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Two people were killed, four people were hurt. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/hospital_releases_two_people_hurt_in_tugboat_explosion/537088/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:30:53 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/ship_explosion_claims_at_least_two_lives/536673/Nov-20-2009_7-33-pm/
One person is dead, another believed to be dead following an explosion at a Mississippi shipyard. Updated 7:30pm ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/ship_explosion_claims_at_least_two_lives/536673/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:34:40 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/teacher_busted_for_growing_marijuana/534653/Nov-19-2009_5-39-pm/
Narcotics agents busted a Mississippi teacher growing marijuana in his home. UPDATE: Authorities release pictures of the growing operation. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/teacher_busted_for_growing_marijuana/534653/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:19:22 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/husband_and_wife_military_family_deals_with_deployment/533362/Nov-19-2009_8-51-am/
The Woodruffs have survived more than three months apart. Husband Fred was deployed for the first time in their 17-year marriage this year. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/husband_and_wife_military_family_deals_with_deployment/533362/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:28:05 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/home_invasion_suspect_sought1/533347/Nov-18-2009_4-00-pm/
The Jackson County Sheriff's office needs your help to find a man they say is armed and extremely dangerous. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/home_invasion_suspect_sought1/533347/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:42:30 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hometown_tours/article/construction_at_keesler_afb/533234/Nov-19-2009_8-48-am/
There are several post-Katrina construction projects happening at Keesler Air Force Base. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hometown_tours/article/construction_at_keesler_afb/533234/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:16:54 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hometown_tours/article/weather_training_at_keesler_afb/533099/Nov-19-2009_3-03-pm/
The Weather Training Facility graduates more than 400 people a year. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hometown_tours/article/weather_training_at_keesler_afb/533099/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:59:28 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hometown_tours/article/hometown_tour_keesler_air_force_base/533020/Nov-19-2009_8-51-am/
Our final Hometown Tour of the season takes us to Biloxi Mississippi, the home of Keesler AFB. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hometown_tours/article/hometown_tour_keesler_air_force_base/533020/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:20:44 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/boom_rattles_windows/531605/Nov-18-2009_12-29-am/
Many people heard a loud boom Tuesday night along the Gulf Coast. What was it? ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/boom_rattles_windows/531605/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:15:16 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/jackson_county_ms_man_charged_with_molestation/528510/Nov-16-2009_12-22-pm/
A Mississippi man is accused of offering young girls candy and money for sexual favors. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/jackson_county_ms_man_charged_with_molestation/528510/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:50:47 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/mississippi_alabamas_heavy_weight_titles/527796/Nov-16-2009_4-50-am/
Trust for America's Health has ranked Mississippi and Alabama first and second in the nation for obesity. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/mississippi_alabamas_heavy_weight_titles/527796/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:32:15 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/stds_growing_problem_among_miss._teens/526746/Nov-15-2009_7-02-pm/
Teenagers make up almost 40 percent of those diagnosed with sexually transmitted diseases in Mississippi. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/stds_growing_problem_among_miss._teens/526746/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:56:10 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/55_inmates_transferred_due_to_overcrowding/526392/Nov-15-2009_1-50-pm/
Jackson County, Mississippi is transferring dozens of prisoners to neighboring counties to help offset prison overcrowding. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/55_inmates_transferred_due_to_overcrowding/526392/ Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:33:20 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/baby_spins_in_washing_machine/523033/Nov-13-2009_6-25-pm/
A 7-month is pushed in the washing machine by his 4-year old brother and survives. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/baby_spins_in_washing_machine/523033/ Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:20:34 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/coast_guard_rescues_2_from_gulf/514119/Nov-09-2009_5-53-pm/
Oil rig damaged by Ida; 2 crewmen rescued in Gulf south of New Orleans. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/coast_guard_rescues_2_from_gulf/514119/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:39:28 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/carnivals_fantasy_delayed_by_ida/513862/Nov-09-2009_1-26-pm/
The inaugural trip of Mobile's newest cruise ship is delayed by the arrival of Tropical Storm Ida. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/carnivals_fantasy_delayed_by_ida/513862/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:10:12 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/mississippi_authorities_urge_ida_caution/512047/Nov-08-2009_5-10-pm/
MEMA urges residents to keep a close eye on Hurricane Ida developments. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/mississippi_authorities_urge_ida_caution/512047/ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:06:37 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/customers_chase_after_bank_robber/508226/Nov-06-2009_6-33-pm/
