Bill Snyder

Mississippi

AKA Bill Blaze, AKA Bill Emerson, AKA Bill Matrix. Husband, father of two, 2023 MAB Small Market Reporter of the Year. Two tours of duty in TV.

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MDOT holds annual Equipment Operators Roadeo at Coliseum

Jun 6, 2024 | wlox.com | Bill Snyder

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - The annual competition and training event is a great opportunity to see how MDOT employees maintain and enhance their daily operating skills while ensuring their duties are being performed as safely as possible. This year’s state event was held at the Coast Coliseum in Biloxi. Call it MDOT’s version of Top Gun.
Stone County High School student shares her strategy for success

May 16, 2024 | wlox.com | Bill Snyder

STONE COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - She is a do-it-all type of person despite losing her mother to pancreatic cancer when she was 9 years old. Priya Collins has had an excellent academic career so far. Collins was named as the Prom Queen, Homecoming Queen, and Miss Stone High. She also plays on the softball and soccer teams and performs on the color guard. All this while maintaining a 4.0 GPA. “I just like making my family and community proud, especially my aunt.
Naval Construction Battalion Center set to hold bi-annual Seabee Day

May 3, 2024 | wlox.com | Bill Snyder

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - The Naval Construction Battalion Center will hold its bi-annual Seabee Day on Saturday, May 4 from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.It’s a chance for the public to visualize what the Seabees do and how they fight and build during missions around the world. Other military branches will also be on hand to showcase their capabilities. To access the event, you can park at Milner Stadium and take a shuttle onto the base. See a spelling or grammar error in this story? Report it to our team
British tour group ‘Strictly Elvis UK’ drops in on Coast venues

Apr 25, 2024 | wlox.com | Bill Snyder

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - The British tour group “Strictly Elvis UK” made a stop in South Mississippi on Thursday. The first port of call was the site of the old Slavonian Lodge in East Biloxi, a site where Elvis performed back in 1955. The group makes an annual journey to Graceland in Memphis and to Elvis’s birthplace in Tupelo. They also checked out key historical areas that were vital in the king’s upbringing. Viva Biloxi?
9th annual Rising Stars event held at Gulfport High to give students taste of real world

Apr 4, 2024 | wlox.com | Bill Snyder

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - A taste of the real world during high school... It’s what the 9th Annual Gulfport High School Rising Stars event is all about. The goal is to get all these juniors and seniors ready for when they’re going out into the real world. The event brings in local professionals from all sorts of industries to take the students through 15-minute mock job interviews, grilling them as if it were a real interview.
Gilich on bridge accidents: “We are vulnerable”

Mar 26, 2024 | wlox.com | Bill Snyder

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - At Tuesday’s Breakfast with the Mayor event at Merit Health in Biloxi, Mayor Fofo Gilich talked about the $15 million that’s in place to fix the draw on the Popp’s Ferry Bridge. He also talked about the tragedy in Baltimore and how a similar event happened here back in 2009, when a barge slammed into the south side of bridge. While no one was hurt, it knocked a section of the span into the water. Gilich said it also shows the need for a bigger, safer bridge in this spot.
Military One Coast event connects armed services with local leaders

Mar 12, 2024 | wlox.com | Bill Snyder

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - On Tuesday, the Military One Coast Annual Meeting gave local leaders a chance to chat with area military commanders and learn more about the relationship between South Mississippi and it’s military partners. Speakers included key figures from each military installation, offering valuable perspectives and updates on their respective areas of operation.
Mississippi Power earns National award for Moss Point tornado response

Jan 11, 2024 | wlox.com | Bill Snyder

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - Mississippi Power was announced as an Edison Electric Institute (EEI) Emergency Response Award recipient for the company’s response to seven consecutive days of severe weather across its service territory. Part of that period of severe weather included a devastating EF-2 tornado in downtown Moss Point in June of 2023. Roughly 50,000 customers were impacted at some point during the week due to straight line winds, tornadoes and lightning.
Le Bakery in Biloxi keeping up with massive king cake demand

Jan 10, 2024 | wlox.com | Bill Snyder

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - It’s the time of year when king cakes rule. At Le Bakery in Biloxi, they began selling king cakes a few days ago and had people lining up for orders. “I really wasn’t expecting a big crowd on the opening day, just because we have so many great choices with bakeries here on the Coast,” Sue Le Nguyen-Torjusen said. “I figured everyone else had been making them and advertising that they’ll have them available,” Nguyen-Torjusen said.
Krewe of Neptune gearing up for Carnival season

Jan 9, 2024 | wlox.com | Bill Snyder

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Imagine transporting Mardi Gras floats from New Orleans to the Coast on I-10 going at a speed of 20 miles an hour. For years, it’s what the Krewe of Neptune did every year for their annual parade. However, that logistical challenge is now a thing of the past. Last spring, they moved into their new float den. “What it does is give us plenty of time to make necessary repairs,” Richard Landry said.