A local business would like the public’s help identifying the woman authorities say stole a shirt. Taunt recently opened up a new location in Gulfport. Their owner tells News 25 a woman stole a men’s dress shirt from the store…
A Kiln man pleads guilty to sexual battery of a child today. According to District Attorney Joel Smith, the investigation into 22-year-old Keith Poyadou began in 2012 after a nine-year-old victim told family members that Poyadou had sexually assaulted her…
This morning, the Ocean Springs Police Department responded to Quake’s Ice Creamery on Bienville Boulevard. The suspect attempted to enter through the drive up window, but was unsuccessful. He was able to force his way through the front door. Once…
The Mississippi Department of Corrections is investigating the early morning stabbing death of an inmate. Authorities say 43-year-old Parchman inmate Randy Lee Burgess was pronounced dead at 2:44 a.m. in the prison hospital’s emergency room. He was transported there from…
A former Mississippi teacher has pleaded not guilty to abusing a vulnerable person after a video showed her dragging a student by the hair. An attorney for Linda Winters Johnson entered the plea for her this week in Washington County…
The man accused of setting fire to Hillside Baptist Church over the weekend has been charged with four additional counts of arson. During a follow up investigation authorities found four more fires they believe 22 year old "Caleb Bell" intentionally…
Two men are behind bars after allegedly robbing a Dollar General and stabbing a Good Samaritan. News 25’s Kendra Turley brings us the latest on this investigation. Richard Griffin is just one of the many Gulf Coast residents who frequently…
A family pet is given credit for saving its family’s life during a home invasion. According to the Gautier Police Department, around 5 a.m. Wednesday, a woman was entering her vehicle on Soundview Drive when she was struck in the…
Two men are behind bars after allegedly robbing a Dollar General and stabbing a Good Samaritan. Twenty-two year-old Marces Rush is charged with felony armed robbery and aggravated assault. Sheriff Troy Peterson also announced the arrest of 25-year-old DeMarcus Leshore…
A Navy sailor from New Orleans has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of stabbing and slashing a transgender woman 119 times in a Jackson County hotel room. Twenty-year-old Dwanya Hickerson is charged with capital murder of 25-year-old Dee…
The Gulfport Police Department needs help locating a suspect involved in another armed robbery in Gulfport. Officers responded to a report of an armed robbery at Direct Insurance on East Pass Road around 10 o’clock this morning. According to police,…
Biloxi police are seeking the public's help after three men stole equipment from the Beau Rivage. Three white males stole equipment from beau back on November 30 then fled in this white Chevy Silverado Z-71 extended cab. The license plate…
One Gulfport man will spend the rest of his life in prison for murdering his own uncle. 29 year old Dante Taylor was found guilty of first degree murder. As a habitual offender, he was given the mandatory sentence of…
The Coastal Narcotics Enforcement Team need help locating a woman who is wanted for allegedly manufacturing meth out of her home in Biloxi. Thirty-six year-old Jessica Goldsmith has been MIA since 2011 when Harrison County deputies acted on information that…
Authorities in Greensburg, Pennsylvania captured the two suspects who allegedly snatched a purse from an elderly woman after shoving her to the ground. Thirty-eight year-old Archie Culbreath and 28-year-old Lindsey Newman of Kentwood, Louisiana sit in the Westmoreland County Prison.…
Two Jackson County residents are charged with felony shoplifting after allegedly stealing from three Dollar General stores. Fifty-two year-old Alan Sellers and 40-year-old Monica Montgomery allegedly stole merchandise from the stores on Highway 63, 613, and 614. Sheriff Mike Ezell…
The two suspects wanted for robbery after allegedly stealing an elderly woman’s purse were arrested today in Pennsylvania. Archie Culbreath and Lindsey Newman allegedly injured a woman when one of them shoved her to the ground and took her purse.…
A coast man pleads guilty to first degree murder on the day he was scheduled to begin his second day of trial. A judged sentenced 44 year old Johnny Owens the third to live in prison. Owens pleaded guilty to…
Gulfport police have now identified the two suspects wanted for a purse snatching last week that injured a woman. The police department is asking for your help in locating Archie Culbreath and Lindsey Newman who are both charged with simple…
A church community left scrambling for a place to hold worship after a devastating fire in Gulfport. Gulfport police arrested 22 year old Caleb DeAndre Bell after the Hillside Baptist Church on Robinson Road went up in flames Saturday morning.…
The Pascagoula Police Department is asking for your help locating a missing woman. 24 year old "Holly Joiner" was last seen leaving her father's residence on Agnes Street on Wednesday December 7. Joiner has mental deficiencies and does not have…
Governor Phil Bryant is issuing a task force to help combat drug abuse in Mississippi. The Opioid and Heroin Study Task Force will make recommendations to the governor of how to best fight drug abuse and prevent it in the…
A Moss Point man is behind bars after attempting to elude Biloxi police near Edgewater Mall. Bobbney Fairley is charged with felony eluding after police say he failed to comply with being pulled over for reportedly shoplifting. Fairley attempted to…
Harrison County Sheriff’s Department arrested a Biloxi man on a felony charge of sexual battery and molesting of two female children. Howard Jones is accused of sexually assaulting two girls nine years ago when they were eight and six years…