Paul Hampton
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Biloxi, MS, United States
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In Mississippi, this quick way out of a financial hole often leads to bankruptcy
From checks arriving unsolicited in the mail to streets lined with ‘lenders of last resort,’ Mississippi residents are presented with many quick-buck options for getting out of a financial hole. Often they lead to bankruptcy. → Read More
Superintendent apologizes for halftime show that has social media buzzing
Forest Hill High School band performed a halftime skit featuring students dressed as doctors and nurses holding others dressed as a SWAT team at gunpoint. The game was in Brookhaven, where two officers were killed. → Read More
Couple crashes ATV deep in the woods. Here’s how rescuers found them
A man and woman were injured and lost in the woods after their ATV flipped. Harrison County firefighters and sheriff’s deputies searched for them on foot for about two hours. → Read More
This Bozo’s is quite a departure from the original best seafood dive
Bozo’s Too is an upscale restaurant that sits next to Bozo’s Seafood Grocery and Grill, a Pascagoula staple since 1956. The new restaurant will be nothing like one of America’s best seafood dives, though. → Read More
Ocean Springs woman charged with murder in bar shooting
Ocean Springs police said a man shot in an Kahunas Bar and Grill in Ocean Springs bar died early Saturday morning. Police have charged a woman with his murder and are looking for another suspect. → Read More
House reverses course, sends lottery bill to Gov. Bryant
The Mississippi House of Representatives reversed its vote on Tuesday during the special session of the MS Legislature, passing a bill to approve a state lottery. → Read More
House, Senate both pass lottery bills. Now it’s time to negotiate the final changes.
The House passed a bill to allow the lottery in Mississippi, but it differs from the bill approved by the Senate. The two chambers of Mississippi government will likely have to work together to come up with a compromise. → Read More
Governor calls special session that just became more interesting to Coast
Gov. Phil Bryant on Friday called a special session Aug. 23 and 24 to deal with deteriorating roads and bridges and the $700 million to state will get from BP in the economic damages settlement. → Read More
Armed Forces Retirement Home is delaying rent increases for its residents
The Armed Forces Retirement Home rent increase will be tempered under a plan announced Thursday in Gulfport MS and Washington DC. A proposed rent increase of up to 106 percent will be phased in with phase one delayed until Jan. 1. → Read More
One Coast candidate is headed to a runoff. Here's how South Mississippi voted.
Rep. David Baria of Bay St. Louis MS and Howard Sherman of Meridian ran neck and neck in the Democratic primary in Mississippi. It stayed so closed they'll go to a runoff June 26 with the winner advancing to face Sen. Roger Wicker. → Read More
Here's what you need to know for Mississippi's primary election on Tuesday
Congress' job approval is at, or near, an all-time low. But that discontent isn't likely to spur Mississippians to vote in Tuesday's party primaries for U.S. Senate and House, if the low number of absentee ballots cast is any indication. → Read More
They challenged 'the establishment' in Mississippi but hit a roadblock: Facebook
Facebook notified two MS GOP candidates in Tuesday's primary that they won't be able to place ads until they're "verified." Brian Rose and Richard Boyanton will be forced to look for other media to get their message out. → Read More
How did the Bay mayor's son get hired for $115K at Hancock jail? It's complicated.
Mississippi's Attorney General's Office threw out a previous opinion that questioned the hiring of Casey Favre by Hancock County MS Sheriff Ricky Adam as medical director at the jail. Casey's dad, Mike Favre, is the Mayor of Bay St. Louis. → Read More
The historic look of downtown Bay St. Louis is at stake after controversial firing
Bay St. Louis Historic Preservation Commission member Ellis Anderson was unexpectedly removed from the Commission by the City Council. That raised questions about the Commission's future and convinced Anderson to go into full-activist mode. → Read More
Mississippi tracks you across its web sites, too. Here's how to protect yourself
Websites the state of Mississippi operates on its own or through a partnership with Mississippi Interactive track visitors, gathering data with with cookies and other internet tricks. But website visitors can throw the state off their scent. → Read More
Why the bill to get BP money to the Coast didn’t get passed
The Mississippi Legislature for the third straight year failed to figure out how to spend money from the BP oil disaster. House and Senate negotiators hung up over whether a Coast board or the Legislature would have control over about $700 million from BP. → Read More
BP bill appears dead for the year after House-Senate negotiations break down
Mississippi House and Senate negotiators let a deadline pass without coming up with a compromise on how money BP oil settlement money would be used. → Read More
Will lawmakers give $700 million in BP money to the Coast? Lawmakers are racing the clock.
In Mississippi, the fate of $700 million in BP economic damages money rests with six conferees trying to hash out differences in House and Senate bills. They have until 8 p.m. Monday to reach an agreement. Even with agreement, the bill would go back to both the House and Senate for floor debates and votes. → Read More
Why Mississippi might spend millions to build a wall in Diamondhead
In Diamondhead, quite a few homes are close to I-10 and federal and state officials are planning to widen it by one lane in each direction. MDOT will hold a forum in Diamondhead to give people a change to weigh in on plans to build a wall. → Read More
Dangerous ‘Quicksand Island’ near Pascagoula may be getting safer soon
After officials warned Gulf Coast residents to stay away from Round Island, the Pascagoula spot will soon be ready for recreational activities. “Quicksand Island” could save marshes in South Mississippi and was funded by BP. → Read More