Police say Sean Mitchell robbed the M & M Bank on Bienville Blvd in Ocean Springs. Customers in the parking lot chased after him. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/customers_chase_after_bank_robber/508226/ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:24:27 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/17_arrested_in_craigs_list_prostitution_sting/508139/Nov-06-2009_10-56-pm/
Police from Gulfport to Biloxi teamed up for an undercover sting, targeting escort services and individuals listed on Craig's List Click here for mugshots ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/17_arrested_in_craigs_list_prostitution_sting/508139/ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:10:49 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/meth_at_daycare/504200/Nov-04-2009_6-34-pm/
Police say meth was made at an Ocean Springs daycare by a convicted felon. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/meth_at_daycare/504200/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:21 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/man_under_house_arrest_running_meth_lab_at_a_home_daycare/503741/Nov-04-2009_3-42-pm/
Police say Mark Sumrall was running a meth lab in his parents' house which doubled as a daycare for kids. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/man_under_house_arrest_running_meth_lab_at_a_home_daycare/503741/ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:23:27 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/former_gulf_shores_cop_pleads_guilty_in_child_porn_case/503398/Nov-04-2009_9-04-am/
Scott Yancey pleaded guilty to receiving and possessing child pornography for the second time in 11 years. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/former_gulf_shores_cop_pleads_guilty_in_child_porn_case/503398/ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:04:18 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/pascagoula-officials-to-see-beach-construction1/498958/Nov-01-2009_6-19-pm/
Pascagoula officials are expected to visit a site Monday where sand is being pumped in along the Gulf of Mexico to build a new beach. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/pascagoula-officials-to-see-beach-construction1/498958/ Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:12:19 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/u.s.-ship-fires-on-poland/491932/Oct-29-2009_2-49-pm/
A guided missle destroyer inadvertently shoots a Polish warehouse in the Port of Gdynia. No one is hurt. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/u.s.-ship-fires-on-poland/491932/ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:29:01 +0000 54.517095987311045 18.54217529296875 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/halloween-safety-tips/488797/Oct-28-2009_2-04-pm/
Trick or treating on Halloween night is not only a lot of fun for the kids, it can also be dangerous. Click here for safety tips. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/halloween-safety-tips/488797/ Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:01:06 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/alliance-formed-to-land-tanker/483121/Oct-27-2009_8-29-am/
Four state alliance formed to promote Gulf Coast as aerospace corridor. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/alliance-formed-to-land-tanker/483121/ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:33:48 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/shots-fired-near-county-fair/475588/Oct-24-2009_7-11-pm/
Pascagoula police say someone fired five shots near the Jackson County Fair during a "Midnight Madness" event. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/shots-fired-near-county-fair/475588/ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:53:33 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/father-son-arrested-for-making-magic-brownies/469073/Oct-22-2009_1-03-pm/
The Jackson County Sheriff's Office says Jerry Witham and his son Morgan were selling marijuana and marijuana brownies out of their home. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/father-son-arrested-for-making-magic-brownies/469073/ Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:21:50 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/local-homeless-veteran-receives-military-funeral/464119/Oct-20-2009_4-42-pm/
U.S. Air Force veteran Aubrey Vallia Jr. is the first homeless veteran in Mobile to be served by the Dignity Memorial Homeless Veterans Burial Program. The program has existed in other parts of the country since 2000 but was organized in the Mobile area just this summer. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/local-homeless-veteran-receives-military-funeral/464119/ Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:08:00 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/sec-the-toughest-conference-in-college-football/440145/Oct-13-2009_6-43-pm/
According to the cover story in this week's edition of Sports Illustrated, the Southeastern Conference is toughest conference in the nation. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/sec-the-toughest-conference-in-college-football/440145/ Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:43:27 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/man-kills-girlfriend-and-then-takes-her-to-the-er/423337/Oct-08-2009_11-39-am/
Police say Mark Fountain's girlfriend was already dead when he brought her to the ER. Doctors thought she died from an overdose until they found an open wound on the back of her head. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/man-kills-girlfriend-and-then-takes-her-to-the-er/423337/ Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:27:55 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/pascagoula-beachfront-to-undergo-facelift/405382/Oct-02-2009_3-23-pm/
Workers will spend several months dredging and moving sand to build a new 1.5-mile segment of the beach along the Mississippi Sound in Pascagoula. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/pascagoula-beachfront-to-undergo-facelift/405382/ Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:21:42 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/cat-down-to-8-lives-after-being-shot-in-head-with-arrow/405101/Oct-02-2009_12-54-pm/
The veterinarian who removed the arrow, says it chipped the Mississippi kitty's skull and somehow arched over the brain. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/cat-down-to-8-lives-after-being-shot-in-head-with-arrow/405101/ Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:54:14 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/wkrg-iphone-app/401868/Sep-30-2009_11-05-pm/
