Aaron Lee

5 days ago | wlox.com | Aaron Lee

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Thirteen new members of “Friends of Court” were sworn in Friday afternoon inside Judge Margaret Alfonso’s Harrison County courtroom. The group, all from Michael Memorial Baptist Church, joined a unique partnership between the court system and local faith leaders – one designed to provide outreach and support for families and vulnerable adults. “What Friends of Court does is help me be a better judge, for which I am grateful,” Judge Alfonso told WLOX News Now.

1 week ago | wlox.com | Aaron Lee

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Two teens from the Biloxi Swim Team made their college commitments official on Thursday afternoon. The Biloxi Natatorium hosted Signing Day, with distance freestyler Annabelle Tarrant of St. Patrick signing her national letter of intent to Marymount (Va.). Fellow 18-year-old Cody Ano of Ocean Springs — a state record holder in the 200-yard breast stroke (1:59.45) — signed to the University of Tampa (Fla.).

2 weeks ago | wlox.com | Aaron Lee

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WLOX) - The Ocean Springs Theatre & Film Department is back on stage for the first time since beating 18 other schools from 10 states with their production of The Lost Boy. Singers, actors, musicians and artists took to the stage for one last run-through of Ocean Springs High School’s joint production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame – debuting Thursday night on campus at the Robert E. Hirsch Performing Arts Center.

3 weeks ago | wlox.com | Aaron Lee

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - The Mississippi Sound Coalition is calling on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to limit the release of flood waters through the Bonnet Carré Spillway. This comes as the corps has already begun surveying the levees twice a week. Practice operations on the spillway will soon begin as the Mississippi River nears the threshold for opening.

1 month ago | wlox.com | Aaron Lee

LONG BEACH, Miss. (WLOX) - Four special young athletes from the Mississippi Gulf Coast are gearing up to take on the world’s best under-12 soccer clubs in an international tournament in Huelva, Spain. The kids were selected to the Hattiesburg-based Southern States Soccer Club and leave this weekend for the start of the Ganafote Cup on April 11. Three of the four play for Coach Steve Miller and his state championship-bound Long Beach Bolts, including his son Finn McCool Miller.