Public forum introduces top two candidates for Pascagoula-Gautier School District superintendent job
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Leslie Rojas | April 4, 2022
Pascagoula-Gautier School District will soon have a new superintendent for the first time in 17 years and the search has been narrowed down to two candidates. On Monday, the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce held a public forum to give people the opportunity to learn more about the two men: Billy Ellzey, who currently is Kosciusko School District’s superintendent, and Christopher Williams, currently Ocean Springs School District’s assistant superintendent.
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Jackson County Chamber of Commerce held Pascagoula-Gautier Superintendent Forum
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Sabria Reid | April 4, 2022
A superintendent forum was held for the two finalists for the Pascagoula-Gautier School District Superintendent position. Hosted by the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, the candidates took turns answering questions about who they are and how they plan to grow the school district.
Gretchen Aucoin’s journey from Ocean Springs to pro baseball coach
WLOX
Michael Dugan | April 7, 2022
Gretchen Aucoin graduated from Ocean Springs High School in 2012. After a college softball career at Texas Tech and Tennessee, she spent time playing overseas. A few years later, she wanted to put her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees to work. So, she applied to and was accepted into a mentorship program led by Rachel Balkovec, the first woman to be a full time manager in professional baseball. That mentorship turned out to be a stepping stone for Aucoin to break barriers and get into baseball herself, as she’s now a player development coach in the New York Mets system.
Head of Ingalls Shipyard Stresses Investment in Workforce
USNI News
John Grady | April 4, 2022
Predictability is the best possible scenario for shipbuilders, the president of Ingalls Shipbuilding said Monday, in part because naval shipbuilding is a low-margin business and heavily reliant on Congress. Kari Wilkinson, who also serves as executive vice president of Huntington Ingalls Industries, told attendees at Sea Air Space 2022 symposium one lesson the pandemic for shipbuilders is the need for greater investment in workforce composition.
State Rep. Zuber says stability of wind pool strengthened in 2022 session
Y’all Politics
Frank Corder | April 8, 2022
In the next few months, the Ocean Springs state representative plans to redouble his efforts to strengthen campaign finance laws and change how the Legislature operates. He would like to see lawmakers handle the state budget appropriations each year but limit general bills to every other year, allowing proposed legislation time to ripen and be fully vetted in a more robust manner.
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South Mississippi celebrates National Beer Day
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Jack Hammett | April 7, 2022
Today is National Beer Day and News 25 celebrates by going to one of our local breweries on the Coast to discuss the state of craft beer in South Mississippi. Craft beer on the Mississippi Gulf Coast begins with Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company in the Kiln and from there more of these businesses bubbled up on the Coast, where at least six breweries are in production. Hops and Growlers opened in Ocean Springs a little more than four years ago and Co-Owner Scott Hixson believes craft beer is just getting started here.
Moss Point hosts annual Deborah Washington Memorial Soap Box Derby
WLOX
Jasmine Lotts | April 2, 2022
Helmets, ramps and race cars filled the streets in Moss Point Saturday. Folks came out for the annual Deborah Washington Memorial Soap Box Derby to challenge creativity and competition. Kayla Broome came to the event to watch her daughter Lilly Jane compete since the event was canceled last year due to COVID-19.
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Happening Saturday: Ingalls 5K on the Causeway
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Staff | April 4, 2022
The weather should be beautiful for Saturday’s Ingalls 5K on the Causeway. It’s the 10th annual event, and is back in person for 2022! The event is a fundraiser for the Special Olympics Mississippi.
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Gautier votes to use eminent domain against Belk. What does that mean for the store?
Sun Herald
GAUTAMA MEHTA | APRIL 06, 2022
The Gautier city council voted Tuesday night to use eminent domain to revoke the Belk department store’s development rights on currently vacant land at the former Singing River Mall. The land will be used in the city’s Town Center redevelopment plan, which aims to turn the former mall site into a “downtown area.”
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HII, known as a shipbuilder, pursues pivot to global defense tech company
Defense News
Megan Eckstein | April 8, 2022
The largest shipbuilder in the U.S. has updated its brand as part of an effort to demonstrate its broadened portfolio. Huntington Ingalls Industries will no longer go by its full name; it is now known as HII. The company also renamed its technology division, updated its logo, launched a new website and moved away from its Navy-centric color palette, as it tries to highlight its already significant and growing work in fields like autonomy and big data management.
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Ingalls Launches USCG National Security Cutter Calhoun
Marine Link
Staff | April 8, 2022
HII launched the Legend-class national security cutter Calhoun (WMSL 759) on Saturday at the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Pascagoula, Miss. With the assistance of tugs, Calhoun came off the floating dry dock Saturday, after first being translated via Ingalls’ rail car system. The dock was moved away from the pier and then ballasted to float off the ship.
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As US Navy rethinks its fleet, Ingalls Shipbuilding faces uncertain future
Defense News
Megan Eckstein | March 14, 2022
As recently as three years ago, the U.S. Navy’s long-term shipbuilding plan laid out a stable path for Ingalls Shipbuilding. The Navy planned to buy two or three Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers each year, splitting the work between the Pascagoula, Mississippi-based Ingalls shipyard and General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works in Maine.
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Ingalls launches National Security Cutter Calhoun
Gulf Live
Warren Kulo | April 5, 2022
Ingalls Shipbuilding has launched National Security Cutter Calhoun (WMSL 759)– the 10th NSC the Pascagoula shipyard has/is building for the U.S. Coast Guard. Aided by tugboats, Calhoun eased off the floating drydock Saturday, having first arrived at drydock by way of Ingalls’ rail system. The dock moved away from the pier and then ballasted to float the ship.
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LNG marine fuel usage for ships is growing
WorkBoat
Bruce Buls | April 7, 2022
The company now owns and operates the world’s first ATB LNG bunkering barge, the Q-LNG 4000, which can carry 4,000 cubic meters of LNG. The 324′ barge is pushed by a 128′ tug, the Q-Ocean Service, both built at VT Bollinger, Pascagoula, Miss. The LNG ATB provides ship-to-ship transfers and ship-to-shore transfers to small-scale marine distribution infrastructure. The ATB was built in partnership with Shell Trading. Q-LNG has also been planning the construction of an 8,000-cubic-meter ATB to meet growing demand.