IPhone users can now download the free WKRG iPhone App from the Apple AppStore, get your Weather, News, News Video and Traffic anytime. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/wkrg-iphone-app/401868/ Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:59:58 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/weather/article/obama-plans-gulf-coast-visit/400713/Sep-30-2009_9-33-am/
President Barack Obama says he will pay a mid-October visit to Gulf Coast areas damaged by Hurricane Katrina. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/weather/article/obama-plans-gulf-coast-visit/400713/ Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:32:42 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/body-of-missing-boater-is-recovered/395282/Sep-28-2009_9-32-am/
The body of a missing boater was found after an accident on Biloxi's Back Bay. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/body-of-missing-boater-is-recovered/395282/ Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:30:00 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/former-gulfport-mayor-pleads-guilty-in-hurricane-katrina-fraud-case/385042/Sep-25-2009_11-50-am/
Former Gulfport Mayor Brent Warr and his wife agreed to a plea deal Friday that will keep them out of prison. The Warrs were accused of seeking a homeowners assistance grant for a house they owned but did not live in. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/former-gulfport-mayor-pleads-guilty-in-hurricane-katrina-fraud-case/385042/ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:48:35 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/elderly-man-beaten-to-death/376839/Sep-21-2009_6-31-pm/
UPDATED Video tape from a concerned neighbor's home camcorder helped lead police to two suspects in the beating death of an elderly Gulf Coast man. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/elderly-man-beaten-to-death/376839/ Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:55:42 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/6th-swine-flu-death-in-mississippi1/376378/Sep-21-2009_12-27-pm/
The number of confirmed cases of swine flu in Mississippi has risen to 840. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/6th-swine-flu-death-in-mississippi1/376378/ Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:12:40 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/college-band-members-suspended-in-hazing-probe/370077/Sep-19-2009_1-04-pm/
Jackson State University officials say about 20 members of the school's marching band are accused of being involved in hazing and have been suspended. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/college-band-members-suspended-in-hazing-probe/370077/ Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:44:56 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/free-friday/366659/Sep-18-2009_6-41-pm/
Get Wet N Wild, Free Circus Tickets, & Pet Care ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/free-friday/366659/ Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:35:13 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/mississippi-man-charged-with-abusing-child-under-5/366205/Sep-18-2009_1-57-pm/
The Ocean Springs Police Department has arrested William Eugene McClary of Nottingham Road in Ocean Springs on sex abuse charges. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/mississippi-man-charged-with-abusing-child-under-5/366205/ Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:49:23 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/oh-poop-dogs-banned-from-biloxi-bay-bridge/362172/Sep-17-2009_8-49-am/
The ban comes after Ocean Springs' board of aldermen were told people were not picking up their dog's poop when taking their pets for walks on the bridge. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/oh-poop-dogs-banned-from-biloxi-bay-bridge/362172/ Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:57:09 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/lucedale-teacher-charged-with-sex-abuse/352822/Sep-14-2009_11-09-am/
Sheriff's Deputies have arrested and charged a 44-year-old George County High School teacher with sexual battery of a 16-year-old female. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/lucedale-teacher-charged-with-sex-abuse/352822/ Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:35:05 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/jail-space-running-thin/350169/Sep-13-2009_12-57-pm/
The aging Jackson County Adult Detention Center has more heads than beds, but Sheriff Mike Byrd says he'll find a place for criminals even if the jail is overcrowded. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/jail-space-running-thin/350169/ Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:44:17 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/search-for-gulf-coast-man-is-over/343204/Sep-10-2009_8-23-pm/
Robert Benefield is home safe and sound. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/search-for-gulf-coast-man-is-over/343204/ Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:13:59 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/pascagoula-police-searching-for-missing-elderly-man/342860/Sep-10-2009_1-44-pm/
82-year-old Robert Benefield, who suffers from dementia, left home around 11:30 Wednesday morning to go to the store. He was last seen by a trucker in Alexandria, Louisiana. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/pascagoula-police-searching-for-missing-elderly-man/342860/ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:10:15 +0000 30.27804437780013 -88.52783203125 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/coast-guard-rescues-man-stranded-on-horn-island/342859/Sep-10-2009_10-01-am/
A woman called the authorities after her husband failed to return from a fishing trip.. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/coast-guard-rescues-man-stranded-on-horn-island/342859/ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:58:20 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/state-farm-cant-raise-rates-in-coastal-mississippi/340951/Sep-09-2009_4-01-pm/
Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney temporarily denied State Farm's request to increase homeowners' rates by 45 % in Hancock, Harrison and Jackson counties. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/state-farm-cant-raise-rates-in-coastal-mississippi/340951/ Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:53:14 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/man-drowns-while-cleaning-his-pool/336888/Sep-08-2009_1-09-pm/
An Ocean Springs woman found her husband at the bottom of their pool. She told police was was cleaning it not long before she found him. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/man-drowns-while-cleaning-his-pool/336888/ Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:09:50 +0000