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View Comments The body of a missing University of Southern Mississippi honors student who was last seen Sunday swimming on a sandbar at a Dauphin Island beach was found Wednesday. Jeff Collier, Dauphin Island mayor, said police and fire officials found the body of 20-year-old Rob Brent, of Yazoo County, six miles west of the West End Beach parking lot. "The family has been notified," Collier said in a Facebook post. "Thoughts and prayers are with them during this difficult time." "There is a big, unfillable hole in the Honors College now," said Ellen Weinauer, dean of the Honors Coll...

DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (AP) — Authorities continue to search for a Mississippi student who went missing Sunday while swimming in the Gulf of Mexico at Alabama’s Dauphin Island. The U.S. Coast Guard tells local news outlets that Rob Brent is a student at the University of Southern Mississippi. The Coast Guard says Brent was reported missing around 6 p.m. Sunday after last being seen near a sandbar on the island’s west end. Coast Guard boats and aviation units were looking for Brent Monday, as was the Mobile County sheriff’s flotilla, Dauphin Island emergency responders and the Alabama Ma...

Search continues for missing swimmer on Alabama island May 3, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (AP) — Authorities continue to search for a Mississippi student who went missing Sunday while swimming in the Gulf of Mexico at Alabama's Dauphin Island. The U.S. Coast Guard tells local news outlets that Rob Brent is a student at the University of Southern Mississippi. The Coast Guard says Brent was reported missing around 6 p.m. Sunday after last being seen near a sandbar on the island's west end. Coast Guard boats and aviation units were looking for Brent Monday, as was the Mobile...

Alabama beach reopens Saturday after 7-month closure from hurricane damage Updated Apr 26, 2021; Posted Apr 26, 2021 Dauphin Island's West End Beach will reopen on Saturday, May 1, 2021, after being closed more than seven months due to storm damage from Hurricanes Sally in September and Zeta in late October. (file photo). Facebook Share A popular Alabama beach is reopening after a seven-month closure due to Hurricanes Sally and Zeta last year. Dauphin Island’s West End Beach, closed since Hurricane Sally on September 17, will reopen Saturday to the public and will feature an expanded park...

Some versions of the “Swan Lake” ballet end in tragedy, others transform the tale into triumph.