The slurs shouted through traffic were almost too hurtful for Neco Eley to believe. The hatred – hurled in racial epithets and threats this month from a white man in a silver Mercedes-Benz behind her – was so frightening, Eley said, that now she struggles to fall asleep. “This man,” she wondered, “really hates Black […]
A Biloxi dentist with a roof damaged by Hurricane Zeta wound up with a much larger bill after he called in a roofer to make repairs, according to a lawsuit he has filed. J. Jules Eustice is suing Pride Roofing LLC, which does business as Pride Roofing and Construction LLC, in Harrison County Circuit Court […]
Five candidates are on the ballot in Tuesday’s special election to fill the remainder of the term on Biloxi Council in Ward 4. Former councilman Robert Deming III resigned May 30 after pleading guilty to a federal drug for the sale of products at his CBD and kratom stores in Mississippi and North Carolina. He […]
A Biloxi man tried to blame the then 7-year-old girl for the sex crimes he committed against her during his plea hearing Friday before he finally fessed up to his crimes. Judge Lisa Dodson told Jordan Earl Holmes he needed to decide whether he wanted to spend his time trying to blame a little girl […]
A Mississippi Coast man is headed to death row for his role in the beating and suffocation death of his 2-year-old stepson — all because the toddler soiled his diaper and took too long to get a juice box out of the refrigerator. A jury in Harrison County Circuit Court in Biloxi deliberated for just […]
Joseph David Heard used one hand to hold the 2-year-old’s hands over his head. He used the other to repeatedly punch the little boy in the gut and the head, according to the child’s mother. When little Hayden Lee Bataille cried out in pain, Heard, 41, got angrier, and the beating only escalated, Hayden’s mother […]
Another jackpot hit at Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in just over a month. On Friday, April 19, Rosa V. (last name not disclosed) of McAllen, Texas, hit a $200,000 jackpot. She was playing a $100 Triple Double Stars game in the high limit slot room.The classic reel slot is made by IGT. This comes […]
Spring breakers still showed up in crowds for the annual Black Spring Break in Biloxi, despite a denied special events permit and a canceled concert. On Saturday, crowds relaxed and danced on Biloxi Beach, which is a public beach open to anyone, but many attendees voiced concerns over the lack of parking and new measures […]
Mississippi Black Spring Break is still coming to the Biloxi beach April 11-14, but without permits from the city and county for vendors, extra parking lots or amplified music on the beach. By a vote of 5-2 — three hours into the tense meeting — the permit for spring break was denied by the council. […]
A parade and a drone show are part of a year-long celebration of the 25h anniversary of the opening of Beau Rivage Resort and Casino in March 1999. The party starts on the weekend of the actual anniversary and coincides with the St. Patrick’s Day Parade through downtown Biloxi at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March […]
Food Network’s popular reality competition “The Great Food Truck Race” rumbled into Biloxi this weekend. Six food trucks took their place Saturday in a semicircle on the lawn in front Harrah’s Casino and quickly got to work serving a waiting crowd. Food trucks are popular on the Mississippi Coast, and local residents proved it for […]
A pedestrian died in a Biloxi hit-and-run accident Saturday, and police later found a man suspected of driving the vehicle involved. Police charged Norris Payne, 70, of Biloxi with leaving the scene of an accident causing death. At 5:45 p.m Saturday, Biloxi police were called to Main Street and Esters Boulevard for a vehicle crash […]