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Come celebrate Downtown Countdown 2020 in style in Downtown Laurel.

It is the dawning of a new decade and what better way to celebrate this monumental occasion than with a celebration like none other in Hattiesburg.

Wayne Miller, the director of Public Works for the City of Gulfport, was the local awardee for the Excellence in Local and District Government Award.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) announced today that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded a contract with a potential total value of $453.4 million for planning yard services.

2019 Fuel Your School program benefits 25,136 local students through collaboration with Chevron and DonorsChoose.org

State and local leaders gathered this week to break ground on a project to not only relieve traffic congestion on I-10, but to bring further economic development.

There is something special about ringing a Salvation Army Bell during the holidays.

A Gulf Coast civil rights icon is being honored as the namesake of a new, $100 million National Science Foundation (NSF) oceanographic research ship, to be operated by the Gulf – Caribbean Oceanographic Consortium (GCOC), led by The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) and the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON).

Jeremy Bell has been named the Vancleave High School (VHS) Teacher of the Year.

Take a trip back to the Roaring ’20s and celebrate the Spirits of the Saenger 90th Anniversary Celebration in Hattiesburg, Friday November 22, 2019, in the Hub City.

Chevron and Mississippi State University’s Bagley College of Engineering have partnered in a new educational program designed to help increase the number of minority and female students who pursue Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (S.T.E.M.) educational opportunities.

If you want to pick a fight on the Coast, express your opinion on the best po’boy around. From Pirates Cove in Pass Christian, to Bozo’s in Pascagoula, there is no dearth of good po’boy joints, but most people have their preference, and can put up a stiff defense when their favorite is challenged. 

Biloxi Shuckers Corporate Partnerships Coordinator Stephanie Chapman has been awarded the Women in Baseball Leadership Scholarship, one of four scholarship recipients among female executives in Minor League Baseball. Chapman was selected for the scholarship from a pool of female executives from various levels and leagues across Minor League Baseball. 

The new Mississippi Gulf Coast Emerging Scholars program was unveiled on November 1 during a special event at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Hospitality Resort Management Center in Biloxi. 

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division authenticated the keel of the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125).

In observance of Veteran’s Day, Nick Overby will present the keynote address at the 19th annual Jackson County Veteran’s Day program.