Members Salvage Steeple During Gulfport Church Demolition
A long-time landmark in downtown Gulfport is about to disappear. The demolition is underway on First Presbyterian Church, at the corner of Highway 90 and 24th Avenue. But before the sanctuary is completely cleared, the congregation is trying to salvage the biggest, and perhaps most precious piece of the 42-year-old church.

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Your Hometown News - Long Beach

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Your Hometown News - Long Beach: "
Last Mass At St. Thomas Catholic Church Before Demolition
A church family said goodbye Sunday to their old home in Long Beach. Members of St. Thomas Catholic Church held their last mass in the shell of their old sanctuary, which was all that was left after Hurricane Katrina wiped out the rectory, the parish life center, and the entire school."

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: News & Video

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: News & Video: "Church leaders broke ground Sunday on a new 18,000 square foot facility.
It was a ground-breaking moment Sunday for a soon-to-be rebuilt historic coast landmark. The First Missionary Baptist Church, the oldest African-American church on the coast, has been a pillar of faith and strength in the East Biloxi community for nearly two centuries. While Katrina left the church congregation without a building, it could not uproot the church's spirit and will to remain."

Clarion Herald

Clarion Herald: "Clarion Herald staff

BETH DONZE
BATON ROUGE, La. - Like many of his fellow New Orleans archdiocesan priests, Father Dennis Hayes decided to take his chances and stay put as Katrina teased the Louisiana coast, praying that the storm's Category 5 fury would spare or just nick the Arabi, La., streets around St. Louise de Marillac Church.

Surely Katrina would veer away at the last minute as so many hurricanes had done before, hoped Father Hayes, and even if the storm did end up causing damage, at least he would be on hand to minister to his parishioners' spiritual and material needs.

And so, ensconced on the second floor of the concrete-and steel St. Louise de Marillac School with his 13-year old dog Badooki, the Blessed Sacrament and his parish's sacramental registers, Father Hayes thought the worst was over by Monday morning Aug. 29 - until Arabi began to fill up like a huge bathtub."

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Schooner Anchors Rebuilt Restaurant In Downtown Biloxi

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Schooner Anchors Rebuilt Restaurant In Downtown Biloxi: "Joe Lancon never bought insurance for his back bay restaurant.

'I never dreamed in a million years the Ole Schooner would wash away, actually,' he said.

Once it did, Lancon knew he had to move off the water. He found a spot in the middle of downtown Biloxi.

'This was the only building I had left out of about eight buildings I own,' the restaurant owner said.

It happened to be on Howard Avenue, directly across from Nativity BVM Church."