Hugh Keeton

Biloxi

Anchor and Reporter at WLOX-TV (Biloxi, MS)

WLOX News Anchor and Reporter serving South Mississippi

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Coast Life: Jeepin the Coast brings boost for Long Beach community

1 month ago | wlox.com | Hugh Keeton

LONG BEACH, Miss. (WLOX) - Jeepin the Coast has turned into an annual early summer boom for Long Beach businesses. “It’s the biggest event of the year for the city of Long Beach and for us,” Coastal Daiquiri Bar and Grill owner Keith Starita said. “Every year, the numbers get bigger, bigger and bigger.”Many of the thousands of Jeepers will make their way into Keith Starita’s Coastal Daiquiri Bar and Grill, now considered Jeepin Central.
Coast Life: Sharing the shore with least tern migrating birds

1 month ago | wlox.com | Hugh Keeton

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - During the summer months, migrating birds make their temporary homes on the beaches of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. There are plenty of helpers making sure the least terns grow and thrive. “Being able to watch these colonies grow every year has been beautiful,” said Novalee Booth, an employee for the Audubon Delta Mississippi Coastal Stewardship Program. When temperatures start warming up, the least terns migrating from Central and South America look for places to nest.
Coast Life: Mystic Krewe of the Seahorse to turn Bay St. Louis into pirate’s paradise

1 month ago | wlox.com | Hugh Keeton

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (WLOX) - This weekend, the Coast Life becomes the Pirate Life with Pirate Day in the Bay. “Once you become a pirate, you’re always a pirate,” Chuck Lizana said. “You can’t walk away from it.”Lizana doesn’t have any problems transforming into his alternate ego of a pirate. For the last ten years, when May rolls around, Lizana and about 300 members of the Mystic Krewe of the Seahorse turn Bay St. Louis into a pirate’s paradise. Pirates of all ages get in on the fun.
Coast Life: Gulfport storage rental business offering inspiration one sign at a time

1 month ago | wlox.com | Hugh Keeton

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - We could all use a little boost, and the Coast Life for a storage rental business is all about lifting spirits one sign at a time. “I like seeing that people respond by saying, ‘It gave me a lift that day,’” Handy Lock Self Storage co-owner Jim Horne said. The lift Horne is talking about is simple: it comes from driving by and reading inspirational messages.
Coast Life: Vietnamese refuge and resilience showcased on the Gulf Coast

2 months ago | wlox.com | Hugh Keeton

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - This week marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. The American withdrawal led to thousands of Vietnamese refugees fleeing their home country for a better life. Many of them found a home on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and still continue building their family legacies. “We started from nothing, the ground up, and within a couple of decades, this is where we are now,” said Emma To, child of a Vietnamese refugee.
Coast Life: Twisted Run Retreat gives artists escape through nature

2 months ago | wlox.com | Hugh Keeton

VANCLEAVE, Miss. (WLOX) - There’s a place in Jackson County called Twisted Run Retreat where the allure of nature and getting away from it all drives expression and imagination. “Twisted Run Retreat is a big dream of mine,” Mary Ann O’Gorman said. O’Gorman’s dream is giving artists, writers, and musicians isolation on 15 wooded acres along the Bluff Creek near Vancleave.
WLOX takes home 31 MAB Excellence in Broadcasting awards

Mar 23, 2025 | wlox.com | Hugh Keeton |Noah Noble |Destiny Polster |Eric Jeansonne

JACKSON, Miss. (WLOX) - At the 2025 Mississippi Association of Broadcasters (MAB) awards Saturday night in Jackson, WLOX took home 31 Excellence in Broadcasting awards, 11 of those being first place. The event is an important night every year for Mississippi journalists, as MAB announces the best-of-the-best across the state. Categories ranged from those like on-air weather, breaking news and sports coverage to social media and multimedia projects.
Coast Life: Fresh spring water now being bottled in Wiggins

Aug 20, 2024 | wlox.com | Hugh Keeton

WIGGINS, Miss. (WLOX) - The Coast Life for a family in Wiggins is centered around water and giving you a chance to drink from a fresh spring flowing right here in South Mississippi. “Inda Bay Spring Water is a natural spring water that has been quenching the thirst of local inhabitants for thousands of years,” Tracey Batson said. “Collectively, 3,800 gallons a minute flow and seep out of this hillside.
Coast Life: Local musician keeping the sounds of the harmonica alive

Aug 12, 2024 | wlox.com | Hugh Keeton

PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. (WLOX) - If you’re driving on Highway 90, you might hear the sounds of the Coast Life from a musician who calls himself a world-class harmonica player. “I love to play harmonica,” Shannon Williford said. Williford doesn’t go anywhere without his harmonica and is always ready to play. “It’s a way to pass around smiles,” Williford said.
Coast Life: Pascagoula family welcoming students from around the world

Aug 5, 2024 | wlox.com | Hugh Keeton

PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WLOX) - A family in Pascagoula is introducing students from around the world to the Coast Life. Scott Jones and his wife Jessica went searching for a life on the Coast, and six years ago moved to Pascagoula from South Dakota. “Mississippi is an unknown gem on the Coast,” Scott Jones said.