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Peter J. Halat Jr. (born July 27, 1942) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the twelfth mayor of Biloxi, Mississippi, [1] and was later convicted and served time for his involvement in a criminal conspiracy which led to the 1987 murders of Halat's former law partner, Mississippi judge Vincent Sherry, and Sherry's wife Margaret, a Biloxi city councilwoman. [2]
Biloxi National Cemetery was established in 1934 and its first burial, of Edgar A. Ross of the Tennessee Infantry, was held on March 24, 1934. [2] From 1934 to 1973, the purpose of Biloxi National Cemetery was to provide a final resting place solely for veterans who died in the adjoining medical center.
The state of Mississippi designated a section of U.S. Highway 90 near Biloxi as the "Dr. Gilbert Mason Sr. Memorial Highway." [7] In addition, the state installed historic markers commemorating these civil rights events on the beach in 2009 and at the Biloxi Light in 2010, to mark the 50th anniversaries of two of the wade-in events. The current ...
It didn't take long for a Harrison County jury to find a Biloxi man guilty of capital murder in the death of his 2-year-old stepson. Joseph David Heard, 41, was convicted of murdering Hayden Lee ...
The Sun Herald is a U.S. newspaper based in Biloxi, Mississippi, that serves readers along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.The paper's current executive editor and general manager is Blake Kaplan, and its headquarters is in the city of Gulfport. [3]
Death notices for Kennewick, Pasco, Richland and the Yakima Valley.
Judith ‘Judy’ L. Shaw. Judith “Judy” L Shaw, 76, of Richland, died Dec. 2 in Pasco. She was born in Traverse City, Mich., and was a lifelong Richland resident.
The home was a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, five-bay structure built of red-clay bricks that were manufactured in a Biloxi brickyard. [3] The upper floors were accessed by a semi-spiraled, wooden staircase. Another structure on the property was a two-story brick kitchen with servant's quarters located approximately 50 yards (46 meters) behind the main ...