Pascagoula News

PASCAGOULA -- Pascagoula will go smoke free in late July. Councilman Joe Abston, who brought up the idea of a smoking ordinance at the request of his constituents, said the ordinance is "probably not the most perfect thing in the world" but moved to approve it.

Hattiesburg Police Department Capt. Michael Fleming is the new president of the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers' Association, following his election at the group's 2013 annual conference earlier this month.

Pascagoula councilmen almost considered a pay raise for their successors at tonight's public meeting, but the issue was dropped before making it onto the agenda.

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

Both players have decided to focus on their promising football careers. Caston is a standout defensive end while Eaton is a receiver.

I was disappointed to read your June 11 editorial "Agencies need to sit down and amicably split narcotics task force assets."

According to Police Chief Keith Davis an adult male from Pascagoula was shot twice in the upper torso area around 9:30 Monday night.

Smoking could be banned in all public buildings in Pascagoula -- including bars and restaurants -- with a non-smoking ordinance facing a vote today by the City Council.

KAREN NELSON/SUN HERALDJackson County Circuit Clerk Joe Martin on Monday shows supervisors what the new district lines will look like, based on population counts from the latest census.

Pascagoula High School Principal Al Sparkman will be leaving the district for a new post at Forrest County Agricultural High School next academic year, the district has confirmed.

When alumni from Carver High get together for their reunion they reminisce about their days at the historically black school and celebrate accomplishments of class graduates and schoolmates.

The U.S. Coast Guard is exercising a $76.8 million contract option for another cutter to be built by Huntington Ingalls in Pascagoula.

Mississippi legislators recently budgeted $3 million to create pre-K programs for the first time in the state's history and the state has the only known law that hits the highest standard for early education, lead sponsor Sen. Brice Wiggins, R-Pascagoula, said.

Sales tax payments to Coast cities rose for the 12th straight month, the May report from the Mississippi Department of Revenue shows.

The Pascagoula River Audubon Center offers a fun and conservation-minded camp for students in second to fifth grades from June 17-21.

A realignment plan in the Pascagoula School District in the upcoming school year will affect about 1,500 students in Gautier.

A man wanted on several charges of domestic violence has surrendered to authorities, Pascagoula police Sgt.

The Jackson County Sheriff's Department has arrested an unregistered sex offender from Perry County who has been living in Pascagoula.

Hancock Bank will begin welcoming Jackson County customers to its new flagship facility in Pascagoula next week, bank leaders said today.

As the long-term benefits of pre-kindergarten programs are being discussed statewide and nationally, the Pascagoula School District is preparing to implement its first 4 pre-k classrooms this academic year.