Long Beach News

It was a tough year; let's hope for a tender turkey. We are thankful on the Coast it was another year without any major hurricanes.

The Long Beach School District is short nearly $1 million in property tax collections from last year, and district and county officials have turned to the state auditor's office for help in fixing the problem.

Cassandra Elizabeth Bryant is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Raymond Bryant of Long Beach.

LONG BEACH, MS "It is a grim reality. And the face of government, the shape of government I believe, is going to have to change if we're going to survive," said Sen.

A Long Beach father and son have been taken into custody on allegations of selling prescription drugs and one of them is charged with two counts of felony child abuse.

Here's a look at crime reported in the Sun Herald during the past week. An hour and a half after a Shell gas station on U.S. 49 in Gulfport was robbed Sunday, Gulfport police arrested Michael Shane Powell, 22, as the gunman, and Rachel Juanita Gallatin, 29, as the driver of the getaway car.

LONG BEACH, MS People of all ages can play with switch-operated toys, adapted sports equipment, and use specially-designed communication and computer devices.

There continues to be a lot of dust in the air in Long Beach, thanks to construction activity along Jeff Davis Avenue.

Shelters will open Monday afternoon in Harrison and Jackson counties in preparation for Tropical Storm Ida, Red Cross officials announced Monday.

A man held on $300,000 in bonds and his girlfriend are accused of manufacturing meth at a mobile-home park in Long Beach, said Harrison County Sheriff Melvin Brisolara.

Firefighters saved the life of one dog locked in a burning apartment where no one else was at home on Monday, but another dog which jumped from a third story window to the ground to escape the flames was in serious condition, and it was not clear if the owners could afford the treatment.

A man in a wheelchair was taken to a hospital Wednesday evening after he was struck by a car on Second Street.

A fire Friday at a home on LaRosa Road gutted the residence, injured a firefighter and claimed the lives of the homeowners' three dogs.

Long Beach firefighter Tim Harrison has been taken to a hospital for a minor injury sustained while battling a house fire that gutted the residence and killed the homeowners' three dogs.

A diesel spill prompted Long Beach Police to urge all drivers to stay out of the area from Beatline Road and West Railroad Street, north to at least Pineville Road.

A former volunteer youth coach and ex-police officer has pleaded guilty to receiving and possessing child pornography via computer for the second time in 11 years.

LONG BEACH - A 32-year-old Perkinston man died in a collision with a tractor-trailer on County Farm Road in Harrison County.

Police arrested Brandon L. Walker of Gulfport on Friday on a warrant for failing to appear in court on a stolen firearm charge.

Police arrested Britten Smith, 23, of Long Beach on Thursday and charged him with felony shoplifting, third offense.

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