Pascagoula News

Officials say at least one person was killed Friday in an explosion at the VT Halter Marine shipyard in the Mississippi coastal city of Moss Point.

A Wednesday fire at the Jackson County Youth Court Detention Center forced the facility to shut down Thursday, youth court officials said.

The Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources will study proposed regulations that fishermen claim will further limit the take of red snapper, amberjack and grouper in the Gulf of Mexico.

PASCAGOULA The opening of the Senior Center has been pushed from November to May because the landscaping and parking lot are not completed, city officials said Tuesday.

A project that began Monday and will continue until 5 p.m. Nov. 27 will have CSX Railroad closing four railroad crossings within Pascagoula at Pascagoula Street, Market Street, Chicot Street and Industrial Road.

You'll find Lee Ashley Guy and his three young children at Pascagoula's Beach Park several evenings a week.

Beneath the pavement of present day Pascagoula lies a rich history, according to local historians.

PASCASGOULA, MS Some new businesses in Pascagoula are getting a little extra support in this bad economy.

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PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Senior Circuit Court Judge Kathy King Jackson declared a mistrial in the murder trial of 43-year-old Jennifer Benton after a jury was unable to make a unanimous decision about whether Benton shot and killed her husband on May 12, 2005.

PASCAGOULA Paul McGarry, a forensic pathologist, told jurors Wednesday that Remika Chanel Patton did not shoot herself the night she died, as her husband alleged in a 911 call.

PASCAGOULA - Coastal areas of Mississippi are under a tropical storm warning today after Ida lost strength over the water on its way to a landfall sometime early Tuesday.

PASCAGOULA The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Friday commissioned an advanced fisheries survey vessel and dedicated a new fisheries laboratory.

Coastal flooding and heavy rains are likely as Hurricane Ida, a rare, late-season tropical system continues to make its way toward the Gulf Coast.

Forecasters have issued a hurricane warning for the Gulf Coast from Mississippi to Florida as Hurricane Ida with winds around 105 mph approaches.

The 19th annual Magnolia State Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show will be Friday, Saturday and Nov.

At the end of September, Port of Pascagoula cargo tonnage was down about 10 percent for the year, Jackson County Port Authority officials said this week.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Friday added a new fisheries survey ship to its fleet and dedicated a new research lab in Pascagoula.

Work is underway to expand Pascagoula's sand beach. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is overseeing the project.

George County officials have agreed on May 8 as the date for a celebration of the county's 100th birthday.