Their platform is a favorite, trusted resource for local moms, and now Erin Brown and Jen Guthrie are taking it statewide. Brown and Guthrie are the powerhouse team behind The Gulf Coast Mom, which they rebranded and brought into a new era after assuming ownership in 2023. The platform is an online space where local […]
Brandy McGill found a deep connection with the Gulf Coast in 2019 through WLOX. After spending two years enjoying coastal life, she returned to Hattiesburg to anchor the morning news at WDAM. Ultimately, the pull of the coast proved irresistible, and last May, the Good Morning Mississippi anchor at WLOX News and mom of two […]
Meet Kristian Spear, who recently was named the new hospital administrator at Memorial Hospital, Biloxi. When she’s not at work, the lifelong Coast resident and married mother of three can be found at golf practices and tournaments, football workouts and games, dance classes and recitals and on a boat or beach during the warmer months. […]
For eight years, my career revolved around being a diagnostic medical sonographer, and in 2020, I returned to school to pursue a master’s degree in healthcare administration. After graduating, I continued working part-time as a sonographer while seeking a role in healthcare administration. That’s when an unexpected opportunity changed my career path: the chance to […]
As the former owner of the Gulf Coast Monarchy tackle football team, Tyre Brown has a track record of offering unique athletic opportunities to women in Mississippi. Now in 2025, Brown has announced that she is branching out with the launch of a semi-pro, Gulfport-based women’s basketball team: The Mississippi Queens. Collaborating with her in […]
At just 9 years old, Kennedy Elliott is already living her dream of being a published author. Her imaginative debut book, “Kennedy and Marie the Martian’s Mississippi Adventures,” is charming readers across the Coast and beyond. Packed with themes of friendship, acceptance and teamwork, this heartwarming tale offers a perfect escape for young readers. Kennedy’s […]
Photo by Kate Dearman The Hattiesburg native lost his dad at age 6, and while his mom couldn’t play football or go hunting with him and his brother, she figured she could learn how to fish. “So, she purchased a little fish camp down on the Pascagoula River, and we spent summers and a lot […]
