Pascagoula News

At the end of September, Port of Pascagoula cargo tonnage was down about 10 percent for the year, Jackson County Port Authority officials said this week.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Friday added a new fisheries survey ship to its fleet and dedicated a new research lab in Pascagoula.

Work is underway to expand Pascagoula's sand beach. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is overseeing the project.

George County officials have agreed on May 8 as the date for a celebration of the county's 100th birthday.

A woman on trial for killing her husband told police in a taped interview that her spouse over the years beat her, stabbed her in the leg, put a pillow over her face and poured hot grease over her shoes.

The Pascagoula City Council is set to decide tonight whether to open the way for alcohol at local events in public places.

Terry Miller has owned M and M Bait Shop on Lowery Island in Pascagoula for 22 years.

Pascagoula officials are expected to visit a site Monday where sand is being pumped in along the Gulf of Mexico to build a new beach.

PASCAGOULA Darwin "D.J." Wells Jr. was convicted of murder by deliberate design and sentenced to life in prison Thursday in what Circuit Judge Dale Harkey described as "the saddest incident that I've ever had in this courtroom." The 16-year-old from Moss Point was on trial on a capital murder charge in the slaying of Michael David Porter of ...

They identified plants, put snakes around their neck and did some bird watching.

Two months after Katrina, Pascagoula was too battered for traditional Trick 'r Treating.

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Circuit Court Judge Dale Harkey has denied a final request for a change of venue in the capital murder trial of 16-year-old Darwin M. Wells, one of four teens accused in the Oct.

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Jury selection is under way in the capital murder trial of 16-year-old Darwin Wells, accused in the 2008 killing of Michael David Porter of Hattiesburg.

Chevron Corp. today said a pipeline leak at its Pascagoula refinery dumped molten sulfur into Bayou Casotte on Sunday morning.

Two Pascagoula residents have filed a petition in Jackson County Circuit Court to halt a project that could alleviate overcrowding problems at the county jail.

Tyres Autrey and Ernestine Black have appealed to Circuit Court their city's decision to allow Jackson County to add temporary rooms to the county jail near Telephone Road.

A Pascagoula effort to keep teen moms in school is getting statewide attention. A film crew from Mississippi Kids Count was at Pascagoula High Thursday.

PASCAGOULA As the City Council approved a special variance to allow two temporary structures to house nonviolent offenders on county jail property Tuesday night, an opposing group fired back that it would seek court action.

Lauderdale County is the latest county to join the Regional Railroad Authority of East Mississippi.

PASCAGOULA The Port of Pascagoula will likely see a boost in South American business after a successful trade mission to Chile and Peru, leaders said Tuesday.