Gautier News

WaldenBooks, a division of Border Group, is closing two of its three remaining stores in Mississippi, including the WaldenBooks at Singing River Mall in Gautier.

A psychology expert said Thursday that Frank D. Patton was fearful of losing his family and admitted to killing his wife, Remika Chanel Patton, as she slept.

Terry Miller has owned M and M Bait Shop on Lowery Island in Pascagoula for 22 years.

GAUTIER, Miss. - Gautier Elementary teacher Maury Gusta sees parallels between his life and the lives of his students.

For several honor students and their teachers, Thursday will be one exciting day.

The Mississippi Department of Transportation will begin a $12.8 million Interstate 10 widening project Monday, which will expand the road to eight lanes between D'Iberville and the first Ocean Springs exit.

Located on Orrell Drive in Gautier, the fourth marker in our series on historic markers in our county is pending at the site of the First Henry Gautier House and actually does not as yet exist.

Six sandhill cranes have been released into a fenced area of the Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge near Gautier.

Jury selection is under way in the capital murder trial of 16-year-old Darwin Wells, accused in the 2008 killing of Michael David Porter of Hattiesburg.

The union for Hinds County school bus drivers has reached a tentative agreement with an Ohio-based bus company.

A look at crime and law enforcement news from the past week: n Biloxi resident Katie Lynn Murphy was arrested on felony charges of residential burglary, grand larceny and vehicle burglary in connection with a scam targeting elderly people in the Woolmarket area.

Gautier Fire Chief Michael Gray has been suspended with pay after an insurance audit allegedly found he'd listed his ex-wife as a dependent, costing the city nearly $140,000. Gray attorney Keith Miller denied the allegation and said he'd seek a civil service investigation if the city fired Gray.

Jackson County sheriff's investigators this week arrested Vincent Salvador Drummond, 48, of Gautier and charged him with cyberstalking in connection with the use of cellphone texting.

Gautier Fire Chief Michael Gray may be fired after an insurance audit found he listed his ex-wife among his dependents, costing the city nearly $140,000 over six years, records show.

Two juveniles arrested Thursday are accused of breaking into a home on Victoria Drive in the Cambridge Square subdivision, Gautier Police Capt.

Gautier police officers Tuesday were searching for two suspects in a burglary at Pure Gas station on Ladnier Road.

So my first week as a full time street reporter is over. It was a whirlwind of activity after years of sitting behind a desk.

GAUTIER Usually, mullet leap and jump, but Saturday the little critters were served deep-fried with a side of baked beans, or flung several feet down a grassy corridor for a cash prize.

The 19th annual Gautier Mullet and Music Festival continues today at the Old Place Estate, but visitors' first stop should be Singing River Mall.

The 19th Annual Gautier Mullet & Music Fest is Saturday and Sunday featuring a mullet toss, inflatable rides for the kids, food and arts and crafts vendors.