Along with our daily BP oil disaster updates, we’ll be taking an occasional look at how newspapers along the Gulf Coast are covering the oil spill — by taking stock of their headlines. Today is the Friday before the three-day Fourth of July weekend, which would normally mean lots of stories about patriotism, families, vacations and barbecue, but on the Oil Coast, it’s all petrol, all the time …

Here’s the Biloxi Sun-Herald, leading with an ominous story about how oil has entered the very beginning of the Gulf food chain:

The Mississippi Press in Pascagoula says there may be “months of oil” — but, hey, “the fish are biting”:

More front pages under the jump.

The Mobile Press-Register pulls no punches: “All 32 Miles of Beaches Affected”:

And the Pensacola News-Journal concentrates on Hurricane Alex’s effects on the booms of Escambia County. (That, and “Gulf Breeze tennis star Jen Pfeiffer.”)