Monday, June 17 2013 10:36 AM EDT2013-06-17 14:36:40 GMT
FT MYERS, FL (WBBH/CNN) - Video footage showed a Florida teen swimming with a 30 foot whale shark. Chris Kreis spends most of his time working in the family business. "I started when I was 3-years-old,"More >>
A Florida teen was caught on camera swimming with a 30 foot whale shark.More >>
Monday, June 17 2013 8:01 PM EDT2013-06-18 00:01:02 GMT
New details are emerging on the suspect and device found at Marion General Hospital Thursday. Columbia Police, Marion County investigators, ATF, MBI, and the highway patrol responded to a possible explosiveMore >>
New details are emerging on the suspect and device found at Marion General Hospital Thursday. Columbia Police, Marion County investigators, ATF, MBI, and the highway patrol responded to a possible explosiveMore >>
Monday, June 17 2013 11:24 AM EDT2013-06-17 15:24:53 GMT
Mississippi sheriffs can ban people from openly carrying guns into courthouses, according to state Attorney General, Jim Hood. Hood released a document in anticipation of the law that starts July 1 withMore >>
Mississippi sheriffs can ban people from openly carrying guns into courthouses, according to state Attorney General Jim Hood.More >>
Monday, June 17 2013 7:57 PM EDT2013-06-17 23:57:00 GMT
A Gulfport man's front yard turned into a movie set Monday, as a film crew for "Category 5" took over.More >>
Fred Bradley, 77, never imagined his home of nearly 50 years would end up being the set of a movie much less having actor Burt Reynolds play in a scene at his house.More >>
Parents desperate to get their troubled sleepers to bed are turning to synthetic melatonin, which is a supplement sold over the counter. But expert warn it could have adverse effects on child development.More >>
Many adults turn to sleep aids like melatonin, but now more parents are giving them to their kids, too. We talked to physicians to see what they had to say about how it could affect your child's development. More >>
The Hattiesburg City Council is set to vote next week on the city's fiscal budget and it will not include a property tax increase. Monday afternoon, council members adopted a resolution levying ad valorem taxes for the next fiscal year beginning Oct. 1.
That resolution does not include a millage increase.
Council members resolved some issues that surfaced last week that would have affected taxes...included was a potential half-mil increase or $190,000 dollars that would have been added to the city's general fund. That was in addition to a $380,000 increase because of a one mil reduction in the police and fire retirement fund.
"You have three parts on your bill...you've got school, you've got county, you've got city...the city millage is exactly the same, that number is the same," said Kim Bradley, council president.
The resolution did include a slight millage increase for the school district. The council is set to vote on the budget next Tuesday.
Also Monday, the council adopted a resolution declaring a state of emergency due to tropical storm Isaac.
Monday, June 17 2013 7:34 PM EDT2013-06-17 23:34:49 GMT
Average tuition is expected to rise to $2,377 annually, which is an increase from $2,247 in the 2012-2013 school year for community colleges across Mississippi. Dr. William Lewis, president of Pearl RiverMore >>
Average tuition is expected to rise to $2,377 annually, which is an increase from $2,247 in the 2012-2013 school year for community colleges across Mississippi. Dr. William Lewis, president of Pearl RiverMore >>
Monday, June 17 2013 11:24 AM EDT2013-06-17 15:24:53 GMT
Mississippi sheriffs can ban people from openly carrying guns into courthouses, according to state Attorney General, Jim Hood. Hood released a document in anticipation of the law that starts July 1 withMore >>
Mississippi sheriffs can ban people from openly carrying guns into courthouses, according to state Attorney General Jim Hood.More >>
The Hattiesburg City Council adopted a resolution Monday levying ad valorem taxes for the next fiscal year.
