Long Beach News

A fire Friday at a home on LaRosa Road gutted the residence, injured a firefighter and claimed the lives of the homeowners' three dogs.

Long Beach firefighter Tim Harrison has been taken to a hospital for a minor injury sustained while battling a house fire that gutted the residence and killed the homeowners' three dogs.

A diesel spill prompted Long Beach Police to urge all drivers to stay out of the area from Beatline Road and West Railroad Street, north to at least Pineville Road.

A former volunteer youth coach and ex-police officer has pleaded guilty to receiving and possessing child pornography via computer for the second time in 11 years.

LONG BEACH - A 32-year-old Perkinston man died in a collision with a tractor-trailer on County Farm Road in Harrison County.

Police arrested Brandon L. Walker of Gulfport on Friday on a warrant for failing to appear in court on a stolen firearm charge.

Police arrested Britten Smith, 23, of Long Beach on Thursday and charged him with felony shoplifting, third offense.

Think pink tonight and join the fight against cancer at Chill Ultra Lounge at IP Casino Resort.

Merchants in downtown Long Beach have a message to share with the public: We're still open for business.

The Harrison County Narcotics Division arrested 30-year-old Jerry Patrick Palang of 222 Shalimar Drive in Long Beach on Tuesday.

An 18-year-old who escaped from a narcotics office after a traffic stop Thursday night was later apprehended on Cleveland Avenue in Long Beach.

Governor Haley Barbour and the Mississippi Development Authority Disaster Recovery Division MDA/DRD Thursday announced a $1.5 million grant for completion of Long Beach's Harper McCaughan Elementary School.

Those riding in the Long Beach School District's homecoming parade Thursday can throw beads and toys, but the city doesn't want them throwing small candy.

Shawn Gallivan of Point Lookout posted $400,000 bond after his arraignment Monday in Long Beach City Court, where he was charged with leaving the scene of a fatal crash after allegedly striking a pedestrian before dawn Saturday and fleeing, according to court officials and Gallivan's attorney, Oscar Michelen of Mineola .

Lumen Christi Medals that recognize 62 Catholic parishioners whose lives reflect the "Light of Christ" will be presented by Bishop Roger P. Morin at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Nativity BVM Cathedral in Biloxi.

The Child and Family Student Organization at the University of Southern Mississippi is holding a beach party at the Southern Miss Gulf Park Campus in Long Beach from noon-4 p.m. Saturday under the Friendship Oak.

A Mississippi Supreme Court decision this week means a Long Beach couple will have their day in court after all.

A Long Beach woman is free on bail in an embezzlement complaint from a fast-food restaurant.

A Long Beach man has asked the Mississippi Supreme Court to order the state Department of Insurance to release records that would show the dollar amount of Hurricane Katrina claims denied by insurance companies.

Traffic stops led to the arrests of nine people in Jackson County on meth-related charges, with suspects in two of the cases later telling authorities that they were buying precursors for a meth cook in exchange for some of the finished product, according to Curtis Spiers, commander of the Narcotics Task Force of Jackson County.