The eight branches of the Jackson-George Regional Library System will be closed Monday, May 28, in observance of the Memorial Day holiday.

The branches located in the communities of East Central, Gautier, Lucedale, Moss Point, Ocean Springs, Pascagoula, St. Martin and Vancleave, will reopen Tuesday, May 29, at regular hours.

Information source: Jackson-George Regional Library System.

OCEAN SPRINGS, MS (WLOX)- Ocean Springs has a new noise ordinance.  By a 5-2 vote, the Ocean Springs Board of Aldermen adopted new rules that dictate when bars can play loud music.

The proposal approved Tuesday night requires bars to turn off their music at 11:00 pm during the week, and at 1:00 am on weekends.

In the weeks leading up to the vote, bar owners said they were being singled out.  Others side a noise ordinance would cut into their bottom lines.

Doug Walker covered the noise ordinance vote.  You'll see his story on WLOX News at 10:00.

A truck stop employee is behind bars after she allegedly stole money from a customer on Monday, according to the Jackson County Sheriff's Office.

Officials said, 27-year-old Britnei Lynn Casbon of Ocean Springs, took the money out of a wallet that was left at Kangaroo Truck Stop at 7600 Tucker Road Ocean Springs by a customer, who was purchasing a money order.

The victim reportedly told deputies that his missing wallet contained $2,100. The wallet was found in a dumpster behind the store.