Pascagoula News

I am calling in response to the Sound Off about jobs needed, not sports facilities.

A nuclear-powered submarine named the USS Mississippi is set to be commissioned this weekend in Pascagoula, welcoming it into the U.S. Navy's fleet at a ceremony expected to draw thousands.

The fifth vessel named Mississippi will be welcomed into the U.S. Navy's fleet Saturday in Pascagoula.

Title town has been abuzz since the Panthers defeated Hernando 9-6 in the finals to claim their fifth overall state baseball crown .

About 15 crewmembers from the Mississippi helped the American Red Cross South Mississippi Chapter assemble emergency shelter kits on Wednesday, May 30, 2012, in Pascagoula.

Some of the Mississippi's crew pitched in to help a Habitat for Humanity house-building project at 1505 School Avenue today.

The Gautier Civitan Club will host its second annual Most Outstanding Citizen of the Year Banquet at 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 2, at the First United Methodist Church of Gautier.

Some Mississippi crewmembers have volunteered to perform community service in the days leading up to their ship's commissioning ceremony on Saturday.

There were quite a few politicians among the thousands of Parrot Heads and others who enjoyed a free Jimmy Buffett concert at the grand opening of Buffett's new Margaritaville Casino & Resort on Tuesday .

He was recently named Mississippi Small Business Person of the Year. He and his wife, Deanna, made their first trip to Washington, D.C., last week to attend the National Small Business Week Conference .

The Blackwells had placed their shade canopy so it had a center view of the stage for the 10th annual Sounds by the Sea on Sunday evening at Beach Park.

COASTAL ALABAMA and Mississippi have never regarded Memorial Day as just a three-day weekend marked by beaches and barbecue, although we surely welcome everyone to the summer tourist season.

Thousands of people filled Pascagoula Beach Park on Sunday evening for the county's 10th annual Sounds by the Sea concert, featuring the Gulf Coast Symphony and Freedom Chorus.

"Interesting," I replied and immediately sensed that possibly Lt. Cmdr. Jennifer Cragg was expecting to hear something more definitive or maybe superlative about our immersion into life aboard the nation's newest nuclear attack submarine.

Historic Preservation Month was celebrated in a special way on May 15 in Pascagoula at the newly restored 1851 Helaire Krebs house.

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.

Edwin Humphries, of Columbus, poses Friday afternoon in his home. Humphries is a veteran of World War II and recently participated in an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. to see the war memorials.

The new USS Mississippi arrived here Friday and was greeted by hundreds who lined the Pascagoula River to get a look at the $2 billion submarine, which will be commissioned here.

U.S. 90, Willie Noverta Middleton, 32, 4320 Cunningham Road, arrested on outstanding warrants for expired tag, no liability insurance, and suspended driver's license.

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