Gulfport News

Now that Alabama peaches -- and a few blueberries -- are starting to come in, home cooks, both novice and experience, want to make jelly or jam with the fruits.

GULFPORT - A trial date has been set for a couple accused of running a fraudulent shipping business in Biloxi.

Five Mississippi Coast yacht clubs competed in this one-design team racing event.

If all goes as planned, a section of the beach that author and Sun Herald columnist George Thatcher walks almost daily will be named after the 90-year-old writer.

Indiana has employed a scorched earth economic development strategy of degrading the manufacturing and logistical capabilities of its Midwestern neighbors and Southern competitors such as Mississippi.

One person is in critical condition and another behind bars after a shooting in Moss Point.

Big Story Weather from June 14-16: Severe weather for this past weekend consisted of a tornado in Texas and one in Nebraska.

Shooting for the Southern Gothic whodunit film "Artists Die Better in Black" began Monday in downtown Biloxi next to City Hall.

A Jamaican national was arrested in Gulfport Monday for his role in an alleged Jamaican lottery scam.

A Gulfport man's front yard turned into a movie set Monday, as a film crew for "Category 5" took over.

Two suspects were arrested Friday in connection to a stolen black Ford F-250, according to Harrison County Sheriff Melvin Brisolara.

GULFPORT - The Mississippi Development Authority intends for 51 percent of new jobs at the state port to be filled by low- to moderate-income residents.

Memphis-based Southern Airways Express has announced that it will begin offering flights out of the University Oxford Airport.

Wedding vows will be exchanged at 2:00 p.m. on July 13, 2013, at First Baptist Church in Petal.

The Mississippi State Bulldogs provided late-game dramatics in their 5-4 College World Series opening game win over the Oregon State Beavers on Saturday afternoon.

"My father, Jessie Gaines Sr., is not my biological father, but he is my Dad," Scroggins wrote in an email to the Sun Herald.

South China Restaurant on Courthouse Road reopens Monday after a 20-day shutdown for repairs from a fire in its kitchen.

The fire was reported at 5:26 a.m. at 2703 Gulf Ave. Gulfport Fire Chief Michael Beyerstedt said the mobile home did not have power and the resident was using a candle for light.

He didn't have the secret or glamorous life of the movie spy James Bond who shares his name but James Bond of Gulfport did leave his mark all across South Mississippi.

Four members of the Sun Herald's Top 10 recruits in South Mississippi already have Division I scholarship offers.