The Tiger Pride Marching Band has earned top honors at recent competitions after coming back from an off-year because of the pandemic.

The Bay St. Louis Little Theatre is coming back after the Covid shut down. The Board of Directors has chosen the comeback season to be ‘A Season of Comedies.” 

Dozens of people on Saturday attended National Night Out in Waveland.

The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office, Waveland Police Department, Bay St. Louis Police Department, and Hancock Youth for Positive Efforts (HYPE) will host National Night Out on Saturday, Oct. 2 at St. Clare Church in Waveland.

Hancock County-area artist Herb Willey’s artwork has been selected for exhibition at the Mississippi Invitational 2021 at the MS Museum of Art in Jackson.

The Waveland Community Unity Organization on Monday hosted its fifth annual awards ceremony for area law enforcement, fire and EMS personnel.

Bay St. Louis city officials, volunteers and residents last week conducted a groundbreaking ceremony for the long-awaited splash pad at Martin Luther King Park.

Members of the Hancock Middle School (HMS) and Hancock High School (HHS) Beta Clubs recently attended the National Beta Convention in Orlando, Florida. Although most students attended the convention virtually, HMS student Raleigh Seal attended the convention in person. HMS students placing a…

The Hancock County Tourism Bureau and Alice Moseley Folk Art Museum have teamed up with Mississippi Heroes to host a memorial celebration for Lt. Michael Boutte and Cayce Seal on Nov. 6 at the Bay St. Louis Depot grounds.

The Waveland Helping Hands Community Organization on Saturday hosted its annual Juneteenth celebration at Martin Luther King, Jr. Park in Waveland.

LaKeila sat on her front porch in Bay St. Louis on Juneteenth this past Saturday. The heavy tropical rain the night before brought some relief, as there was a cool breeze and it seemed to open up many Juneteenth memories for her.

Ruth Ellen Rhodes, on Monday, June 14, celebrated her 100th birthday with family and friends at Dunbar Village in Bay St. Louis.

The Hancock Youth Leadership Academy (HYLA) held a graduation ceremony for its eighth class of high school seniors on Wednesday, April 28th, at the Robert V. Magee Auditorium. Jay Ladner, head coach of the University of Southern Mississippi’s men’s basketball team, was the guest speaker. The…

North Bay Elementary recently participated in the Promote the Vote Art Contest sponsored by the Mississippi Secretary of State's office. NBE’s Karma Harper won second place and Bayleigh Hudgens received third place honors in the statewide contest. They and other winners were recognized durin…

Saint Stanislaus held its Baccalaureate Mass and Commencement Exercises on Saturday, May 22, at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church, which concluded its 167th year of Catholic education. The Class of 2021 received their high school diplomas during ceremony, and the Saint Stanislaus administ…

Our Lady Academy’s Graduation mass was celebrated on Friday, May 21, 2021, at Our Lady of the Gulf Church in Bay St. Louis. There were thirty-seven graduates in the Class of 2021, and Bishop Louis F. Kihneman, III was the principal celebrant.

Instead of asking for birthday gifts for themselves, five-year-old Harbor Grace and Whitynn Gray (also known as Biscuit) request backpacks and school supplies for CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children).

Bay High School is proud to announce Karime Alonso as the 2021 Valedictorian and Damen Jamar Conway as Salutatorian. 

This week, Central Bible Church celebrated the opening of its newest community outreach, the Clothesline.

Saint Stanislaus is proud to announce that Peiton Fasullo has been named valedictorian for the class of 2021 and Nicholas Toepfer has been named salutatorian.

Faith Janae Anderson, daughter of Scott and Jane Anderson, was named Valedictorian of Our Lady Academy’s Class of 2021. She has achieved Principal’s Honor Roll throughout high school. While at Our Lady Academy, she was a member of National Honor Society, French Honor Society, National Art Ho…

Hancock County Relay for Life on Saturday kicked off this year’s events with a Relay Around Town and the first of five Luminary ceremonies.

