Gautier News

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Black History came to life at Gautier Middle School Wednesday as students of all races participated in the History in Motion Museum.

Tucked inside a recent news release from the Mississippi Department of Transportation is the announcement that Gautier has been awarded $420,000 to enhance the appearance of U.S. 90 through the city.

The City Council approved a resolution that allows the county to proceed with a project to widen Miss.

GAUTIER, Miss. -- The city of Gautier has agreed with the removal of eight oak trees to accommodate the widening of Mississippi Highway 57.

GAUTIER , Mississippi -- A community summit is scheduled for this week to inform citizens of progress made in Gautier and to hear their input, said M argaret Tucker , the city's neighborhood improvement coordinator.

Auditions for Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple" will be today at 6 p.m. at Center Stage Theatre, 240 Eisenhower Drive, Biloxi.

Anglo-Catholic Chapel of St. Benedict: Theology class on New Testament Catholicism, 10 a.m. Feb.

People attending the Gautier Men's Club parade tonight will need to step lightly along U.S. 90 and be aware the north side of the highway is a construction site.

The Interstate 10 rest areas in Gautier have been reopened after being closed since April 2011 due to a sewage problem, which project engineer Brad Anderson thinks has been solved.

I thought San Marcos, located off U.S. 90 in Gautier, would be like any other Tex-Mex restaurant in South Mississippi, but I was surprised to find it stands out with a distinct menu and authentic Mexican food.

An agenda item to have Jackson County Supervisor John McKay make a presentation on the oak trees targeted for removal on the east side of Miss.

Hooray for the Gautier policemen. It is good to see that the police are patrolling the Martin Bluff area early in the morning.

The city's emerging town center and development north of Interstate 10 are key elements in the city's future, according to Samantha Abell , who is scheduled to take over as city manager Feb.

Classical concert pianist Alessandra Feris is scheduled to perform at 7 p.m. Feb.

Two of Jackson County's state senators -- Tony Smith of District 47 and Michael Watson of District 51, both Republicans -- have co-authored Senate Bill 2190, an act that would require all Mississippi school district boards of trustees to be elected and all school superintendents to be appointed by those boards.

"In an economic downturn, it is usually the tendency of managers to look at how you can do more with less," she said.

Gautier Mayor Tommy Fortenberry looks on as District 5 Supervisor John McKay putts during the Jolly McCarty Memorial Golf Classic at Shell Landing Golf Club in Gautier on May 7. The Pascagoula-based Bacot McCarty Foundation is at the forefront of bringing people together to do great things on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

More than a year after a Harrison County man was lured from his home and presumably killed, investigators still are making arrests in the case.

On Jan. 31 between 10 a.m. and noon, my home in Gautier was burglarA ized. Two televisions, valued at $2,000-plus, were taken.