Coast residents, visitors enjoying maskless freedom A lot of visitors and residents enjoyed events mask-less on Saturday, the day after Gov. Tate Reeves dropped state-mandated COVID protocols. (Source: wlox) By Mike Lacy | May 1, 2021 at 9:49 PM CDT - Updated May 1 at 9:50 PM BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - It was a celebration of things that float at the South Mississippi Boat Show at Point Cadet Plaza. But more than that, it was a celebration of freedom, after Gov. Tate Reeves lifted state-mandated COVID protocols on Friday. “I drove over from Pascagoula to see this,” Chris Langston said. “And I think that we’re out here enjoying this that we haven’t been able to do for the past year.”