Long Beach News

GULFPORT, Miss. - The Port of Gulfport will begin work Thursday on a multimillion expansion that officials say will increase its capacity to handle more and bigger ships.

Fireworks are as much a part of Independence Day celebrations as hot dogs and apple pie, but for some pets, the noisemakers only cause them stress.

A downburst of air ripped fences, damaged garage doors and whisked away lawn furniture in a subdivision north of the Sangani Boulevard shopping area in D'Iberville late Saturday afternoon as thunderstorms moved through the Coast, disrupting some fireworks and delivering lightning strikes to homes in Gulfport.

Vendors are already set up with hundreds of products for the upcoming holiday. They say it's one of the busiest times of the year.

Yesterdaya s New York Times featured a terrific story about a high school graduate who has autism .

Residents had a chance to meet Mayor Billy Skellie and the aldermen last week at a breakfast held by the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce at First United Methodist Church.

A 23-year-old woman is accused in the felony child abuse of a 2-year-old boy, Long Beach police said.

The man accused in the gruesome killing of an elderly Long Beach man is back in Mississippi after he fled to Ohio.

After an unexpected delay, Long Beach shrimper Tim Harrison plans to head north to dock in Columbus for three months as early as this Saturday.

A former school teacher is accused of enticing a 14-year-old girl to send him sexually explicit pictures of herself, police said.

Skipper Ben Herman of Southern Yacht Club, with a crew of Dominie San Miguel, won the annual Gulf Yachting Association Junior 420 Championship this past weekend at Long Beach Yacht Club.

A cab driver from Long Beach vanished nine years ago, leaving personal items in an abandoned taxi more than 400 miles from his home.

Though many cities along the Coast are seeing less sales tax revenue compared to last year, the decrease was smaller than last month's. Only Gautier and Bay St.

Gary Rath, a former Mississippi State pitcher and ex-big leaguer, has been named the head baseball coach at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.

LONG BEACH - The University of Southern Mississippi's Oral History and Cultural Center has put together a CD featuring recordings of personal stories related to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Mississippi has received over $13 million in federal grants related to Hurricane Katrina.

Unrelated burglaries in Long Beach on Sunday had something in common. Police said the victims know the suspects.

More than $13 million in federal grants will be coming to Mississippi to help coastal communities still recovering from Hurricane Katrina.

I found myself inspired this week by a group of sweaty teenagers in Long Beach. They were participants in a summer camp at First United Methodist Church.

Teens from across Mississippi are doing good deeds in Long Beach this week. Using sledge hammers, paint brushes and brooms, the summer mission camp called "MOSAIC" is giving young people an opportunity to demonstrate their faith.