Hannah Ruhoff

Mississippi, Ocean Springs

Visual Journalist at Sun Herald

Articles

The polls are open across the Mississippi Coast. Here's what you need to know

4 days ago | sunherald.com | Margaret Baker |Lillian Foster |Anita Lee |Mary Perez |Hannah Ruhoff |Martha Sánchez

A voter walks into a polling location at Gaston Hewes Recreation Center in Gulfport on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, for a primary runoff election. Sun Herald A municipal election season that has seen incumbents tossed and national figures flocking to the Mississippi Coast hits the finish line today. Polls opened across the Coast at 7 a.m. and will remain open until 7 p.m. This story will be updated with results as soon as they begin rolling in once polls close.
Biloxi Memorial Day event honors the meaning behind the holiday. See photos

1 week ago | sunherald.com | Hannah Ruhoff

Members of the Keesler Air Force Base Honor Guard during a Memorial Day ceremony at Biloxi National Cemetery in Biloxi on Monday, May 26, 2025. Sun Herald Biloxi honors fallen service members in Memorial Day ceremony at Biloxi National Cemetery. Attendees included veterans, active personnel and Gold Star families paying tribute. A ceremonial wreath and POW/MIA memorial table emphasized remembrance and sacrifice.
MS Coast waterpark reopens for 20th season this weekend. Here's what to know

3 weeks ago | sunherald.com | Hannah Ruhoff

This year marks a lot of big anniversaries for the Mississippi Coast including the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the 15th anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, among others. But this year also marks a big anniversary for one Coast business. As Gulf Islands Waterpark in Gulfport reopens for the 2025 season on May 17, the park will be celebrating 20 seasons of providing summertime fun for the Mississippi Coast.
MS Coast waterpark reopens for 20th season this weekend. Here’s what to know

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Hannah Ruhoff

This year marks a lot of big anniversaries for the Mississippi Coast including the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the 15th anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, among others. But this year also marks a big anniversary for one Coast business. As Gulf Islands Waterpark in Gulfport reopens for the 2025 season on May 17, the park will be celebrating 20 seasons of providing summertime fun for the Mississippi Coast.
Why you should recycle oyster shells after dining at Lowcountry restaurants

3 weeks ago | islandpacket.com | Hannah Ruhoff

Bags of oyster shells that will be a part of a project to create a living shoreline Hannah Ruhoff Sun Herald Seafood and coastal dining are a given in South Carolina’s Lowcountry. From blue crab, Lowcountry boils and she-crab soup, the options are almost endless. But one item on the menu serves more than seafood dinner delights. Oyster shells have shaped the history and environment of the Lowcountry in unique ways.
South MS will be home for state's only primate sanctuary. Here's an inside look

3 weeks ago | sunherald.com | Hannah Ruhoff

The property in Perkinston could be just like any other in South Mississippi - a semi-rural, one-story house on several acres of land with a wide front porch, trucks parked on the long driveway, dogs playing in the large, rolling yard, and geese enjoying a spacious pond - except for one thing: the screeching sound of monkeys in the background.
South MS will be home for state’s only primate sanctuary. Here’s an inside look

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Hannah Ruhoff

The property in Perkinston could be just like any other in South Mississippi — a semi-rural, one-story house on several acres of land with a wide front porch, trucks parked on the long driveway, dogs playing in the large, rolling yard, and geese enjoying a spacious pond — except for one thing: the screeching sound of monkeys in the background.
Crime victims honored in annual ceremony. 'Tragedy brings us together'

1 month ago | sunherald.com | Hannah Ruhoff

Family members of Anthony Oatis react during a coast-wide candlelight ceremony as a part of National Crime Victims' Rights Week at First Baptist Church of Gulfport on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. Oatis was killed in June of 2022. Sun Herald Unity and kinship were the message during an annual candle-lighting ceremony Tuesday at First Baptist Church of Gulfport.
'She's in a lot better place.' South MS community gathers to honor Gracelynn

1 month ago | sunherald.com | Hannah Ruhoff

Sporadic thunder and lightning cracked overhead as members of the Saucier community gathered to say goodbye to one of their own for one last time. On Tuesday, dressed in pink, a crowd that included family members and friends lit candles under a pavilion at Saucier Park just one day after the funeral of Gracelynn Vick, the 6-year-old girl who was found dead after an extensive search on April 13.
‘She’s in a lot better place.’ South MS community gathers to honor Gracelynn

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Hannah Ruhoff

Sporadic thunder and lightning cracked overhead as members of the Saucier community gathered to say goodbye to one of their own for one last time. On Tuesday, dressed in pink, a crowd that included family members and friends lit candles under a pavilion at Saucier Park just one day after the funeral of Gracelynn Vick, the 6-year-old girl who was found dead after an extensive search on April 13.