The island is not inhabited by people but is close enough to the coastline that it can be seen from Highway 90. Photos of the ...

The thousands of people viewing Biloxi’s Fourth of July fireworks show got more than they bargained for Friday night, as a ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Officials confirm firefighters are battling flames on Deer Island on the night of Independence Day.

WINTHROP (CBS) – Somber visitors to Deer Island have been leaving flowers at the site where a four-year-old girl's body was found on Thursday. Investigators have yet to identify the young girl ...

Deer Island was first occupied by American Indians, then Europeans in 1717. It was used for fishing and farming in the 18th and 19th centuries, and was even home to an amusement park in 1915.

Deer Island is very close to the Biloxi mainland, but many residents and visitors never step foot on its shores. Biloxi Mayor Andrew “FoFo” Gilich said a footbridge could change that.

Developer Larry Mitrenga has big plans for Deer Island. He'd like to develop a "family friendly" tourist attraction that includes condominiums, a restaurant, band pavilion and boat piers. His ...

A wind turbine on Deer Island spun out of control Monday, prompting a response from emergency personnel. The problem was spotted around 10 a.m. by someone walking through the public access area ...

WINTHROP — Bella Bond's body washed up in a trash bag on the Deer Island shore on June 25 with a pair of black and white polka dot leggings, a zebra print blanket, and no name. On Saturday, the ...

Every day, the Deer Island treatment plant cleans about 330 million gallons of Greater Boston’s wastewater. The treated water is then pumped through a nine-and-a-half mile pipe under the ocean ...

The group is protesting the Catalina Island Conservancy’s plan to have all 2,000 mule deer on the island shot and killed. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) By Louis Sahagún Staff Writer .