Author: WRBE

Mobile, Al - The Navy has awarded Mobile ship-building company Austal new contracts to build two more Littoral Combat Ships. LCS 32 and 34 are the 16th and 17th ships to be built in Mobile. The contracts for LCS's is split between Austal, which builds the Independence-class trimaran hull LCS; and Lockheed Martin... Read More.

HATTIESBURG, MS (WDAM) - A $19 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for the Mississippi INBRE program was announced by the University of Southern Mississippi on Friday. The five-year grant will go toward expanding... Read More.

GEORGE COUNTY  Two 18-year-olds are accused in a string of burglaries that stretched from vehicles to homes to businesses in two communities, Sheriff Keith Havard said. The stolen items included firearms, Havard said. Investigators had been checking on burglaries reported over the past few days when search... Read More.