Pascagoula sets another tax election after first fell short
Pascagoula officials will make a second run at setting a 2 percent restaurant tax to help pay for ballfields and other recreation projects. An election last week fell short of the 60 percent margin...
View ArticleCourt: Hospital system will have to pay its own legal fees
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) — Singing River Health System has lost its case in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals against an insurance company that has been paying the hospital system’s legal fees in the...
View ArticleAmid cash crunch, hospital system cuts out neurosurgery
PASCAGOULA — A south Mississippi hospital that has faced financial problems is saving money by eliminating neurosurgery, and that means some patients are now being sent out of state after wrecks or...
View ArticleNewest Navy destroyer to be christened at Pascagoula
PASCAGOULA — The Navy’s newest guided missile destroyer will be christened in a weekend ceremony at the Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard at Pascagoula. A news release from Huntington Ingalls says...
View ArticleSRHS Foundation helping ‘the neediest of the needy’
By ALEXIS WILLIAMS Recently, a gentleman receiving hospice services from Singing River Health System, was living his final days by candlelight. This circumstance was not by choice, but because he could...
View ArticleDistinct, old highway bridge in Mississippi for sale
The Mississippi Department of Transportation has listed a highway bridge for sale. The Sun Herald of Gulfport reported on Thursday that the state will even pay the buyer what it would cost to tear down...
View ArticleRefinery shutdowns put pressure on gasoline prices
By JACK WEATHERLY Nearly 20 percent of U.S. oil refining has been halted because of flooding on the Gulf Coast in the Houston metro area, according to company reports and Reuters estimates, putting...
View ArticleFirst Federal president Stewart Ramsay dies
PASCAGOULA— First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Pascagoula-Moss Point has announced that Stewart Ramsay, Chairman of the Board and longtime President/Chief Executive Officer, passed away...
View ArticleWelcome set for damaged Navy ship as it arrives for repairs
Mississippi residents are being encouraged to come out and wave flags as a damaged U.S. Navy destroyer arrives for repairs. The USS Fitzgerald, damaged in a June collision off Japan that killed seven...
View ArticleNew CEO Segarra says his priority is to understand the culture and inner...
By JULIA MILLER Mississippi’s beaches have long attracted tourists to the area, but with a new face at the helm of the Visit Mississippi Gulf Coast, the tourism office is looking to grow its reach....
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