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PASCAGOULA Dozens of business and community leaders as well as city, state and county officials met Wednesday to discuss the state's economic woes and ways to create solutions. Full Story »

PASCAGOULA A former Singing River Hospital heart surgeon who was arrested in March on marijuana cultivation charges was back in jail Wednesday, now accused of felony witness tampering, authorities said. Full Story »

Jackson County deputies arrested a second suspect in a commercial burglary last week and sought the public's help to locate a third man. Shaun Erik McCarty, 21, of Saucier, was charged Tuesday with two counts of commercial burglary, Sheriff Mike Byrd said. Full Story »

St. Martin Upper Elementary School fourth- and fifth-grade students have met their Accelerated Reader goal for the first term of the 2009-10 school year, said Principal Valerie Martino. Full Story »

Monroe Street, Jonathan Irwin, 22, Coventry Drive, Moss Point, was arrested on allegations of trespassing and public drunk. 12th Street, John McFaul reported a theft of a 1999 Honda ATV 400 and a trailer. Full Story »

Dec. 21 for the replacement of the Davidson Road Bridge, near Halstead Road. There will be no through traffic. Motorists should avoid this area and use Brumbaugh Road as an alternate. Full Story »

GAUTIER This holiday season will mark two firsts for Angela Bishop. She will have a bittersweet reunion of family and friends while experiencing professional success at the same time. Full Story »

The city of Moss Point will no longer maintain sewer grinder pumps, leaders said, because the maintenance has become too expensive. Mayor Aneice Liddell said the city recently sent out about 350 certified letters to property owners who have a grinder pump on their land. Full Story »

Ocean Springs will spend $124,000 to expedite upcoming overhauls of four downtown intersections amid concerns that road closings could hurt merchants at a critical time. Full Story »

Students at Magnolia Park Elementary School in Ocean Springs celebrated the Great American Smoke-out with various activities. Full Story »

Today The GI Museum in Gautier is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and by appointment by special request and for educational field trips. The museum is south of Interstate 10, and north of U.S. 90. Admission is free. Visit www.gimuseum.com. Full Story »

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Why home inspection? Because buyers and sellers should always inspect to find out condition before a purchase or sale. This way, you are protecting both parties and will have a smoother transition. Full Story »

No words are spoken, yet the lyrics are delivered with such power and beauty. That's how organizers of "A Show of Hands" describe their Christmas concert, set to be performed at the Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Center in Ocean Springs on Tuesday. Full Story »

A group concerned that Moss Point was undercounted in the 2000 census is jump-starting efforts to make sure that doesn't happen again when the government counts the area in 2010. Full Story »

Planning ahead could be the key to the state being in a position of great opportunity when the economy recovers, according to officials with the Mississippi Economic Council. Full Story »

A new book chronicling one of the largest judicial bribery scandals in U.S. history is out, and its authors will be in Ocean Springs and Pascagoula today to sign and promote it. Full Story »

Birthday wishes really can come true. Just ask Holley Cunningham. Full Story »

Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney said he was not happy about granting a 19.5 percent homeowners rate increase to State Farm, but he had little choice. Full Story »

PASCAGOULA Jackson County is moving forward with a plan to upgrade and expand its industrial water supply system. The Board of Supervisors on Monday and the Jackson County Port Authority Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved the borrowing of up to $25 million for the project. Full Story »

Biologists will hold an informal public discussion Thursday in Ocean Springs on area fisheries research projects. Full Story »

Two arrested in burglary casePascagoula police arrested a homeless man and a Moss Point man Sunday in connection with six different burglary incidents, Lt. Davy Davis said Monday. Full Story »

PASCAGOULA County Judge Larry Wilson set bail at $140,000 Monday for a man charged with statutory rape of a 15-year-old girl known to him. Arnold D. Chapman, 43, is accused of raping the girl seven times during the course of a year at his former home in Moss Point. Full Story »

A Vancleave man was arrested and charged with aggravated assault after he drenched his daughter-in-law in gasoline and chased her with a lit match, Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd said. Full Story »

PASCAGOULA Jackson County Supervisor Tommy Brodnax is calling for the county to investigate security at the Youth Court Detention Center after two fires broke out within a month. Full Story »