Publication: WLOX

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Diamondhead a hot spot for new small businesses

DIAMONDHEAD, MS (WLOX) - The coast's newest city is becoming Hancock County's new business hot spot. A total of ten new businesses have either opened or are about to open in Diamondhead within the next couple of months.With a unanimous vote by the city ... [Published WLOX - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Arthur Conway, Small Businesses, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Republican Party (US)

Voting held today for primary run-offs

SOUTH MISSISSIPPI (WLOX) -Today in South Mississippi there are 12 primary runoffs for the board of alderman or city council races.If you voted in the primary on May 7, you must cast your ballot under the same party in today's runoff. If you did not vote ... [Published WLOX - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Republican Party (US), Harold Tillman, Larry Watkins, Mississippi

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Mississippi

Experts foresee average shrimp season this year

BILOXI, MS (WLOX) -Early indicators suggest it will likely be an average shrimp season for fishermen in Mississippi. Traci Floyd gave an update on the pending season at today's Commission on Marine Resources meeting.She told commissioners the 2013 season ... [Published WLOX - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Salinity, Mississippi

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Jackson Co. chooses representatives for new tourism board

JACKSON COUNTY, MS (WLOX) - Jackson County's Board of Supervisors on Monday appointed three representatives to the new tri-county tourism board: Rich Westfall, Carla Todd and Richard Chenoweth.The 15 member regional tourism board was created under a bill ... [Published WLOX - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Phil Bryant, Tourism, Appointed

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

WLOX Exclusive: Former Biloxi mayor recalls trial, talks about time in prison

BILOXI, MS (WLOX) -Pete Halat gets very emotional when he talks about the people who helped him survive his 15 years and nine months in federal prisons. "If you've got a loving wife and a family who supports you, and the kind of friends that I have, the ... [Published WLOX - 6 hours ago]

Entities: prison, Obstruction of Justice, Conspiracy

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 reports

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Biloxi bank robbery suspect arrested in Texas

BILOXI, MS (WLOX) -A Wiggins man, who police say robbed the Wells Fargo Bank in Biloxi earlier this month, is now behind bars in Texas.Authorities there say Brett Maurice Disiere was apprehended after committing a bank robbery in Conroe, Texas. Investigators ... [Published WLOX - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Crime, Bank Robbery

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 1 reports

Victim hit several times with shovel after interrupting burglary

HARRISON COUNTY, MS (WLOX) -Four suspects were jailed after Harrison County Sheriff Melvin Brisolara said a burglary took place at a home at the 15000 block of Sara Lane in Saucier on Sunday.Once deputies arrived to the home they reportedly found the ... [Published WLOX - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Burglary, John Webb, Timothy John, Saucier

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 1 reports

Cancer survivor holding benefit for Vancleave girl battling brain cancer

ST. MARTIN, MS (WLOX) -Natalie Hightower took another walk Monday, and she is draining fluids on her own. Her family is still trying to decide what steps to take after they learned the tumor removed from Natalie's brain last week was cancerous.Support ... [Published WLOX - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Brain Cancer, Cancer, Reconstructive Surgery, Double Mastectomy

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 1 reports

Harrison County developing new policy for industry tax breaks

GULFPORT, MS (WLOX) -Harrison County may soon have a new policy for granting tax exemption" to business and industry.That issue of tax breaks has sparked some lively debate among county supervisors in recent months. But new procedures in the works could ... [Published WLOX - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Taxes, Mississippi, Social Welfare

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

HSSM heading back to Gulfport with dogs from alleged puppy mill

SOUTH MISSISSIPPI (WLOX) -The Humane Society of South Mississippi (HSSM) is heading back to Gulfport with more than 100 small breed dogs rescued from an alleged puppy mill in Tylertown Monday.The HSSM assisted the Humane Society of the United States and ... [Published WLOX - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Humane Society of the United States, Mississippi, Property, Ventilation, Deceased

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

Supporters gather at vigil for Natalie Hightower

VANCLEAVE, MS (WLOX) -They came, looking like a sea of orange--Natalie's favorite color, more than 200 strong.Prayers were said, candles were lit, even a prayerful cheer could be heard.So could Natalie Hightower herself, face timing her friends by cell ... [Published WLOX - May 20 2013]

Entities: Jason Moss, Jill Davis, Middle School

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 2 reports

Body found, rescued Moss Point boater arrested for drugs

JACKSON COUNTY, MS (WLOX) -The search in Moss Point is over. The body of 55-year-old boater Timothy Gordon has been pulled from the Escatapwa River. Now investigators are saying marijuana may have been involved in the accident.On Friday, Gordon and 40-year-old ... [Published WLOX - May 19 2013]

Entities: Drugs, Narcotic, Narcotics, Task Force, Felony

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"Businesses bring more businesses. We're still looking at a hotel. We have hopes for a casino coming in, which would be certainly to our advantage."

Diamondhead a hot spot for new small businesses [Published WLOX - 2 hours ago]

...Those people, he said, were the ones who always stood by his side. "It's been a humbling experience for me," he said, "because my friends have made me feel so good, so wonderful. There will never be a way that I can thank them or show them the gratitude that I have. But, I'm going to try. I'm going to try." To see excerpts from Pete Halat's one hour interview with WLOX News Director Brad Kessie, watch WLOX News at 10:00 tonight and again on Wednesday night...

WLOX Exclusive: Former Biloxi mayor recalls trial, talks about time in prison [Published WLOX - 6 hours ago]

"The Vancleave community, as well as the St. Martin community, we're just family. We do for each other. That's just the way we are," said Clegg. "I'm supportive of whatever. It doesn't matter where you're from. If I can help someone in any way, I'm glad to do it." The fundraiser is on June 4th at Local Culture on Bienville Boulevard in Ocean Springs...

Cancer survivor holding benefit for Vancleave girl battling brain cancer [Published WLOX - 20 hours ago]

The director of the development commission told supervisors he's developing new policy and procedures for granting such tax breaks. "It'll be kind of a point system. And as they earn points, then they earn percentage of reductions in their tax. And it will also regulate how many years they may get" Development Commission Director Bill Hessell told supervisors

Harrison County developing new policy for industry tax breaks [Published WLOX - 20 hours ago]

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