KEESLER AFB, Mississippi, April 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Keesler Air Force Base (81st Training Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Elizabeth Davis, 81st Training Wing Public Affairs Keesler's Military and Family Readiness Center hosted Operation HERO on April 6. This event is held annually during the Month of the Military Child, which honors more than 1.6 million military children who face challenges and unique experiences as a result of their parent's service. Military children   more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, April 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A fourteenth defendant pled guilty today in federal court for his role in a prison drug conspiracy. Trae Short, 39, pled guilty to conspiring to commit an offense against the United States by conspiring to introduce contraband into a federal prison. According to court documents and information presented to the Court, in 2018, agents with the Drug Enforc  more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, April 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Waveland man was sentenced to 87 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute 167 grams of pure methamphetamine. Lance Ali Vaughn, 41, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. According to court documents, on July 12, 2023, law enforcement officials received information that Vaughn was selling methamphetamine in Hancock County.   more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, April 9 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: By Kaley Skaggs, public affairs specialist Teamwork makes the dream work at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC). Two ERDC laboratories, the Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) and Cold Regions Research Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), collaborated to conduct several full-scale placements of JetCon JC400 rapid-setting concrete as a part of   more