Biloxi News

Coast police say complaints about ads for prostitution on Craigslist.com, and recent local arrests linked to the online service, probably won't stop people from selling or paying for sex.

Former astronaut Fred Haise Jr. will receive NASA's Ambassador of Exploration Award during a ceremony Dec.

Mayor A. J. Holloway has selected 19-year police veteran John Miller to be the city's next police chief.

The children were jumping on a backyard trampoline when they heard a gunshot. A man across the street at Labor Finders yelled, "Call the police." The kids ran inside to their mother, Mercedes Bourque, who failed to hear the shot because she was watching "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," on television.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will present astronaut Fred Haise, Jr., with NASA's Ambassador of Exploration Award during a ceremony on Wednesday, Dec.

It was a busy morning at the Biloxi islamic Center, as scores of volunteers gave up their free time to help a cause they believe in, helping to feed the hungry and homeless in east Biloxi, an area particularly hard hit by the national recession.

Harrah's Entertainment may need financial partners if it wants to build the Margaritaville Casino in Biloxi with the size and scope originally intended, says a company official.

Tommy and Shirley Jackson are thrilled to be in their new home on Biloxi's Strangi Avenue.

A piece of moon rock will soon inspire students at a Biloxi school Fred Haise attended on his way to becoming an Apollo 13 astronaut.

The Biloxi Planning Commission has approved the expansion project of Palace Casino Resort.

Hawtin Buchanan 's family has quite the history when it comes to Ole Miss, and while he understands and appreciates the past, Ole Miss' newest baseball commitment is set on carving out his own legacy while in Oxford, Miss.

By Catholic News Service BALTIMORE - Members of the U.S. bishops' subcommittee overseeing the Catholic Campaign for Human Development reassured their fellow bishops and donors that "no group that opposes Catholic social or moral teaching is eligible for funding" from their domestic anti-poverty campaign.

The city of Biloxi has a new "long range vision." City council members on Tuesday reviewed a new 200 page comprehensive plan.

Biloxi real estate developer Scott DeLano took 53 percent of the vote Tuesday in unofficial results to beat Patrick Collins in the special election for state House District 117.

After a morning workshop to review Biloxi's proposed Comprehensive Plan, most Council members are eager to adopt it.

National planners who turn to Page 4 of the November issue of Planning magazine are reading about Biloxi's new Comprehensive Plan.

A nonpartisan special election Tuesday will determine whether Patrick Collins of Gulfport or Scott DeLano of Biloxi will serve in the Mississippi House of Representatives.

The new comprehensive plan the Biloxi Council will review Tuesday details where housing should be built and how the downtown should function but addresses adult entertainment in only general terms.

Men gather for an 1895 horse auction. A 1930s fisherman proudly holds up a handful of shrimp, so clean and plentiful they required little picking from the catch piled on deck.

While they wait for the economy to turn and credit to loosen, developers are moving ahead with plans to expand a casino and build shops, restaurants, a marina, miniature golf course, museums and housing in Biloxi.