HANCOCK COUNTY, MS (WLOX) – Hancock County beaches remain closed as the damage from Hurricane Isaac is assessed. It’s an especially hard blow since the county was in the middle of a replenishment project to undo the damage from Hurricane Katrina seven years ago. Right before Isaac, 300,000 cubic yards of fluffy white sand had been pumped in and crews were in the process of spreading it in areas where sand had been eroded away by previous storms. Continue reading →