Edgewater Mall has extended its hours today and Saturday to help shoppers take full advantage of tax-free shopping days, and mall manager Terry Powell says sales have been brisk. “We opened at 9 this morning and we’ll be open until 10 this evening, and we’re doing the same thing on Saturday,” Powell said this afternoon. […]

The Big Red Athletic Foundation will present “An Evening of Baseball with Mike Bianco, Head Coach of the Ole Miss Rebels Baseball Team” on Thursday, Aug. 18, at 6 p.m. in the new Biloxi Civic Center on Howard Avenue. Among the guests will be Biloxi High and LSU standout Doug Thompson of the Colorado Rockies, […]

Mayor A.J. Holloway has called a special meeting of the City Council for Tuesday morning at 10 so that he and councilmembers could continue discussions about the municipal budget for Fiscal Year 2012, which begins Oct. 1. During the meeting, which will be held at City Hall and is open to the public, the mayor […]

The Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum’s 26th annual $10,000 Drawdown will be held on Saturday, Sept 17 at the Biloxi Yacht Club. The drawdown is the museum’s major fundraiser of the year. It will begin at 6 p.m., with an open bar and and entertainment by Hank Berumen. The buffet, offering many special seafood dishes, […]

A national television audience of more than 2 million was told in a 6½-minute segment this morning on the CBS “Early Show” that Biloxi has overcome man-made and natural disasters and the community is booming again “This was great not only for Biloxi, but for the entire Mississippi Gulf Coast,” said Mayor A.J. Holloway, who […]

The city’s new public library officially opened its doors this morning, and library workers have been hearing the same comments from the steady stream of visitors today. “They’ve all said that it looks nice, and they’re glad we’re open, but the comment that we’ve heard the most is that it’s so much better than the […]

The city has received the first electric bill for its large new civic center and public library, and, as expected, it’s a large new bill. The electric bill, which covers one month of service for the 45,000-square-foot civic center and adjoining 22,000-square-foot library: $15,817.92. “This is about what we had expected,” Mayor A.J. Holloway said. […]

The Biloxi City Council next week will get a look at a new five-minute video promoting the Mississippi Gulf Coast for passengers on Delta Air Lines. The video presentation is one of a handful of items on the agenda for the council’s 1:30 meeting Tuesday afternoon at City Hall. Among the other issues: Presentation of […]

Ten events are on the books for the Biloxi Civic Center, and Parks and Recreation Director Sherry Bell says interest is growing with the building’s dedication last week and this week’s hugely successful Biloxi Bay Chamber business expo. “We’re getting more and more people calling about looking at the center,” Bell said, “and the chamber […]

Anyone who missed the dedication ceremony last week for the Biloxi Civic Center can see the Howard Avenue facility in action today as the Biloxi Bay Chamber hosts its 3rd Annual Bu$ine$$ EXPO. The free affair is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. There’s also a luncheon, featuring CEO Charles Regan of Nerds On […]

The part of Biloxi’s water bill that has raised eyebrows and temperatures over the past several months — the payments to the Harrison County Utility Authority — will go down about $60 a year or nearly 14 percent for the average customer under a proposal being considered by the Biloxi City Council. David Staehling, the […]

Visions of Hope, a community service agency in Biloxi, has launched its housing education online course to help new homeowners qualify for up to $30,000 in the city’s downpayment assistance program. The eight-hour course is available in English and Spanish. Those successfully completing the course must make a counseling appointment to receive a completion certificate. […]

Biloxi Main Street this evening continues its highly successful “Drive-in Movie” series on the Town Green with an outdoor presentation of the animated remake of “Yogi Bear.” The Town Green affair kicks off a weekend of entertainment in Biloxi that will see such legends as Wayne Netwon (Beau Rivage), Glenn Campbell (IP), Air Supply (Hard […]

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The city will dedicate two of its largest post-Katrina projects this afternoon, the visitors center at Lighthouse Park, and the Biloxi Civic Center, which is on Howard Avenue. The visitors center will be dedicated in a 4 p.m. ceremomy that will be followed by public tours of the 24,000-square-foot facility and free servings of boiled […]

The Biloxi Police Department is looking for volunteers to help serve as crossing guards at public schools throughout the city. A dozen or so volunteers will be used to help supervise crossings at four elementary schools, and the junior high and high schools. The police department will provide training and equipment – a traffic vest […]

The public will get a chance this evening to see how suggestions have been incorporated into a plan to revitalize the Point Cadet waterfront. The presentation begins at 6 p.m. at the Dr. Frank G. Gruich Sr. Community Center, Howard Avenue, south of the new Biloxi Civic Center. Background: To see background on the plan, […]

The city will formally unveil plans for the revitalization of the Point Cadet waterfront during a public presentation Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Dr. Frank G. Gruich Sr. Community Center on Howard Avenue. The meeting is a follow-up to a March meeting where about a hundred residents gave their views on a number of […]

Construction has begun on a new Coast Transit open-air bus stop at the foot of Rue Magnolia on U.S. 90. The downtown stop, which Eley Guild Hardy designed to tie into the existing fountains at the site, is being constructed by Starks Construction Co. and should be completed in October. Said CTA’s Kevin Coggin: “This […]

Biloxi and the Gulf Coast usher in the four-day Fourth of July weekend with a host of long-standing Independence Day activities, including the Mississippi Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo, the Our Lady of Gulf Crab Festival, the city’s outdoor fireworks show, and, new to the lineup this year, a six-show Coliseum engagement of “Zing Zang Zoom,” […]