at Dennis and Nanette Burke's house on Seal Avenue in Bilox features custom woodwork based on a design Dennis saw in a magazine.

KARA KIMBROUGH/SPECIAL TO THE SUN HERALDShaggy's Black and Green Po-boy is a delicious combination of blackened shrimp, fried green tomatoes and remoulade sauce.

Michael Ray Lewis, 39, of Biloxi, was arrested May 15, 2012, on a charge of grand larceny and a fugitive warrant from Alabama.

Glen Campbell performs with his band at the IP Casino in Biloxi, Ms. on Friday, July 15, 2011.

The City of Biloxi is holding their downtown farmer's market festival today from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. This is the first of five planned farmer's market festivals for Biloxi.

Margaritaville Casino & Restaurant in Biloxi, shown in a photo taken on May 17. / John Fitzhugh/Sun Herald via The Associated Press Ramey and Karen Beavers of Fuquay Varina, N.C., play slot machines during the grand opening of the Margaritaville Casino & Restaurant in Biloxi on Tuesday.

Tania Whitfield, left, president of 1st Ever A.L. 1992 Ambucs, and Jerry Walters, right, commander of Gautier-Vancleave Post 1992 of the American Legion, presented Patrick Peterson, center, of Fairhope, Ala., with the cycle.