Ocean Springs News

A jury has found former Jackson County Board of Supervisors member Frank Leach guilty of disorderly conduct in connection with an incident two years ago involving an Ocean Springs police officer.

This is a big weekend for Ocean Springs merchants. They've moved some of their merchandise outside for the downtown business district's annual sidewalk sale.

A domestic dispute turned violent when a female victim was stabbed with a steak knife.

An apartment dweller's quick thinking led to the arrest of a man accused of breaking into a car.

First Bank and Trust of Mississippi has opened its first metro area branch in Madison.

For a second time, former Jackson County supervisor Frank Leach has been convicted of disorderly conduct in connection with his 2006 arrest at a Cruisin' the Coast event in Ocean Springs.

Sixteen year old Errick Smith has been flying airplanes for two years, and flying helicopters since June.

Martha Saunders knows the new Cross Creek campus of the University of Southern Mississippi is getting the most attention these days.

The July trial term in Jackson County Circuit Court officially opens Monday with jury selection for the murder trial of Nathaniel Coleman, accused of killing two people in Moss Point.

What: Shearwater Pottery Ltd., started in 1928 by Peter Anderson, continues as a family-owned-and-operated business that sells pottery and clay figurines based on the art of brothers Peter, Mac and Walter ...

I've not done this in a while, so I think I'll troll around the music venues in downtown Ocean Springs this weekend.

They're from all over the nation, and they put on quite the show in Ocean Springs.

A Jackson County woman lost just about everything she owned Tuesday morning when a fire ripped through her home.

Red Cross needs blood, especially Type O and B- The American Red Cross is calling upon all eligible donors to give blood to help make sure a safe and stable blood supply is available over the coming weeks.

Sentencing for a Pascagoula man who pleaded guilty to the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl was delayed Friday by Circuit Court Judge Dale Harkey.

To her grandchildren, Susan Dianne McKee was Dee Dee. To most people who knew her, she was Dianne.

Fifteen screaming students with tattered, red-stained shirts littered the floors of the H building at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College on Tuesday.

Southern Miss football signee DeAndre Brown hasn't received official approval from the NCAA Clearinghouse yet but may receive the word soon, said Jason Gray, USM senior associate athletic director.

The first day of school in Ocean Springs is still a month away. But Kindergarten teacher Maya Carlisle is already hard at work decorating her classroom.

Mississippi's shrimp season is open. I was eating oatmeal in my breakfast room watching WLOX's morning show when the opening-day announcement was made.