Most lovers of America’s favorite pastime think two athletic teams stand up with a bat, hit a white ball around a spotless diamond-shaped field where precise white stripes appear magically at every game, and that’s baseball. Not exactly… Imagine working up to 16 hour days in the sizzling Mississippi summer heat mowing the grass every […]
FEATURES
-
-
by Dana Sleger// When Chef Bill Vrazel was a young boy, he spent many summers at his grandmother’s house, and because she was disabled and bedridden, it was up to him to help cook the family meals. At 6 years old, he stood on a milk crate while stirring a pot of red spaghetti sauce […]
-
Story and photo by Ellis Anderson// In 2012, S&L Office Supplies in Waveland nearly gave up the ghost; then new owner Chris Cochran infused it with vision, experience and fresh vitality. Cochran had been keeping an eye on S&L, believing it had untapped potential. He didn’t know much about the office supply trade, but he […]
-
Posted in:
1st Crawfish Fest Queen crowned
This year marks the 24th year of the Mississippi Coast Coliseum Crawfish Music Festival in Biloxi. Although most fairs and festivals celebrate the special event with a pageant, a touch of royalty was missing — that is, until Tori Bishop, an account manager with WXXV25, set out on a mission to add some pageantry pizzazz. […]
-
Posted in:
Sky high progress on the horizon
by Kimberly K. Aguillard// On March 18, 2016, the Port of Gulfport staff waited patiently for the first glimpse of their three new ship-to-shore gantry cranes to appear among the fog and rain. Though having the cranes arrive on a much sunnier day would have been nice, the excitement that filled the air will never […]
-
Story and photo by Ellis Anderson// A historic showstopper of a building is now home to Bay Emporium — 13 different shops under one enormous roof — with plans to grow! The grand historic building that is home to Bay Emporium has always been a Bay St. Louis star. Built in 1909 by a fraternal […]
-
Gulfport, MS, March 29, 2016– Dorothy P. Wilson, publisher/editor of Gulf Coast Woman, LLC and president of DWilson and Associates, LLC, has been named the 2016 Mississippi Women in Business Champion by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Wilson was notified of the honor by Janita R. Stewart, district director of the U.S. SBA. who wrote, […]