CHICAGO (AP) — The Democratic National Convention kicks off Monday in Chicago, just four weeks after President Joe Biden shuttered his campaign and made way for Vice President Kamala Harris to ascend to the top of Democrats’ ticket. The political transformation just months before the election…
The Pass Christian Library is attracting more than just avid readers to its location. They also planted a garden to encourage butterflies to stop, rest, and revive during their annual…
By Deon J. Hampton Phil Donahue — an innovative TV host who rose to fame in the late 1960s after being the first person to interact with a studio audience and bring new ideas into American living rooms — died on Sunday, his…
By MORIAH BALINGIT Updated 3:35 PM CDT, August 16, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is hiking pay for educators in the early childhood program Head Start as part of an effort to retain current employees and attract new ones in…
Memorial Hospital Stone County has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Silver Plus quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, ultimately…
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a drive-by shooting in the Gulf Park Estates community outside Ocean Springs Saturday night. Sheriff John Ledbetter said deputies responded to multiple calls of shots fired in the area of Meadowlark and South…
Former U.S. Rep. George Santos is expected to plead guilty to multiple counts in his federal fraud case, according to a person familiar with the matter. Santos, a Republican from New York, is expected to enter the plea at a…
By AMANDA SEITZ and ZEKE MILLER Updated 2:55 PM CDT, August 15, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) — Taxpayers are expected to save billions after the Biden administration inked deals with pharmaceutical companies to knock down the lists prices for 10 of Medicare’s costliest drugs. But…
A Long Beach family is lucky to be alive after their house caught on fire Thursday night. WXXV News 25 caught up with Bonnie Murphy the homeowner as she and her family begin to pick up the pieces and share…
St. Martin High School's unified theatre is back for a second year, and gearing up for the Mississippi Theatre Association's Theatre for Youth competition. "Theatre…
Special agents with Homeland Security Investigations are asking the public’s help to identify possible additional victims in an investigation involving a person who was impersonating federal officer. William Gilchrist, 45, of Greenville, Mississippi, was indicted by a federal grand jury…
Long Beach Fire Department was called out to a house fire on Alyce Place in the Green Acres subdivision on Thursday night. Chief Griff Skellie said a family of five were able to get out of the house. A family…
The City of Moss Point is moving forward. That was the message in the State of the City address Thursday night. WXXV News 25’s Rick…
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and JONATHAN MATTISE Updated 11:00 AM CDT, August 16, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) — A Missouri woman has been arrested on charges she orchestrated a scheme defraud Elvis Presley’s family by trying to auction off his iconic Graceland property before…
The news that the Secretary of the Navy plans a multi-ship buy of four warships is good news here on the Coast. The amphibious warships are built at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, which means the shipyard will have contracts coming…
The race for the U.S. Senate seat is heating up in South Mississippi. Republican incumbent senator Roger Wicker is facing off against democratic challenger Ty Pinkins, who spent part of Thursday evening in Pass…
The Transportation Security Administration at Gulfport Biloxi International Airport held an explosive detection demonstration with its K9 unit this afternoon. TSA K9 Handler Michael Caleb Mabry…
Deer Island has been shrinking for centuries. The island used to be doubled the size, but as water levels rise - more and more of…
We have an update in the first-degree murder trial of Coast resident Pitipong Daengbunga. According to our media partner, the Sun Herald, the jury found him guilty of murder and tampering with evidence in the stabbing and strangulation death of…
A Gulfport man is arrested and charged with aggravated assault in Harrison County. Harrison County Sheriff Matt Haley announced the arrest of 21-year-old Terrance Daitwan Wilson Thursday, August 15th. According to officials, the arrest was in relation to a stabbing…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Updated 2:52 PM CDT, August 15, 2024 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — “Layers of inadequate oversight and enforcement” by state and federal agencies contributed to a water crisis in Mississippi’s capital city that left tens of thousands of people…
The Stone County Sheriff's Office is requesting the public's assistance in locating Korbin Ellis Lee. Korbin is 17 years old and left the Perkinston, Mississippi area on Tuesday, August 13th. Korbin Drove to Jackson, Mississippi and boarded a Greyhound bus…
Moss Point School District has been awarded a $900,000 grant to expand its pre-K program. The money will be spent over three years from August of this year through the end of the 2027 school year. Each year, the program…
An accident on I-10 causing major delays and shutting down the far eastbound lane for quite some time. According to Biloxi police, an accident involving an 18-wheeler and an SUV happened just west of mile marker 46. There are reports…