The Biloxi Sun Herald

The Mississippi Development Authority is encouraging Coast residents eligible for homeowner elevation grants to send in their applications by Dec. 31. Full Story »

PASCAGOULA — A former heart surgeon at Singing River Hospital arrested in February on marijuana cultivation charges is back in jail today, this time charged on multiple felony counts accusing him of bribery and tampering with witnesses, according to arrest records. Full Story »

GULFPORT — The City Council has delayed action on a six-month moratorium the administration requested for permits to open adult bookstores, adult entertainment venues and tattoo parlors. Full Story »

More rain expected to move through Full Story »

GULFPORT — Gulfport firefighters say the administration is jeopardizing their safety and the public’s with ongoing attempts to cut the Fire Department budget. Full Story »

GULFPORT — Police spent Tuesday investigating the shooting death of 29-year-old David Shivers Jr. at a home on Halsel Street in the Orange Grove area late Monday night. Full Story »

GULFPORT — Drive along U.S. 90 any time of the day and you’ll likely see people strolling, running or walking their dogs along the portions of the beach boardwalk that are complete. Full Story »

BILOXI — The U.S. Navy Blue Angels will fly in the next air show at Keesler Air Force Base, March 19 and 20, 2011. Full Story »

VANCLEAVE — A Vancleave man jailed on an aggravated assault charge is accused of dousing his daughter-in-law with gasoline and going after her with a lighted match, Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd said. Full Story »

HARRISON COUNTY— West Harrison volunteer firefighters fought a fire that heavily damaged a home in the DeLisle community early Tuesday morning. Full Story »

JACKSON COUNTY — A St. Martin couple was awakened Saturday night to find a man drunk and asleep on their couch clutching a teddy bear, Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd said. Full Story »

GAUTIER — The state is holding a hearing Thursday to outline CSX Railroad’s plans to cap deposits of creosote in the West Pascagoula River and Bayou Pierre near the site of a former creosote plant. Full Story »

The pediatric swine flu vaccine now is available on the Coast — at Mississippi State Department of Health clinics and at the Gulfport urgent-care facility that received the first adult H1N1 vaccine in November. Full Story »

Temps will drop Thursday Full Story »

Replant South Mississippi is accepting orders through Friday for free trees to be given away in Pass Christian, and is hosting a giveaway Saturday in Bay St. Louis. Full Story »

BILOXI — Ask Lyle Bongé’s friends to describe him, and they all have to pause for a few seconds to decide what to say first. Bongé was an internationally known photographer, but he also built boats, sailed, dabbled in real estate and the stock market and was an avid reader, as well as a sculptor. Full Story »

Motorists should be advised there is a traffic backup in the westbound lane of Interstate 10 between the Cowan-Lorraine Road and U.S. 49 exits. Full Story »

GULFPORT — Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove says the death of a Gulfport man late Monday night is being investigated as a homicide. Full Story »

GULFPORT — Police identified a truck driver Monday who turned himself for hitting a car and sending it into the woods, then leaving the scene. It happened on I-10 Saturday morning. Full Story »

PASCAGOULA — The Jackson County Board of Supervisors in a split vote decided it would be OK for Thomas Cobb to dig two 10-acre catfish ponds on his property on McGregor Road in Vancleave and use the dirt to help fulfill a contract he has with the Ocean Spring School District to supply dirt for the new high school. Full Story »

GULFPORT — Harrison County supervisors are looking for volunteers to serve on the Complete County Committee for the 2010 census. Full Story »

Three Rivers will induct about 50 into Honor Society Full Story »

JACKSON COUNTY — State and federal officials held a grand opening Monday for the $9 million Coastal Research Center at the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in southeast Jackson County. Full Story »

GAUTIER — Students at College Park Elementary School found it’s easy going green when everybody gets involved. Full Story »

GULFPORT — Fire Chief Pat Sullivan said his firefighters and Gulfport Police are investigating possible arson at the FEMA trailer where murder suspect Twonia Renee Williams was living. Full Story »