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Tracking Hurricane Isaac; 2 counties order mandatory evacuation

While shelters are filling up in Hancock County, emergency management officials in Harrison and Jackson counties have ordered a mandatory evacuation.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the storm’s center – with winds near 80 mph – reached land at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday in Plaquemines Parish, about 90 miles southeast of New Orleans.
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Gulf Coast native Brittney Reese wins gold for long jump

An ESPN Report LONDON – After leaving the most important decision of her career up to her persuasive mother, Brittney Reese knew there was only one place to start looking when it was time to […]

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Beach bacteria warnings up from last year

BILOXI – (AP) Mississippi’s Department of Environmental Quality has posted more warnings of high bacteria levels along Mississippi beaches so far this year than in all of 2011. But there have been fewer sewer-related problems […]

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Miss. SC reverses part of decision in underwriting case

From The Mississippi Link Newswire JACKSON – (Legal Newsline) – The Mississippi Supreme Court has reversed part of a lower court's decision in a case over a state underwriting association's request to assess its members […]