TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - President Bush has declared a federal state of emergency in Florida to help with Tropical Storm Fay. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist asked the White House yesterday for the declaration. It enables federal agencies like the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency to come in and help. Fay has soaked Florida for four days, never gaining hurricane intensity but dumping dozens of inches of rain in some areas. Severe flooding on Floridas middle Atlantic Coast is being reported, and some people had… » More
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President Bush visited the Gulf Coast, having dinner in Gulfport with Mississippi leaders. » More
Do you remember an odd hurricane or tropical storm track? With Fays fickle forecast, local Meteorologists remember a few other strange storms.… » More
For the first time in nearly a decade, quadruplets were born at USA Childrens and Womens Hospital in Mobile. » More
President Bush says he sees hopeful signs of progress in New Orleans nearly three years after Hurricane Katrina. Bush will be in New Orleans… » More
When it comes to obesity rates, the Deep South leads the country. Mississippi is number one and Alabamas not too far behind. » More
Fisherman Terry Pizani turns his captains wheel with a mournful expression on his face. Far below, the fishing grounds off the Louisiana coast… » More
Federal regulators say Tropical Storm Fay has not caused any production shutdowns of oil and natural gas drilling in the Gulf Mexico. » More
Analysts say Tropical Storm Fay isnt likely to affect fuel supplies and gas prices, but they are keeping a close eye on the storms path. » More
Scientists trying to find out why theres a rise in jellyfish numbers. » More
Mississippi State wants to know why people risk injury by catching catfish by hand. » More
Gulfport Police Officer Rob Curry died in a motorcycle crash Thursday » More
Park had claimed it was exempt from new law allowing Florida residents to keep firearms in vehicles at work. » More
President Bush will visit New Orleans and the Mississippi Coast on Wednesday to check out the recovery from Hurricane Katrina, just days before… » More
A Gulf Coast gas station owner has been fined $1,000 for selling cheaper gas from higher-octane tanks. » More
The conflict between Russia and the former Soviet Republic of Georgia has hit home for one Mississippi mother. » More
Mississippi students had the worst average score on the college entrance test. Florida and Alabama did not fare much better. » More
Vote will decide whether to approve or reject a bond to build a new jail. » More
The FBI says so far this year, it has investigated 27 bank robberies in Mobile and Baldwin counties. » More
Health officials report 17 new West Nile cases in Miss. » More
Bubba Blackwell revving up for a new record. » More
A tour bus bound for a Mississippi airport overturns killing at least four people and injuring several others. » More
Hundreds gather to say goodbye to well known South Mississippi crimefighter, Frederick Gaston III. » More
FEMA is requesting immunity from lawsuits filed on behalf…
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