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18 hrs ago | The South Mississippi Sun Herald

Hancock County breaks ground on new shelters

Hancock County officials marked the ceremonial start of construction of four new shelters with a groundbreaking last week in Kiln.

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Related Topix: Kiln, MS, FEMA, US News

Fri Nov 06, 2009

The South Mississippi Sun Herald

Judge: Death row inmate incompetent for execution

A federal judge ruled this week that a man on Mississippi's death row nearly 27 years is incompetent to be executed and should be sent to a state mental hospital.

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Related Topix: Prison

The South Mississippi Sun Herald

Teen claims shooting an accident

Jeremy Rando has claimed he accidentally shot an acquaintance during a drug deal and raked the gravel in his front yard to conceal the blood, a Hancock County sheriff's detective testified Thursday in Justice Court.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Kiln, MS, Diamondhead, MS, Clermont Harbor, MS

Thu Nov 05, 2009

WLOX-TV Biloxi

Storm shelter construction begins in Hancock Co.

More than four years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Hancock County, work is finally underway on a community storm shelter.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Kiln, MS, Dedeaux, MS, Necaise, MS, Picayune, MS

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Picayune Item

Several Miss. special elections to be held Tuesday

Adams County voters will cast ballots for a new sheriff on Tuesday, one of several special elections scheduled around the state.

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Related Topix: Picayune, MS

Sun Nov 01, 2009

The South Mississippi Sun Herald

New judge appointed in Diamondhead case

A new judge has been appointed to hear Diamondhead's incorporation case, after the former judge handling the matter died last month.

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Related Topix: Diamondhead, MS

Sat Oct 31, 2009

WLOX-TV Biloxi

Hancock Co. voters elect new supervisor Tuesday

Tuesday is election day for about 6,000 registered voters in Hancock County. People who live in the Kiln, a section of Bay St.

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Related Topix: Kiln, MS, Bay St. Louis, MS

Thu Oct 29, 2009

The Clarion-Ledger

Foreign firms flock to south Mississippi

It's hard to come up with an example that better shows the dual nature of awarding a project to a company with foreign roots than the ongoing controversy over a $40 billion Air Force aerial tanker.

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Related Topix: Mississippi, US Military, US Air Force, US Navy, Pascagoula, MS, Biloxi Metro

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Sunherald.com

New trial denied in hot oil killing

Edna Mae Sanders of Diamondhead has been denied a new trial in the murder of her husband, who died after he was doused with hot cooking oil.

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Related Topix: Diamondhead, MS

Mon Oct 26, 2009

WLOX-TV Biloxi

Crash on I-10 puts traffic at standstill

Mississippi Highway Patrol Corporal Johnny Poulos says there has been a crash on Interstate 10 Westbound in Hancock County near milemarker 18 involving an 18-wheeler and four other vehicles.

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Sat Oct 24, 2009

Sunherald.com

Sheriff: Crime-solving not like 'CSI'

With all due respect to the grand jury, those who serve may be "watching too much 'CSI,' " said Hancock County Sheriff Steve Garber.

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Related Topix: Prison, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Drugs

Thu Oct 22, 2009

The South Mississippi Sun Herald

Bay man drowned in traffic accident

A Bay St. Louis man found dead in a submerged pickup Tuesday night drowned in a traffic accident, said Hancock County Coroner Norma Stiglet.

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Related Topix: Bay St. Louis, MS

Wed Oct 21, 2009

WAPT

Hancock Co. Man Wants Murder Trial Moved 30min

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. -- Circuit Court Judge Roger Clark is considering Leo Laurent's request to be tried outside of Hancock County for his wife's slaying.

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Related Topix: Bay St. Louis, MS

Sunherald.com

Thousands of volunteers help clean up the Coast

Thousands of volunteers swarmed nearly 145 miles of Coast waterways and beaches Saturday morning for the 21st annual Mississippi Coastal Cleanup.

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Related Topix: Mississippi, Jackson County, MS, Ocean Springs, MS, Biloxi, MS, Biloxi Metro

Mon Oct 19, 2009

The South Mississippi Sun Herald

Therea s still time to join Coastal Cleanup

Plenty of people complain about the litter along the Coast and Saturday is the day volunteers can help pick it up during the Mississippi Coastal Cleanup.

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Related Topix: Kiln, MS, Diamondhead, MS, Harrison County, MS

Sat Oct 17, 2009

Sunherald.com

A tough life with soft edges

The toughness from growing up in Harlem as a first generation Italian-American stayed with Julius Campanali his 89 years, as did the unshakable belief in family and friends.

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Thu Oct 15, 2009

The South Mississippi Sun Herald

Boys & Girls Clubs highlight achievements at luncheon

Continuing to serve young people with the highest standards while finding more funding sources are the driving forces for the board of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Gulf Coast this year.

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Related Topix: Pass Christian, MS, Biloxi Metro, D'Iberville, MS, Waveland, MS

Tue Oct 13, 2009

The South Mississippi Sun Herald

18-year-old charged with frienda s murder

An 18-year-old from Hancock County is charged with the murder of a friend shot multiple times before his body driven from the scene of the crime, said Hancock County Sheriff Steve Garber.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Diamondhead, MS, Lakeshore, MS

Mon Oct 12, 2009

WLOX-TV Biloxi

Teen charged in Hancock County murder

A Hancock County teen is charged in the shooting death of man found Friday in the Clermont Harbor community.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Clermont Harbor, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Diamondhead, MS

Sun Oct 11, 2009

The South Mississippi Sun Herald

Bay awaits new wall

A patchwork quilt of antiquated seawall along the bay soon will begin to be replaced with a new, 6,500-foot-long wall that officials say will provide hurricane protection and double as an economic catalyst off Beach Boulevard.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Bay St. Louis, MS

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