Keesler Air Force Base News

The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved funding for four defense projects in Mississippi, including $16 million for a project at Camp Shelby.

The Independence Day holiday slowed the flow of military news this week, but here's a handful of interesting notes that made their way to my desk, nevertheless.

William Carey University was named a Military Friendly School for 2010 by 'G.I. Jobs' magazine.

A cyber-security training mission isn't coming to Sheppard Air Force Base, Air Force officials said Friday afternoon.

The AFFMA mission, now an AFSPC asset, is to plan, provide and preserve access to the radio frequency spectrum for the Air Force and selected Department of Defense activities in support of national policy objectives, systems development and global operations through analysis and negotiation with international and national, civil and military ...

Name: Rhonda Lawson Age: 35 Where are you from? "I was born in Biloxi, Miss., at Keesler Air Force Base, but home for me is in New Orleans.

Thomas Walker, a recent transplant to our area due to Hurricane Katrina, was out scouting with his metal detector several months ago when he found a small treasure - a class ring from 1959.

Photo Essay: Training with the "Hurricane Hunters" Posted 6/17/2009 6/17/2009 - ST.

D'IBERVILLE - Coast developer Mark Seymour has approval from D'Iberville to build a casino.

Flying a training mission out of St. Croix, V.I., Tech. Sgt. Troy Bickham loads a dropsonde in the launch chute of a WC-130J Hercules.

Relatives of Ocean Springs police officer Michael Bond are scheduled to board a Civil Air Patrol plane Saturday in another attempt to find their loved one, missing in Gulf waters since May 17.

Some people joke Col. Ian Dickinson can't hold a job. His post as the new commander of the 81st Training Wing at Keesler Air Force Base is his eighth job in the past six years.

It looks pretty much as it did a couple of generations ago, and 101 Boy Scouts will leave Camp Wilkes today with the same life skills their fathers and grandfathers learned at camp plus high-tech computer and up-to-date environmental education.

Bravery, strength and selflessness led to one of Columbus' highest awards for several local citizens during a Tuesday night meeting of the Columbus City Council.

There are a handful of times in a person's life when you get to do something that impacts a community for generations to come.

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Houston Nutt makes $2.5 million a year as the University of Mississippi's football coach.

BILOXI - After all this time, personal items swept away by Hurricane Katrina still are being found.

The sun peeked through thick clouds at times Monday morning as more than 600 people gathered under ancient oaks for a solemn but rain-free Memorial Day ceremony at Biloxi National Cemetery, Thousands of miniature American flags fluttered in the breeze under the threat of thunderstorms during a tribute to members of the armed forces killed in war, ...

After covering only sports for 26 years at WLOX, my broadcasting career took a turn on August 29, 2005 when Hurricane Katrina blew through the Mississippi Gulf Coast.