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Hancock County — Becoming the Ultimate Elvis from the king’s home state is the dream of more than a dozen sideburned guys who will compete at the Silver Slipper Casino next weekend. To be selected by Elvis’ first sweetheart, June Juanico of Biloxi, would make it priceless.
D’IBERVILLE — Divers on Wednesday recovered the body of a 19-year-old from Gautier about an hour after his friends reported him missing in the Tchoutacabouffa River.
HANCOCK COUNTY — An attorney for the father of a Waveland girl who was killed in a boating accident on the Jourdan River last week has filed a lawsuit, claiming that 10-year-old Madison Karno died because of negligence by the boat’s operator.
A“groundmaking” ceremony will take place this afternoon at 2 on the West Pier of the State Port at Gulfport, the biggest splash thus far in fulfilling the Port Authority’s vision of becoming one of the nation’s largest containerized cargo facilities.
PASCAGOULA — Pascagoula police used DNA analysis to identify a suspect, now in custody, in a May 30, 1990 rape, Pasagoula Police Capt. Shannon Broom said.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Former NFL star Steve McNair was shot dead in his sleep last week by a 20-year-old girlfriend distraught about mounting financial problems and her belief that he was seeing someone else, police said Wednesday.
NOTE: Diane Edrington, a nurse practitioner who also has a degree in archaeology, is the mother of three grown boys and wife of Long Beach optometrist Max Edrington.
BILOXI — It’s unusual to see an airport add new service in the current economy or two competitive casinos work closely to bring tourists to the Coast.
A“groundmaking” ceremony will take place this afternoon at 2 on the West Pier of the State Port at Gulfport, the biggest splash thus far in fulfilling the Port Authority’s vision of becoming one of the nation’s largest containerized cargo facilities.
Mississippi Public Service Commission chairman Lynn Posey says it would cost the state less than $250,000 a year if the PSC were allowed to hire three new staff members.