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PHOTO BY FRANK STUMBO/THE GAZETTE 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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PHOTO BY ROBERT DAVIS/THE GAZETTE 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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PHOTO BY FRANK STUMBO/THE GAZETTE 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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PHOTO BY FRANK STUMBO/THE GAZETTE 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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PHOTO BY FRANK STUMBO/THE GAZETTE Peter Petro observes a monitor as camera’s roll Friday afternoon near the Inn on Washington OS featured in commercial to promote tourism - By FRANK STUMBO
Ocean Springs’ scenic Front Beach and downtown area are one of the feature locations in the second phase of the $15 million BP-funded advertising campaign administered through the Mississippi Devel...
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BP says oil from its broken well has stopped gushing into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time since April.


BP says oil from its broken well has stopped gushing into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time since April. The announcement Thursday came after company officials said all valves had been shut on...
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Crab Fishermen Must Remove Traps from Closed Waters of the Mississippi Sound by July 28


BILOXI , Miss. – The executive directors of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, have issued an emergency order requiring the re...
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PHOTO BY FRANK STUMBO/THE GAZETTE More than 75 parents of students at St. Alphonsus met on June 23 to voice their anger and frustration with Principal Dr. Pam Rogers over the recent release of eight faculty members. Parents of 43 children said they would remove their children from the school if Dr. Rogers was not immediately fired and the teachers reinstated. Parents waiting on meeting with McInerney before pulling their children - By FRANK STUMBO
More than 75 parents of students at St. Alphonsus are waiting for a meeting with Father Henry McInerney before they make a final decision on whether or not they will remove their children from the ...
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State and city officials step in BP’s wake - By ROBERT DAVIS
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State officials have high hopes that a fleet of new super skimmers will scoop up the oil spewing from the battered well now spreading across Mississippi waters. Governor Haley Barbour dire...
National Seashore Park Road renamed after fallen ranger - By FRANK STUMBO
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About 25 Park Rangers, city leaders, family and friends of fallen Park Ranger Robert L. McGhee packed into the small auditorium at the William M. Colmer Visitor Center in the Gulf Islands Natio...
50 South Mississippi Guardsmen activated for oil response - By FRANK STUMBO
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Fifty South Mississippi National Guardsmen were activated last Tuesday, June 30 to support civil authorities in the ongoing oil spill response. The 50 activated guardsmen bring the total M...
OS Residents refuse to wait for BP cleanup - By FRANK STUMBO
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Local resident Marty Wagoner and his wife, Lisa, trudged back and forth along a 300-meter section of East Beach with buckets and shovels in hand, stopping every so often to scoop up small brown...
BP fails; Oil washes ashore in Ocean Springs - By FRANK STUMBO
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Coast shores had been spared the worst elements of the environmental disaster caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on April 20. That all changed Sunday morning, June 27, as brown glob...

Mississippi Sound Closed to all Commercial and Recreational Fishing; Bays and Rivers Remain Open

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BILOXI, Miss. – The executive directors of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, in an abundance of caution, are closing an additio...