April 26, 2008 the Mississippi Gulf Coast BikeFest is sponsoring a GO BLUE POKER RUN.  A charity event with proceeds going to benifit the Center for the prevention of Child Abuse. " This is a cause we are proud to support and everyone can have fun doing it." says Sam of MS Gulf Coast Bike Fest.  He wants everyone to know motorcycles are NOT REQUIRED, and it's a great time for all.  If your not ... [full story]

Biloxi welcomes back the finest in Offfshore races. Smokin the Sound returns the first week in April. Biloxi and the Gulf Coast has hosted the Smokin the Sound races since 2004 missing only the 2006 races while repairing and rebuilding from Katrina.  April 1 & 2, 2008 racers will be coming in to town and getting ready.  Viewing areas are located all along Highway 90, Beach Blvd. Smokin the Sound is also offering VIP packages that ... [full story]

Biloxi, Mississippi - Congressman Gene Taylor, so instrumental in the rebuilding process on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, will be among the distinguished guests of honor at the rebuilding ceremony for the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, Saturday, December 1, at 10 am at the construction site. Additionally, major speakers include: Harold Closter, Director of Smithsonian Affiliates; Mayor A.J. Holloway of Biloxi; and Ricky Mathews, Publisher, The Sun Herald, plus Larry Clark, President, Board of Trustees, and ... [full story]

Several Gulf Coast Casinos are now open in Biloxi, MS. After hurricane Katrina destroyed all the Gulf Coast Casinos,  The I.P (Imperial Palace), The Palace Casino and the Isle of Capri. They have relocated onland generally in the Hotel complex located next to the original casino. Boomtown Casino is now open. Beau Rivage - opens August 29 Hollywood Casino - opens August 31 Grand Casino Biloxi open Treasure Bay - open - in hotel Island View opens Sept 18. [full story]

Over the past few weeks the media attention on the tragedy of the Gulf Coast, particularly the Mississippi gulf coast has waned. We aren't the only ones to notice. An editorial in the Sun Herald (see article) titled "Mississippi's Invisible Coast" appeared recently. Other sites have also taken notice: From AP (Editor and Publisher) article here. Writer Michael Kunzelman discusses that many feel New Orleans problems are overshadowing the Mississippi Gulf Coast problems. John Gisham from the International Herld ... [full story]

News Headlines from Gulf Coast Sources via rss feeds. Please not these links are not controlled by the GCIS Online Information Guide!. Biloxi, MS News Gulfport, MS News Sun Herald Newspaper - (What is rss?) [full story]

Waveland, MS. - Just one of our coastal cities that suffered such horrible devestation from the infamous Hurricane Katrina, was home to the Den for The Krewe of Nereids who hosted their annual Mardi Gras Parade. All that was salvaged of the Den structure was the concrete slab and one wall. History of Nereids- The Krewe of Nereids was organized in 1966 by a group of outstanding Waveland, Mississippi ... [full story]

Hollywood Casino Bay St. Louis, formerly Casino Magic, will open Thursday, August 31st at 11:00 a.m. much sooner than expected. Hollywood Casino officials had anticipated a fourth quarter opening for the storm damaged resort. “Construction and restoration came together very quickly in these last few months, allowing us to open much earlier than anticipated,” said Marty Moore, senior director of marketing for Hollywood Casino. “We are excited and delighted to get Hollywood Casino Bay St. ... [full story]

Katrina Memorial Biloxi,MS The Katrina Memorial to hurricane victims was unveiled at a candle light vigil at Biloxi's Town Green on Highway 90. Watch Preston Sharp's opening comments (Video) or watch Paul DiMeo answer "Why are you doing this?" (Video) See more detailed photos of the Memorial on our attractions page (here) Constructed by the "Extreme Makeover Home Edition" teamed up with local officials to create the memorial. GCIS Note:(The first in a series of four one-hour specials, “Extreme ... [full story]

Plans are being made for Gulf-Coast.com in partnership with GoGulfCoast.biz to bring you Mardi Gras 2006 from  D'Iberville, MS. You can watch the archived webcast here. Or you can watch raw footage here in 3 parts. Parade-part1 Parade-part2 Parade-part3 We will have the full cleaned up footage available as soon as possible. Also we have hundreds of stills from the footage coming soon! And We will have some biographical information on the Krewes and the North Bay Area Mardi Gras Association. Members ... [full story]