Parker Boyd
Multimedia Journalist
Biloxi, MS
Parker Boyd is a native of the New Orleans metropolitan area. He graduated from Loyola University New Orleans with a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications with a concentration in journalism.
He comes to WLOX with a strong passion for storytelling. He’s following in the footsteps of his parents, Glynn and Nancy Parker Boyd. Both were long time journalists in New Orleans.
Parker loves spending time with family, reading about history, and rooting for his New Orleans Saints and Pelicans. He is a member of the Mt. Airy Baptist Church in Boutte, Louisiana, where he serves as an usher. He vows to give Biloxi and the Gulf Coast reliable news daily.
This time of year, brings the kind of weather that people want to go outside and enjoy fire pits. However, Mississippi’s burn ban is putting that on pause.
Rail Safety Week lasts from September 18-24. It raises awareness to prevent incidents at railroad crossings.
Under the hot sun, officials grabbed shovels to bring in a new era for the store.
The district said Ocean Springs Middle School eighth-grader Aubreigh Wyatt died on Monday, September 4.
Protesters joined forces in front of the Biloxi VA Medical Center on Monday to speak up against an LGBTQ+ flag that hangs outside the front gate.
Homeowners are beginning to see them in their houses. They can get into homes through poorly sealed windows, attic ridges, bathrooms and vents.
If Gov. Reeves signs the bill into law, it would give school districts the option to decide.
Southern Grown Therapeutics, a new cannabis growing business operating in Jackson County, has its first harvest drying and is about two weeks away from its second harvest.
This month, people in South Mississippi and across the country are focusing on cardiovascular health, as February is American Heart Month. The focus this month is prevention of heart disease.
