Our former news and politics reporter Patrick Heinzen decided to take 'The Gabber Newspaper' to Gulfport, Mississippi.

The business being acquired, based in St. Petersburg, Florida, has four locations within the greater Tampa, Orlando metropolitan areas.

South Mississippi woke up Wednesday morning to one of the coldest mornings in decades. The day after a historic winter storm dumped snow across the Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida and into the coast of the Carolinas,

The Gulfport, Mississippi, bank says in a statement that buying Sabal and its four offices — St. Pete, Tampa, Sarasota and The Villages — allows it to “expand its wealth management line of business and strengthen (its) commitment to Central Florida.”

“Since the temps went back down to freezing, there have been five vehicles spin and slide on the icy bridge!!!” The Pascagoula Police Department posted on its Facebook page. “The driving conditions are dangerous right now. First responders are placing barricades on both sides to warn motorists not to drive on the bridge.”

From Waveland to Gulf Shores to Pensacola, here's what Gulf Coast beaches looked like blanketed in a winter wonderland. ❄️

Part of Mississippi under extreme cold warning after winter storm dropped snow across the Gulf Coast. When will temperatures warm up?

Even if you didn't see snow, the Arctic air blast from the polar vortex is still here. See how to get ready for the cold. When will Mississippi get warm?

A major winter storm slammed the US Gulf Coast Tuesday, blanketing parts of a region largely unaccustomed to extreme winter weather with record-breaking snowfall.

A snowstorm of historic proportions walloped the Gulf Coast this week, delivering travel-snarling snow from Texas to the Carolinas and breaking records that have stood for more than a century. At least nine people have died across the central and eastern United States,

The rare deep freeze in the wake of an historic winter storm that swept across the U.S. South this week will linger through Sunday, leaving the region in the grip of extreme cold and ice and creating dangerous driving conditions.

To hear some locals tell it, the arrival of a supermarket-size gas station with pumps for 120 cars is the biggest thing to hit West Memphis, Arkansas, since Elvis Presley had his broadcast debut at the local radio station in 1953.