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Officials found Seth Coulter Odom’s body dismembered inside a large plastic tool box on the side of a rural road Saturday morning.
Both Fire Chief Deedra Burton and firefighter Lavonda Aldrich say women’s presence in the workforce can be helpful in and out of the fire-response field. They have each come to learn that women who are domestic-violence victims often feel more comfortable sharing sensitive details of abuse they’ve suffered at the hands of a loved one with another woman. They also attest that a woman firefighter can better assist little girls who tend to look for nurturing, motherly figures in trying times.
As Hurricane Ida moved over the Mississippi Gulf Coast on the 16th anniversary of a storm named Katrina, Edward Gonzales maneuvered his small bass boat through the swamped streets of Shoreline Park, an area of Hancock County inundated with flooding, looking for people to assist.
Shira Stallworth is the self-proclaimed Oprah Winfrey of Moss Point. “The Lavish Queen,” as the Moss Point personality is known from her popular local WGUD television show on the Gulf Coast, is one of eight candidates vying for the City of Moss Point’s top seat in the Democratic primary today, vacated by Mayor Mario King who resigned from office after he and his wife pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges in February.
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