The Pass Christian Historical Preservation Commission tonight voted to deny the application request to demolish St Paul Church, said Margaret Jean Kalif, the commission’s chair. The vote was unanimous, she added. The church now has 30 days to appeal their decision to the commission and the Board of Aldermen, Ms. Kalif said. About 70 people [...]

* From the GG: Darlene Kimball at the Pass Harbor has some fresh white shrimp from Louisiana available now! Call her at 228-209-4446 or stop by the Harbor.   We also received this press release today from the Mississippi State University Extension Service: Shrimpers seeing low yields but excellent quality By Karen Templeton MSU Ag Communications [...]

We just received this press release from the Biloxi Diocese: HOLY FAMILY PARISH ANNOUNCES DEMOLITION OF FORMER ST. PAUL CHURCH BUILDING Possibility of chapel at later date PASS CHRISTIAN -Father Dennis Carver, pastor of Holy Family Parish, Pass Christian, today announced plans to demolish the former St. Paul church structure situated along the beach in [...]

A road closure will be in place beginning today along Magnolia Avenue due to water and sewer work in the area. Detours will be Highway 90 to all other avenues, from the south. The northern detour route will be Railroad Street. Access to residences will be maintained. Estimated time of the closure should not exceed [...]

Everett Street will be closed to thru traffic today beginning at Cedar Avenue and continuing west to Boisdore Avenue, due to the installation of a new sewer main in the area. (Everett Street runs south of and parallel to the railroad tracks on the west end of town. See map here: View Larger Map Access [...]

The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources this week said it would open the 2010-2011 shrimp season in Mississippi territorial waters west of the East Biloxi ship channel at 6 a.m. Thursday, June 3, 2010.

The Rocks have won their third state title this year, after winning 6-0 over Amory in the second game of the three-game 4A baseball championship. Earlier this year, the Rock-a-chaws won the state title in football and soccer. We’ll have more details in next week’s paper.

Due to SCI lowering a water main under the new storm drain, water service will be turned off at 8 a.m. on Monday, May 24, and will be back on noon on the 200 block of Market Street, from West Second Street north to the railroad tracks,, WPSCO said.Two consecutive water samples must be tested [...]

The Pass Christian Library is open in War Memorial Park in Pass Christian at 324 E Second Street. They can be reached at a temporary telephone number until the new library is opened. The temporary phone number is 228-363-1225. They will anounce when the new library is open and the old phone number will be [...]

A piece of debris suspected to be from the Deepwater Horizon rig has washed up on shore here in Pass Christian. It was discovered by a harbor police officer this evening. The city notified Harrison County emergency officials, who contacted the Coast Guard, said Fire Chief Dwight Gordon. City officials are securing the piece of [...]