VANCLEAVE, Miss. (WXXV) – The Jackson County Sheriff's Department is asking for the public's help as investigators work to identify the owner of a deceased dog and determine who may be responsible for the animal's death. According to the Sheriff's…
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- A 45-year-old man has been arrested in Harrison County on one count of aggravated trafficking. The Harrison County Sheriff’s Office arrested Taurus Bush of Alabama on the charge following a seizure of ten pounds of methamphetamine…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) – A Gulfport man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping and aggravated assault charges involving his former girlfriend. According to the Office of the District Attorney, Second Circuit Court District,…
Picayune, Miss. (WXXV)- The Picayune Police Department is sharing details on a shooting incident that happened on Saturday. According to police, officers were dispatched to an incident on 6th Avenue near Forest Street around 9 PM. No one was reported…
STONE COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV) — A 59-year-old Stone County man has been…
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (WXXV)— Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters and leaders from the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF) are set to join the family of Nolan Wells on Monday to renew calls for a federal…
LONG BEACH, Miss. (WXXV)- A Long Beach woman will spend 35 years in prison for the 2025 stabbing death of a 68-year-old man. Fifty-seven-year-old Daphne Diane Zeringue pleaded guilty last week to second-degree murder in the death of Gary Cooper.…
The offices of the Jackson County Coroner and Jackson County Health Department were evacuated Thursday morning after a bomb threat involving a reported explosive device under a vehicle. Jackson County Coroner Bruce Lynd told WXXV the evacuation took place around…
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- A Biloxi man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after being convicted of sex crimes involving a child. Sixty-six-year-old David Patrick Burkart was found guilty of two counts of sexual battery of a…
JACKSON, Miss. (WXXV) — The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting involving the Jackson Police Department that occurred Friday on Raymond Road. According to MBI, a Jackson police officer was in the 1000 block of Raymond Road…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)-- Gulfport Police are searching for a man wanted in connection to a recent drive-by shooting in the city. 20-year-old Mekel Dai John Harveston is described as being 5'5" tall and weighs approximately 120 pounds. His last known…
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)--More than 30 people have been arrested at the conclusion of a three-day operation targeting drug trafficking…
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- A Saucier man will spend 20 years behind bars after pleading guilty to sex crimes involving a teenage girl. Twenty-four-year-old Shaunn Bangs Jr. pleaded guilty last week to two counts of sexual battery and one count…
The Mississippi Court of Appeals has upheld the murder conviction and life sentence of a Jackson County man. Thomas Pearson was convicted of first-degree murder for…
Gulfport, Miss. (WXXV) — A Harrison County man is facing two counts of first-degree murder after a shooting Monday morning at an AT&T on Crossroads Parkway…
Claiborne County, Miss. (WXXV) — The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting involving the Claiborne County Sheriff's Office near Hermanville that left a deputy dead and a bystander injured. According to MBI, deputies were attempting to disperse…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) – Harrison County District Attorney W. Crosby Parker announced that Decruis Tatum, 27, of Biloxi, pleaded guilty to sexual battery before Circuit Court Judge Christopher Schmidt and was sentenced to serve 50 years in the custody of the…
GEORGE COUNTY, Miss. — A Mobile woman faces felony charges after George County authorities say she damaged…
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)--Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch's office has ruled that…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)-An 18-year-old is wanted in Gulfport in connection to a drive-by shooting. Desmond Dedward Hall is currently wanted by Gulfport PD on an active felony warrant for drive-by shooting. He is described as 6’ tall and weighing approximately…
BYHALIA, Miss. (WXXV) – The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting involving the Byhalia Police Department and the DeSoto County S.W.A.T. team that left two people dead. According to MBI, officers responded to a call in the…
GEORGE COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- A woman is facing felony charges after investigators say she embezzled more than $80,000 from a George County church over several years. The George County Sheriff’s Office says church leaders reported the suspected theft on July…
The Mississippi Supreme Court has upheld the capital murder conviction and death sentence of Joseph Heard in the 2021 killing of his two-year-old stepson in Biloxi. In a ruling released Thursday, the high court rejected Heard’s appeal, finding no reversible…
