D’Iberville Honors Exemplary Citizens
Doctor Ed Cake, Doctor Irene McIntosh,
Sara Miller & R. J. Deno receive honors for their volunteer work
At its June 17 City Council Meeting the City of D’Iberville handed out several volunteer awards to citizens. Doctors Ed Cake and Irene McIntosh were issued proclamations of appreciation for their work over the past 3 years managing a [...]
Building Department Receives $400K Grant
On June 23, 2008, Thomas H. Walman, Bureau Manager for Community Revitalization informed Mayor Quave that the Mississippi Development Authority authorized a Katrina Supplemental Public Facilities Code Enforcement grant of $400,000.00. Round II of this program continues (through June 30, 2009) to assist our recovery efforts by providing funds for Code Enforcement personnel and their training. Most of [...]
Police Department Receives 2 Jet Skis, 2 Utility Vehicles From Coast Cycle World
Police Department Receives 2 Jet Skis, 2 Utility Vehicles From Coast Cycle World
As part of a Law Enforcement Loan Program, sponsored by Yamaha, Coast Cycle World in Gulfport has loaned D’Iberville’s burgeoning police department equipment to aid in summer time law enforcement, including two jet skis and two utility vehicles. The jet skis will be [...]
Police Force Online by Oct 1: A story in the Biloxi-D’Iberville Press
D’Iberville Police Force to be Self Sufficient By Oct 1
By Cheryl Rasbury Editor, Biloxi-D’Iberville Press
D’Iberville Police Chief Wayne Payne said Monday that he expects D’Iberville Police Department to be self sufficient by October 1. He is currently accepting applications for lateral transfers for up to 20 officers.
“Currently, the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department has officers [...]
Promenade Town Hall Meeting
City talks to residents about how Promenade Construction will affect their daily lives.
On Wednesday, June 18, several residents came to D’Iberville City Hall to ask questions about the upcoming construction of the Promenade Retail Development. The development plan calls for the closing of some roads and building of others. Both CBL, the developer and the [...]
Ohr Museum & Hands On Create Public Art
First Installation at Rudy Moran Park in D’Iberville
On the warm morning of Friday, May 30 Ingrid Hill, and her small crew of Hands On and AmeriCorps volunteers put the finishing touches on small concrete stools then placed them next to a long table made of hand-painted tiles at Rudy Moran Park in D’Iberville. They stood [...]
Hurricane Zitchard; D’Iberville holds a Hurricane Drill
By Cheryl Rasbury
Editor, Biloxi-D’iberville Press
On Wednesday, June 18, at 7a.m., city crews got the word from Jay Williams, Emergency Management Coordinator for the city of D’Iberville to mobilize and begin moving all trucks, heavy equipment, generators and other items necessary to run the city to higher ground. Immediately, Al Gombos, Public Works Director, assembled his [...]
City of D’Iberville receives grant to repair tennis courts
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) has pledged $23,100 to the City of D’Iberville to help repair the city’s tennis courts at their recreational complex on Brodie Road as part of USTA’s Mississippi Hurricane Relief program.
With matching funds from the city, the courts will see about $40,000 worth of repairs to its court surfaces, nets [...]
‘Tis the Season
A story in the Biloxi-D’Iberville Press
The 2008 Hurricane Season
By Cheryl Rasbury
Editor
On May 22, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, announced that the projected climate conditions point to a near normal or above normal season for 2008. The prediction is for 12 to 16 named storms, including six to nine hurricanes with two to five [...]
Sports Complex Named for Bobby Eleuterius
Bobby Eleuterius, former Harrison County Supervisor and School Board member reluctantly walked onto one of the ball fields at D’Iberville’s Recreational Complex Wednesday evening, May 28 as little league players, parents, coaches and city officials looked on. Eleuterius thanked everyone for the honor, just bestowed on him, the renaming of the complex, the Bobby Eleuterius [...]
Promenade Shopping Center
The Promenade Shopping Center, a 700,000 square-foot premium retail development is coming to D’Iberville. The developers are CBL and Forum Development Group, with CBL as the majority partner responsible for development, leasing and management. The group announced their acquisition of about 72 acres, just west and north of the Sangani Boulevard retail center, clearing the [...]
