Biloxi Metro News

Gov. Haley Barbour has commuted a convicted killer's sentence after 19 years in prison, drawing outrage from the victim's family.

GULFPORT - A Louisiana developer wants to turn downtown Gulfport's historic Markham building into apartment housing.

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.

An animal rights group is growling at the Gulfport City Council. In light of last week's pit bull mauling of a 3-year-old girl, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to the City Council ...

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

Harrison County officials have released the name of a woman who died last weekend after being struck by a pickup truck on I-110 near D'Iberville. Annie Strange, 59, of Gulfport died at Biloxi Regional Medical ...

Pascagoula City Council members will have a chance to change their minds about allowing Mississippi Cottages to become permanent structures.

With Tuesday's deadline approaching, over 700 people have already applied for alligator permits for the seasons on Ross Barnett Reservoir and the Pascagoula River.

A Pascagoula man was arrested on outstanding charges Thursday when his young son told Pascagoula police officers "my daddy is hiding in the closet," authorities said Friday.

Police have charged a Gulfport teenager with murder in the fatal shooting of a neighbor.

Researchers at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport averted a fishing calamity.

A "rocky, on-and-off relationship" with about 10 breakups ended when Tiffany Talley went to her boyfriend's home to return an item, according to testimony Tuesday in the murder trial of Johnathan Barfield.

"We have no injuries at this time, and we're trying to keep it that way, keeping the men and the women of the fire service refreshed with Gatorade and water," said Harrison County Fire Marshal George Mixon, at ...

The skyrocketing price of fuel and asphalt has one company trying to back away from a major road project it won in April.

Brownie's gone and the President probably still thinks they're doing a Heckuva job.

A man was burned badly in Vancleave on Saturday morning trying to start a trash fire, and a family narrowly escaped serious injury in Gulfport on Saturday afternoon when their truck flipped.

There is no more stark reminder of the raw power unleashed on the Mississippi Gulf Coast during Hurricane Katrina than a visit to what is called 'Old Town' in Bay St.

The American Cancer Society is making its message mobile. Members from the local chapter welcomed the "Fight Back Express" to Gulfport.

Police have asked the public's help to identify two masked men who robbed a business on Dedeaux Road on Sunday.

Franklin Smith had a wife and an infant son when he convinced a recruiter in Biloxi, Miss., that he wanted to be a Marine.