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    The “Mississippi Sound” was christened last Thursday and will be stationed at Point Cadet. The 40-foot vessel can recover up to 6,000 gallons of oil per hour, and with a top speed of 25 knots it can respond quickly to an oil slick approaching the barrier islands or the mainland.

Moran Christens new Overing Oil Piranha Skimmer - By FRANK STUMBO


More than 300 pounds of gooey, brown emulsified oil washed onto Ocean Springs’ beaches in late June in what Mayor Connie Moran called a “total disaster”. “All these boats in the water, not a skimme...
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    CEO of the Singing River Health System, Chris Anderson, jokes with Linda Adams (Left) during her retirement party last Thursday.

Linda Adams retires after 42 years with Ocean Springs Hospital - By FRANK STUMBO


Since Ocean Springs Hospital opened its doors more than 42 years ago it has been constantly changing, growing and becoming better in every way to keep up with the area’s growing population.  Its tw...
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McInerney sides with Rogers; St. Al parents pull children - By FRANK STUMBO
Stacey Rayburn will be relinquishing her title as the Parent Teacher Association president for St. Alphonsus Catholic Elementary this year as she and numerous other parents decided to pull their ch...
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    An environmental group contracted by BP takes sand samples from Ocean Springs Front Beach to check for toxic levels of oil.

Threat of oil continues to cause doubt


Confidence in tourism shaken
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    Ricky Matthews, left, with 2010 Golf Classic Chairman Bobby Edwards, IP President Jon Lucas and Todd Trenchard during Monday evening’s celebrations at Tien.

Bacot/McCarty hands out $100,000 to seven organizations - By FRANK STUMBO


Matthews named chairman of 2011 Golf Classic
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    Jackson County officals Mike Mangum, Melton Harris, John McKay, Ocean Springs Connie Moran. Harbor Master Leslie Hamm and others sounded their air horns for construction crews to begin driving piles for the new Harbor Office. County, City officials break ground on new Ocean Springs Harbor Office - By FRANK STUMBO
Jackson County officials breathed a sigh of relief as construction crews drove the first of 28 pilings for the new $830,000 FEMA -funded Ocean Springs Harbor Office Tuesday morning. For nearly fiv...
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By BOB CHRISTIE 2010-07-29T16:19:40Z
PHOENIX (AP) -- Arizona is preparing to ask an appeals court to lift a judge's ruling that put most of the state's immigration law on hold in a key first-round victory for the federal government in a fight that may go to the U.S. Supreme Court....
Thu Jul 29 11:19:40 -0500 2010
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SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Ousted Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she will sue a conservative blogger who posted an edited video of her making racially tinged remarks last week....
Thu Jul 29 10:59:02 -0500 2010
By HARRY WEBER and TAMARA LUSH 2010-07-29T16:27:28Z
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The government's point man for the Gulf spill met with coastal parish officials Thursday to talk about what's next now that the oil has stopped flowing....
Thu Jul 29 11:27:28 -0500 2010
By RANDY HERSCHAFT and CRISTIAN SALAZAR 2010-07-29T13:43:48Z
NEW YORK (AP) -- It was a night in early November during the infancy of the Cold War when the anti-communist dissidents were hustled through a garden and across a gully to a vehicle on a dark, deserted road in Budapest. They hid in four large crates for their perilous journey....
Thu Jul 29 08:43:48 -0500 2010


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