The 2021 Relay for Life of Hancock County events will kick off on May 1 with a Relay Around Town.

Last week, members of the Rotary Club of Bay St. Louis surprised 40-year Rotarian Bob Hubbard with the Paul Harris Fellow award.

National Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet Day, held on the third Friday of every April, was created to raise awareness and support prevention efforts to keep youth safe and drug-free. In celebration of this annual observance, Hancock Youth for Positive Efforts (HYPE) designed and distributed …

Sadie Pohl, a junior at Bay High School, has been accepted into the Summer Leadership Institute for High School Students. The program is a partnership between the University of Mississippi’s Lott Leadership Institute and the Division of Outreach’s Summer College for High School Students.

“I’m so delighted I’m going to be 100-years-old,” Nelwyn Ducomb of Hancock County said of her upcoming April 10 milestone.

Students at Holy Trinity Catholic School in Bay St. Louis collected more than 1,610 bags of beans for the March of the Mayors food drive.

A few times a year, the iconic Second Saturday Art Walk event in Old Town Bay St. Louis adopts a theme. The “SOUPer Mudfest Second Saturday Art walk” - one of the most popular events of the year in Bay St. Louis - will take place March 13, rain or shine.

Hancock Youth for Positive Efforts (HYPE) on Saturday helped spruce up and add its own colorful touch to Ruth’s Roots Community Garden in Bay St. Louis.

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The Hancock County branch of the NAACP on Monday unveiled the first of three new murals at Martin Luther King Park in Bay St. Louis. 

Last week, the residents of Pearlington celebrated the opening of the Pearlington Walking Trail.

Last month, Hurricane Zeta’s winds whipped through Hancock County, leaving downed trees, downed power lines, and shingles in its path.

The Rotary Club of Bay St. Louis on Wednesday donated four checks to local non-profit organizations. 

This Saturday, Oct. 24, Retrofit, the Hancock County NAACP, and the Waveland Helping Hands Community Organization are joining the non-profit Constance Cares for Cancer to sponsor a car parade for cancer awareness.

Michael has truly been a blessing to me,” Elaine Parker of Bay St. Louis said. “He does it from his heart. Love is an action word. And if you don’t show it, it is in vain. People throw that word around so easily.” 

On Sept. 19, several families drove through the Pass Christian Library’s Drive By Children’s Reading Program, “We Are All Ears,” to say hello to the Visiting Pet Teams of South Mississippi, including Bobby the Pug and Heather Deaton of Diamondhead. 

The elders on Dunbar Village in Bay Louis on Monday celebrated the observance of the International Day of Peace by “Taking it back to Woodstock.” 

Bob McGraw’s first piece of public artwork is now on display at Ruth’s Roots community garden and also honors the victims of Hurricane Laura, which made landfall on Aug. 26 in Louisiana. 

The rain on Independence Day may have thinned out the crowd a bit, but it didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of a group of local women who marched on Coleman Avenue In Waveland to commemorate a century of women earning the right to vote.

Last Wednesday, Helen Mestayer celebrated her 97th birthday with an unexpected surprise. 

The Hancock County NAACP on Saturday hosted the annual Juneteenth celebration at Martin Luther King Park in Waveland.

Congressman Steven Palazzo (MS-4) on Thursday announced Taylor Wypyski of Our Lady Academy as the winner of the 2020 Congressional Art Competition for Mississippi's Fourth Congressional District. Wypyski's mixed media art will hang in the United States Capitol for a year alongside other winn…

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Ruth’s Roots community garden on Friday received a special delivery, a new butterfly house. 

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On Friday, Holy Trinity Catholic School hosted its annual Mardi Gras parade. In addition to parading through the streets of downtown Bay St. Louis, the members from the Krewe of Nereids 2020 royal court also paid a visit to the school and toasted the school’s own royalty. This year’s court i…