The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality issued two water contact advisories for three locations in Harrison and Jackson counties.

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality issued two water contact advisories for three locations in Harrison and Jackson counties.

MOSS POINT – U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo, R-Biloxi, spent time this morning touring Northrop Grumman’s state-of-the-art Unmanned Systems Center and plans to return to Washington, D.C., to educate his colleagues on the importance of the unmanned aerial vehicles that now share the skies with manned passenger aircraft.

JACKSON — State lawmakers are working to change a law that could cause the state to be booted out of the National Flood Insurance Program and put thousands of homeowners, and their mortgages, at risk.

JACKSON — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is requesting an additional $355,531 to cover expenses for his staff through June 30, the final day of the current budget year.

JACKSON — Three current or former officers in the Jackson Police Department have been arrested on charges of accepting bribes to protect what they believed to be drug transactions.

JACKSON — State lawmakers are working to change a law that could cause the state to be booted out of the National Flood Insurance Program and put thousands of homeowners, and their mortgages, at risk.

Gulfport’s Krewe of Gemini will roll at 6:30 p.m. today.

A University of Southern Mississippi search committee has begun looking for the university’s next athletic director.

JACKSON — A bill to allow charter schools in all of Mississippi’s 152 districts passed the Senate Education Committee on Tuesday and is expected to pass the full Senate on Wednesday.