Hancock County News

Authorities say a December 1 trial date has been set in federal court for a man accused of home repair fraud.

Four of five suspects have been caught in the September murder of a Bayside Park man.

A South Mississippi man has been indicted on charges of Katrina fraud involving about $200,000 in grants in Hancock County.

The Hancock County jail, deserted and crumbling for more than three years, may eventually be turned into rubble and reincarnated as a place to park.

The long road from Hurricane Katrina back to normalcy took a new turn last week when the state formally invited city and county officials to apply for millions of long-term recovery dollars.

Warrants have been issued for two New Orleans men wanted in the slaying of a Hancock County man.

There's yet another development in the works for this county's beleaguered Emergency Operations Center, which has wandered from pillar to post: It may stay where it is, but in a new building that would replace ...

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has lifted the beach advisory for swimming in coastal waters of Jackson County.

Replacing insulation and sheet rock is getting to be a routine thing for Greg Bonano.

Volunteers - the good guys - worry allegations of fraud against one group will sully them all Can one bad apple spoil an entire barrel? The question is being pondered these days by housing activists and ...

The federal government allowed Coast residents to put temporary Mississippi cottages in flood zones, but now that 275 have flooded or otherwise been destroyed in recent hurricanes, nonprofits are struggling to ...

Officials remained tight-lipped Tuesday in the case of a man who was found dead at his Bayside Park home Monday evening.

It's likely a case of murder most foul for the flamingo that captured the Mississippi Coast's imagination since its arrival in the summer spat of Gulf hurricanes.

Hancock County's E-911 Commission received a $500,000 grant Friday to improve its critical emergency communications system and put millions of dollars worth of equipment out of harm's way.

DIAMONDHEAD, Miss. - Jacobs Entertainment Inc. has filed an application with Hancock County to rezone property in Diamondhead to waterfront district for a casino resort and hotel south of Interstate 10.

Jacobs Entertainment Inc. has filed an application with Hancock County to rezone property in Diamondhead to waterfront district for a casino resort and hotel south of Interstate 10.

A charitable organization created to help rebuild homes in hurricane ravaged Hancock County and south Louisiana is under investigation by the state for allegedly misusing funds.

Jacobs Entertainment Inc. has filed an application with Hancock County to rezone property in Diamondhead to waterfront district for a casino resort and hotel south of Interstate 10.

Three Hancock County residents accused of participating in a major cocaine-trafficking operation will stand trial in November.

Hancock County Coroner Norma Stiglet says a Kiln teenager has died of injuries suffered in a two-car crash.