Authorities Investigating Drive-By Shooting
News 25's Laurene Callander tells us about the drive-by shooting that happened outside of the Cheveron and McDonalds off the Ocean Springs exit off of I-10 last night.
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Hostage Situation and Stand Off in Jackson
Jackson Police are trying to figure out whether anyone was ever being held hostage in a house where they’d earlier believed a man was holding about a dozen people. Jackson Police Chief Lee Vance called the situation “bizarre” in a…
Gulfport Man Allegedly Sets Man on Fire
A Gulfport man faces aggravated assault charges after allegedly dousing a man with gasoline before setting him on fire in Hattiesburg. According to Hattiesburg police, 39-year-old Kunta Kidd of Gulfport was arrested earlier today and booked at the Forrest County…
Hostage Situation and Standoff in Jackson
A hostage situation is going on at a rooming house in Jackson. It all started this morning. Police say 13 hostages have been released and at least one more person is still barricaded inside a home. A 9-1-1 call came…
Gulfport Man Arrested for Setting Man on Fire
A south Mississippi man is charged with aggravated assault after allegedly dousing another man with gasoline and setting him on fire. Thirty-nine-year-old Kunta Kidd of Gulfport was arrested early today. He was booked into Forrest County Jail in Hattiesburg and…
St. Martin Middle School Bomb Threat
Officials are currently investigating a bomb threat at St. Martin Middle School. Jackson County Superintendent Barry Amacker tells News 25, the school was evacuated shortly after 11 this morning when a threatening note was found posted in the bathroom. The…
Three People Suspected of Fraud
The Biloxi Police Department needs your help finding three people they believe committed credit card fraud. The three suspects you see here one male and two females are wanted for questioning in connection with credit card fraud committed at a…
Gulfport Teen Wanted for Murder
Gulfport police now have a suspect in connection to Tuesday night’s shooting on Monterey Drive. Nineteen-year-old Deandre Deshawn-Antonio Ball is wanted by police on murder charges. Ball is accused of shooting and killing 20-year-old Trevues Martin just hours before his…
Kim Savant Seeks Early Release
Former Harrison County Supervisor Kim Savant, serving five years for bribery, is asking President Barack Obama to let him out of prison. This according to e-mails Savant shared with the Sun Herald. Savant pleaded guilty without indictment to taking $1,500…
Police Searching For Purse Thief
Ocean Springs Police are looking for a man who is believed to have stolen a purse out of a woman's purse at the CVS on Highway 90 over the weekend. The man is said to have freckles on his face…
Accused Nun Killer Confesses
The man accused of killing two Mississippi nuns confesses this according to a state investigator. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation officer testified Friday during a preliminary hearing for 46 year old Rodney Earl Sanders. According to the officer, Sanders confessed…
Charged With DUI Causing Death
The George County Sheriff's office have arrested a man and charged him with a DUI causing death. Fifty five year old David Allen Gibson was driving an ATV with an unidentified 48 year old female on the railroad tracks near…
The Fight For Photos At Inmate Visits
Mississippi Prisons do not allow photos to be taken during an inmate's visitation hours and one local woman is trying to change that. A Photoshop picture is the closest thing to picayune resident Jennifer Bynum’s has to a real photograph…
Charged With DUI Causing Death
A deadly two vehicle accident in Jackson County early last Sunday morning, 23 year old Julio Cesar Chavez is booked into the Jackson County jail under a felony charge of DUI causing death. According to Mississippi highway patrol the accident…
Gulfport Teen Wanted for Murder
The search continues for the suspect wanted in last week’s shooting death in Gulfport. Nineteen-year-old Deandre Deshawn-Antonio Ball is wanted by police on a murder charge. Ball is accused of shooting and killing 20-year-old Trevues Martin just hours before his…
Man Accused Of Killing Nuns in Court
The man accused of killing two nuns in central Mississippi will appear in court this afternoon. 46 year old "Rodney Earl Sanders" is charged with capita murder in the death two Nuns "Margaret Held" and "Paula Merrill" the sisters were…
Ocean Springs Man Denied Bond
Fifty nine year old Phillip Spear will be held without bond, pending a trial, on charges of producing and distributing child pornography out of his home. This was decided at his preliminary hearing at the Gulfport Courthouse this morning. According…
D’Iberville Manslaughter Arrest
A D’Iberville man is behind bars today, charged with manslaughter. Shortly before midnight, 33-year-old Michael Allan Pittman called the D’Iberville Police Department to report an attempted suicide at Timber Grove Apartments. When D’Iberville police arrived they found 36-year-old Rondal Butler…
Father and Son Arrested in Vancleave
A Vancleave father and son are charged with burglarizing their neighbor’s home over a week’s period in July. Forty-three year-old Christopher Cole and his son, Brandon Cole, 22, both of 13300 Southern Pine Drive, are each charged with two counts…
Charged To Seven Years and Three Months
Biloxi businessman has been sentenced for his part in a kickback scheme involving the former commissioner of the Mississippi department of corrections. Coast government consultant Robert Simmons has been sentenced to seven years and three months in jail. Back in…
Man Killed in D'Iberville
On September 14, 2016, at approximately 11:40 P.M., D’Iberville Police Department responded to a reported suicide attempt. Upon officer’s arrival, and entry into the apartment, they located a white male who was suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the…
Missing Woman
A Mississippi woman with ties to the coast area is missing and authorities need your help. Tammyetta Spaulding was last seen on September the second in Jackson. Her niece, Jacqueline lives in Gulfport and is asking the public to help…
Residents Concerned Over Shootings
Last night brings the total number of fatal shootings in the city of Gulfport this year to ten. This is also the second time this year two fatal shootings occurred within 24 hours of each other in Gulfport. Residents are…
Man Dies From Gun Shot To Chest
No charges will be the filed in Monday night's fatal shooting in Gulfport. This according to Police Chief Leonard Papania, the chief tells News 25, The shooting was in self-defense an over money for cocaine. Police say 37 year old…