Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Mississippi House Speaker Billy McCoy toured the devastated coastal areas, meeting with residents and fellow legislators. McCoy assessed the damage and sought ways ...

Gov. Tate Reeves proclaimed Aug. 29 as Hurricane Katrina Remembrance Day. The commemoration serves to honor both the survivors and the lives lost during the fatal storm that devastated the Gulf Coast ...

GULFPORT, Miss. – Today marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, one of the most devastating natural disasters in American history. On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made its second ...

GAUTIER, Miss. (WLOX) - Nearly 20 years ago, Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Coast. On the eve of the 20th anniversary, residents of Jackson County piled into The Sound Amphitheater to celebrate the ...

Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated the northern Gulf Coast, killing nearly 1,400 people and destroying communities from Louisiana to Alabama. Much of the focus in marking the Katrina ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Governor Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) proclaimed Friday, August 29, 2025, as Hurricane Katrina Remembrance Day in Mississippi. The governor called for a statewide minute of silence ...

Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour recently reflected on the devastating impact of Hurricane Katrina, which struck the state on August 29, 2005, killing more than 230 people and leaving tens of ...

Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour stands before a wall-size satellite image of Hurricane Katrina as it headed for landfall on Aug. 29, 2005. "The eye came in right there over the Pearl River, ...