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Biloxi, Mississippi. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Harrison. Associated ZIP codes: 39530, 39531, 39532, 39533, 39534, 39535.
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Gulf Coast Equality, a nonprofit composed of LGBTQ+ team members and allies dedicated to unifying the Mississippi Gulf Coast through outreach and support, is...
This Michelin-recommended restaurant on the Mississippi Coast is now serving pizza one day a week. Here’s what to know.
Loved ones, community members and church leaders are gathering in Biloxi, Mississippi, for a prayer rally to mark Nolan Wells' 19th birthday.
A Mississippi Coast casino dealer was charged after a cheating incident at Boomtown Casino Biloxi. He allegedly showed cards early and did not collect losing...
Desireé Paige’s daughter Alora was born at 27 weeks with four heart conditions and has already undergone open-heart surgery
Rain moves outdoor vendors inside, but organizers say plenty of Mother’s Day gift options remain
Saturday’s rainy weather put a damper on a lot of outdoor events happening across South Mississippi, but CPR Fest 22 was in full swing at the Coast Coliseum.
Parkway Bakery & Tavern is serving up New Orleans po’ boys for one day only at this Mississippi Coast restaurant. Here’s all the details.
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) — Special Olympics swimmers from across Mississippi competed at the Biloxi Natatorium as part of the Special Olympics Mississippi Summ...
Biloxi nonprofit serves over 500 families annually with education resources
Lil Baby will hit the stage at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum on Saturday, June 20, with Sexyy Red, YFN Lucci, G Herbo, YK Niece and others.
We’re learning new details about Tuesday’s arrest of two frequent critics of the City of Biloxi, Jarrod Fusco and Yuri Petrini.
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Many voters in Mississippi's close Senate race said they were caught by surprise when they learned they would have to vote by affidavit because their registr...
With 99% of precincts reporting as of Wednesday morning, DeSoto County went blue, backing Democrat nominee Scott Colom over incumbent Republican Senator Cind...
Mississippi GOP chair vows to ‘fight like hell’ in Senate midterm vote counting
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Biloxi is in Harrison County, Mississippi.
Region: Mississippi Gulf Coast
39530, 39531, 39532, 39533, 39534, 39535
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Many voters in Mississippi's close Senate race said they were caught by surprise when they learned they would have to vote by affidavit because their registr...
With 99% of precincts reporting as of Wednesday morning, DeSoto County went blue, backing Democrat nominee Scott Colom over incumbent Republican Senator Cind...
Mississippi GOP chair vows to ‘fight like hell’ in Senate midterm vote counting
Biloxi takes its name from the Biloxi people, rendered Bilocci by the French. In 1699 Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville founded Fort Maurepas, known as "Old Biloxi," across the bay at present-day Ocean Springs. In 1720 the French settled the site of today's Biloxi around Fort Louis and moved the capital of French Louisiana here from Mobile, but fear of tides and hurricanes led Governor Bienville to move the capital again in 1722, to the new town of New Orleans. Britain ruled the coast from 1763 to 1779 and Spain from 1779 to 1810, though Biloxi stayed largely French in character. It came under the United States in 1811 as part of the Mississippi Territory.
Before the Civil War, Biloxi became a summer resort for planters and merchants drawn by the sea breezes and easy access from New Orleans. The Biloxi Lighthouse, built in Baltimore and shipped south, was completed in May 1848. Union forces took nearby Ship Island early in the war, but Biloxi saw no major fighting. In 1881 the first seafood cannery opened, and others followed, drawing immigrants from Europe to work shrimp and oysters; Biloxi's blessing of the fishing fleet, held since 1929, is thought to be the first in the United States. During World War II the Army Air Forces built Keesler Field, now Keesler Air Force Base, and the city boomed. In 1959 physician Gilbert R. Mason and seven friends challenged the whites-only beach, beginning the Biloxi Wade-Ins; the protests were followed in 1960 by the worst racial riot in Mississippi history and ultimately led to the desegregation of the beaches. Biloxi's long, open-secret gambling history, dating to an illegal casino at the Broadwater Beach Resort in the 1940s, became legal when Mississippi allowed casino gambling in the 1990s. Sources Wikipedia: Biloxi, Mississippi
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