Photography by Brandi Stage Portraiture | Makeup & hair by Bria Fowler of Elle Louise, LLC. The word quit is not in Cory Ann McGee’s vocabulary. Persistence has defined McGee from her earliest days in Pass Christian, when she ran with her dad and elder sibling, Shannon, on the beach. Never one to cut herself slack, she […]
Eat your heart out, Jolene; Bay St. Louis belongs to Dolly Parton. Old Town is gearing up for the eighth annual Dolly Should event on Jan. 11 — a tribute to the legendary singer, songwriter and actress, whose birthday falls on Jan. 19. Whitney LaFrance. operations and marketing manager for the Mockingbird Café, says attendees […]
Photography by Brandi Stage Portraiture | Hair & Makeup by Brooke Soto When Marcus Baker brought his wife, Katherine, to the Coast in March, he was fulfilling a promise. Since being displaced by the 2018 Camp Fire in Northern California, the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in the state’s history, the pair had lived in […]
Galen “Tolu” Smith III has been called a standout on the basketball court and a promising young talent, but to his biggest cheerleader, he remains one thing above all: her beloved son. Shannel Tapusoa Smith has watched proudly as Tolu, who honed his athletic skills in his hometown of Bay St. Louis, signed an undrafted […]
Having just all met each other in person for the first time after months of online planning, the four riders started the ride less than an hour later. Pictured, left to right: Becky Bussey, Rebekah Thomas, Diane Mills and Anna Cannington. Photo by Janet Wright Anna Cannington did not know Dustin Rippetoe when she saved his […]
Once a dedicated homemaker who served others in her community, Elizabeth Newman found herself in needing help in March of 2022. A stroke left her very weak on her right side, meaning she no longer could live alone and required 24-hour care. A mother of four and grandmother of 10, the 89-year-old had participated in […]
HONORING OUR VETERANS When Laura Kennedy joined the U.S. Navy in 1980 as a cryptologist, her dad couldn’t believe she was getting paid to eavesdrop. “I was often punished as a child for doing the very same thing!” recalls the retired senior chief, who now resides at the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Gulfport. Now […]
Among the many places on the Coast to hold a special event, Venue41 in Biloxi offers something unique, according to owner Myrna Rainey: a blank slate. Unlike other spaces, where clients’ creativity may be stifled by the décor or aesthetics, Rainey says hers leaves room for imagination. The venue’s simplicity makes it suitable for all […]
Photography by Brandi Stage Portraiture | Makeup & hair by Bria Fowler of Elle Louise, LLC. What began as a retirement dream has become the business Delorise Nettles always imagined: a welcoming place where there are no strangers. Nineteen years after Nettles founded Delo’s Heavenly House of Coffee LLC in Gautier, her venture is thriving […]
Photography by Brandi Stage Portraiture ‘Girls can be surgeons, too!’ Dr. Yekaterina Karpitskaya breaks barriers while fixing broken bones After watching her first knee-replacement surgery, Dr. Yekaterina Karpitskaya was hooked. A self-described “operating room junkie” in medical school, Karpitskaya lingered after lectures in hopes that surgeons would let her watch their procedures — or even […]
