Name change for Mississippi Man

JACKSON, MS (AP) -

A Mississippi man has been allowed to change his last name on his driver's license by using his marriage certificate after the ACLU complained state authorities were discriminating against him.

Robert Everhart of Pascagoula, born Robert McCarthy, says he changed his license to take his wife's last name Wednesday after being turned away several times previously.

The ACLU sent a letter Tuesday to Mississippi Department of Public Safety Commissioner Albert Santa Cruz. It said DPS was violating state and federal law because women are routinely allowed to use marriage certificates to change their names.

DPS says it notified employees that men can use marriage certificates, too.

Everhart says he took his wife's name because she was the only surviving child in her family and people mispronounced his old name.

Nice weather

It has been cool in the mornings 60s, and warmer during the day.

We have had no rain in weeks which was good because it allowed ALL the rain from Hurricane Isaac to dry, but now we need some rain.

Saturday we have a good chance of getting some, of course its because the kids have so many outdoor events.

Tchoutacabouffa River

Tchoutacabouffa River

How do you pronounce Tchoutacabouffa River?
The word, the French spelling of an Indian name, is pronounced "CHOO-tah-kah-BUH-fuh", or locally as "CHOO-tah-kah-buff".

The Tchoutacabouffa River is a stream located in Harrison County, Mississippi. The river's mouth is located just north of the city of Biloxi at Biloxi Bay and south of Interstate 10, and it flows approximately 31 miles to the north.

Southern Mississippi art potter George E. Ohr, who worked in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, dug much of the clay he used for his works locally from the Tchoutacabouffa River. Tchoutacabouffa is the Biloxi tribe's word for "broken pot."

Isaac still causing grief!

MS (WLOX) - Just when South Mississippi thought Isaac was behind us, the remnants of that storm are pounding the coast.

Overnight rains have topped the six inch mark. And that's caused a variety of problems, especially in Jackson County.

Sporadic power outages have been reported. Soggy neighborhoods once again look like lakes.
Cars are flooded. So are streets. And in Ocean Springs, school will start two hours late today.

Forecasters say the heavy rain is a storm that's linked to the remnants of Hurricane Isaac.

Nutria clean up operation begins in Bay St. Louis

BAY ST. LOUIS, MS (WLOX) -

Clean up has begun in Bay St. Louis where thousands of dead nutria washed up ashore in the wake of Hurricane Isaac.

Officials with the Hancock County Emergency Management Agency say that parts of Beach Boulevard from Lakeshore Road to Washington Street have been closed while workers in hazardous materials suits try and pick up the carcasses.

Hancock County EMA officials estimate more than 15,000 dead swamp rats washed up on the beach.

Authorities now worry about a potential health issue because of the stench from the animals and the possibility that they might bake and explode in the heat.

Residents have been advised to avoid that part of the beach for the time being