Archive for October, 2007

Biloxi Bay Bridge Set To Open In Four Days

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

You would think a man who’s witnessed the opening of the first 2 Biloxi Bay Bridges, wouldn’t be so excited about another opening.
“Oh, I love it,” says Harry Dronet of D’Iberville. “I mean, I’m going to walk it. I can tell you that. I’m 85 but I’m going to walk it. I guarantee you that.”
But […]

Casinos on a roll after hurricane

Saturday, October 13th, 2007

BILOXI, MISS. — The highway along the Mississippi Gulf Coast would be forlorn if not for the casinos, which are having their best year ever.
The devastation of Hurricane Katrina has proven to be little more than a temporary setback to the conversion of formerly sleepy beachfront communities into the Las Vegas of the Deep South.
Although […]