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An early December snow storm moved up the East Coast, dumping several inches of snow as far south as Louisiana. Snow caused a few cancellations at Washington's Dulles International Airport.
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Mississippi's 2009-2010 oyster season won't open Wednesday as scheduled due to excessive rainfall. The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources made the announcement Tuesday afternoon.
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After receiving multiple complaints about allegedly illegal charter boat trips undercutting legal businesses, undercover agents with NOAA OLE’s southeast enforcement division and state special operations divisions from Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas chartered trips on vessels across the Gulf of Mexico and documented numerous violations for operating without federal charter boat moratorium permits.
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Entergy is moving about 200 of its transmission workers from New Orleans to the Jackson area.
Entergy Mississippi spokeswoman Mara Hartmann said more than half the workers have arrived in Jackson, but others will move to the area into 2010.
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The Hattiesburg American is looking for Hurricane Katrina-related photos from readers.
The gallery will run in conjunction with the Hurricane Katrina fourth anniversary article to run in the Aug. 29 edition of our paper.
Photos will be collected until Aug. 28.
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The Biloxi City Council was set to vote Tuesday on setting a deadline for 41 households to move out of trailers FEMA supplied after Hurricane Katrina, despite opposition from human rights organizations and the ACLU.
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Sun-n-Sand Motor Hotel by joseph a (Flickr)
One of the Mississippi Heritage Trust’s Most Endangered historic properties became even more so this month when the Mississippi Legislature voted to move toward acquisition of the property, just west of the Capitol and Woolfolk State Office Building, to build more state offices on the site.
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"GMA" anchor Robin Roberts helps cut the ribbon on the Boys and
Girls Club in Pass Christian, Miss. — ABC NewsThe city, which is the hometown of "Good Morning America" anchor Robin Roberts, is riding out the poor economy.
Indeed, the Gulf Coast region that Katrina ravaged has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation. While the United States struggles through its highest unemployment level in 25 years, the Katrina Zone is bustling.
Houma, La., for instance, has the lowest unemployment rate in the nation, at 3.6 percent, and the continually rebuilding New Orleans; is at 5.3 percent.
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The $15 million, state-of-the-art museum is housed in a 20,000-square-foot brick building where King ginned cotton as a teenager. Located in an isolated area - two hours from the casinos of Tunica, 90 minutes from the state capital of Jackson - organizers are certain fans will come. READ MORE
For visitor information, news, events, and exhibits, visit the website of the The B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center – bbkingmuseum.org/
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