Escatawpa News

Shrimping allowed Tommy Hegwood to work as hard as he needed but also gave him the freedom to take off when he wanted to.

Instead of throwing away your old Christmas tree this year, recycle it. "Your Christmas tree still has value after the holidays," Ronda Powell, Jackson County Solid Waste Director said.

Karin Capell rearranges jewelry in her store Saturday. Capell, who owns Capell's Boutique at the Singing River Mall, said despite a poor economy, she sold a lot of gift certificates this holiday season.

The annual holiday gala will be at 8 p.m. Sunday at the Gautier Convention Center, 2012 Library Lane.

VT Halter Marine has won an $87 million contract to build an enhanced version of oceanographic survey ships for the U.S. Navy.

Jackson County residents should continue to watch for at least moderate flooding despite today's break from heavy rains, Donald Langham, director of the county's Emergency Operations Center, said Tuesday.

Dr. David Bruce Allen was more subdued Thursday as he made another appearance in court.

A decorated Christmas tree stolen from a gas station has been recovered and the man accused of stealing it faces a charge of petit larceny.

A decorated Christmas tree stolen from the Gas-N-Save on Ingalls Avenue was recovered Thursday and the man accused of stealing it was in custody on a misdemeanor charge of petit larceny.

Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd has identified an Escatawpa man as the victim of a fatal crash this morning on Mississippi 613.

Jackson County Sheriff's detectives arrested 5 men in connection with three burglaries and were seeking 2 more suspects, Sheriff Mike Byrd said Monday.

Heavy rains moved through the area Saturday and early Sunday morning, causing the Pascagoula and Escatawpa rivers to begin rising toward flood levels, officials said.

For the second Saturday in a row, communities of Jackson County will alight with holiday-themed revelry in the form of parades full of horses and wagons, floats, boats and, of course, a visit from Santa Claus.

PASCAGOULA David Bruce Allen, a former local heart surgeon, will remain in jail following his latest arrest on charges of felony witness manipulation.

A former Jackson County heart surgeon accused of growing marijuana is in jail. Dr. David Allen faces six new felony charges, which include attempting to bribe and intimidate witnesses in the case.

A former heart surgeon at Singing River Hospital arrested in February on marijuana cultivation charges is back in jail today, this time charged on multiple felony counts accusing him of bribery and tampering with witnesses, according to arrest records.

With Blackhawk helicopters landing at the front entrance, a fortune in music and sports memorabilia on display inside and a one-of-a-kind rock concert to cap it all off, Saturday was anything but ordinary at the Hard Rock Biloxi.

Mississippi's tax collections are running 7.3 percent behind where experts originally thought they'd be at this time of year.

Darla Perry of Escatawpa walked into J.C. Penney at 7 a.m. Friday after spending an hour the night before pouring over sales flyers stuffed into Thursday's paper.

On a day when the nation stops to give thanks, a Pascagoula community stopped to remember their loved one, 25 year old Alex Caballero.