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wlox.com | Ja'Colbi Rivers
WIGGINS, Miss. (WLOX) - The future of Wiggins will soon be in the hands of its residents as they choose between incumbent Mayor Darrell Berry (I) or Heather Patterson (R) in Tuesday’s municipal general election. Patterson currently serves as the general manager of Southern Turnings, a coffee shop in downtown Wiggins. She believes citizens deserve more access to meetings and transparency from their local government. “To request something from City Hall, you have to wait 5-7 days,” Patterson stated.
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wlox.com | Ja'Colbi Rivers
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - One month after losing federal funding through an executive order, funding is returning to institutes such as the Harrison County Library System. “It just sort of came out of the blue,” described the library system director, Sarah Crisler-Ruskey. “This funding has been cut, this agency has been shut down, and we’re going to have to cut off this service that comes through the state.
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wlox.com | Ja'Colbi Rivers
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (WLOX) - The Hancock County Food Pantry is a source that many people in the area rely on during hard times. Now that summer has begun, it’s seeing more people than usual. “I think it has something to do with the job market,” claims pantry treasurer Jan Vest. “The economy is sputtering, and that means more people are facing food insecurity.”Vest explains the pantry sees around 1,300-1,400 clients a month, with over 350 of them being children.
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wlox.com | Ja'Colbi Rivers
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WLOX) - Local shrimpers need to come first. That’s the message the Southern Shrimp Alliance is sending to President Donald Trump. The group sent a letter to the president to show its support for putting tariffs on imported seafood. In the letter, the alliance says the industry has been hit hard since the 80s due to cheap, foreign seafood competition. “These overseas industries are being subsidized by international institutions like the World Bank, where some of our tax dollars are.
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wlox.com | Ja'Colbi Rivers
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - James Pennington and Dhiana Skrmetti are just a few faces over at Back Bay Mission who all share the same passion for helping those unsheltered every day. Because of what they see every day, it can take a toll on their mental health. “When I first started working here, I went home and cried almost every day,” Skrmetti said.
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