Area News
AG Fitch Announces 2024 Human Trafficking Victims Fund Application Period
Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced that starting November 18, 2024, applications for funding from the Victims of Human Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation Fund are available through the …
Read MoreSea Santa Sail-a-Bration set for Saturday, December 7
Long Beach Breeze
Long Beach’s annual holiday waterless boat parade, dubbed the “Sea Santa Sail-a-Bration,” will roll along Long Beach streets on the evening of Saturday, …
Read MoreApplications being accepted for annual Christmas on the Avenue
Long Beach Breeze
Once again, the Long Beach Concert Choir Association is making plans for its annual Christmas on the Avenue Festival, which will be held this year on Saturday, December 14.
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Read MoreMSDH Recognizes World Diabetes Day by Stressing “Know Your Numbers”
In recognition of World Diabetes Day – Thursday, November 14 – the Mississippi State Department of Health is urging you to Know Your Numbers.
Knowing your numbers – …
Read MoreSmokers are 40% More Likely to Develop Diabetes
As we continue to recognize National Diabetes Month, the Mississippi State Department of Health is highlighting a major risk factor of the deadly chronic disease: smoking. “If you smoke, you are 30 to 40 percent more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than someone who doesn’t,” said Tiffany Johnson, Interim Director of the Office…
Read MoreCALB Jeep-a-Gras parade, winter tea coming up this month
By Toni Miles
Sunny, warm and a slight breeze drifting in off the waters of the Mississippi Sound proved to be the perfect day for the first-ever Chill-N-Park vintage vehicle/car show in Long …
Read MoreComputer skill training available
Pass Christian residents have the opportunity to learn some computer skills on November 21.
The library will have two sessions, “How to Copy and Paste,” at 1 p.m., and “File …
Read MoreDonations needed for Thanksgiving baskets
Special to Long Beach Breeze
Nineteen years ago in the fall of 2006, three people, Jason Lindholm, Karen Livengood and Rebekah Woodcock, sat down in the back of Lindholm’s office, …
Read More84% of Mississippi 3rd graders pass reading assessment for 2023-24 school year
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) today announced 84% of third graders passed the third-grade reading assessment after the final retest for 2023-24. Though the pass rate is slightly lower …
Read MoreBoots and Bowties tickets still available
By Toni Miles
Tickets are still available for Boots and Bowties: The Giving Gala, a full evening of food, drinks, live entertainment, auctions and prizes benefitting the Long Beach-based Pink …
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