NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Orleans District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a draft environmental assessment for the proposed Neptune Pass Rock Closure for a public review ending Aug 31, 2024. The draft environmental assessment (EA), "Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Neptune Pass Rock Closure, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana EA# 589 and draft Finding of No Significant Impa  more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, Aug. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: A Gulfport man pled guilty today to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. According to court documents, Daunte Taylor, 21, was found in possession of two firearms and over 100 grams of methamphetamine at his residence in Gulfport. Taylor is scheduled to be sentenced on November 8, 2024, and faces a mandatory min  more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, Aug. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Wiggins man was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute over 250 grams of a substance containing fentanyl. George Tavoris Moore, Jr., 28, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. According to court documents, on September 7, 2023, the Wiggins Police Department received information that Moore was expec  more