Gulf Park Estates News

Officials here are considering extending the city's boundaries by annexing about 13 square miles of county land east of the city limits.

Jackson County emergency management officials on Monday encouraged residents in low-lying areas or in mobile homes to evacuate in preparation for Tropical Storm Ida.

A new homeowner says neglect of a nearby property is wreaking havoc on her home.

After a week of heavy rain and windy conditions, the fishing report in South Mississippi looks promosing for the weekend.

Jackson County has had a bumper crop of marijuana this summer. The commander of the Narcotics Task Force, Curtis Spears, said in August his team seized more than $500,000 worth of homegrown pot plants.

An anonymous tip led to the arrests of five illegal immigrants and the seizure of more than $500,000 of marijuana from two houses in Jackson County.

A Vancleave woman was arrested Tuesday and charged with one count each of commercial burglary and credit card fraud, Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd said.

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An autopsy has been ordered for today in the death of a homeless man who had been sleeping on the second-floor balcony of the Magnolia Hotel and might have fallen to his death.