{OCEAN SPRINGS, MS-August 2024}--- An Ocean Springs Community Meet & Greet will be held on Monday, August 5th starting at 5:30 PM to welcome and inform the newly annexed residents of Ocean Springs. The open and free event will be…
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Noah Lyles finished behind Jamaica’s Oblique Seville in the semifinal of the Olympic 100 meters Sunday but still advanced for a rematch in the gold-medal race later in the evening. Seville is now 2-0 this season…
Both directions of State Route 26 between Wilford Ladner Rd. and Murder Creek Rd. in Pearl River County will temporarily close for road work. The closure begins at 7 a.m. Monday, August 5, until 4:30 p.m. Friday, August 23, for…
MIAMI (AP) — A tropical depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Debby north of Cuba on Saturday and was predicted to become a hurricane as it moves through the Gulf of Mexico on a collision course with the Florida coast. The…
MIAMI (AP) — A tropical depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Debby on Saturday as it moved through the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center said the storm now had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph…
GULFPORT, Miss. – August 1, 2024 – Memorial has expanded its award-winning heart care services with the addition of 12 healthcare providers across the Coast, including: Mahmoud H. Zayed, MD, FACC, FSCAI William O. Passarelli, III, MD, FACC Rogin Subedi, MD…
U.S. swimmer Katie Ledecky has won the women’s 800-meter freestyle for her ninth Olympic gold medal. It is the fourth time she has won this event. Ledecky joins Finnish distance runner Paavo Nurmi, Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina, American swimmer Mark…
U.S. sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson finished second in the 2024 Olympics women’s 100-meter finals, losing to Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia. Two-time Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica abruptly pulled out of the women’s 100-meter dash, giving no immediate reason for…
Simone Biles won her third gold in the vault final at the 2024 Olympics as part of an action-packed day of events. It is his her seventh Olympic gold medal and 10th overall. Biles performed her iconic namesake vault, the…
WXXV News 25 spoke with Dr. Donna Boone, the Chief Academic Officer at the Mississippi Department of Education. One of the major goals for the department this year is reducing absenteeism…
People gathered at Keesler Air Force Base to witness the Second Air Force Change of Command Ceremony. The Second Air Force commander has nationwide responsibilities that extend beyond Keesler Air…
By HALELUYA HADERO Updated 12:32 PM CDT, August 2, 2024 The Justice Department sued TikTok on Friday, accusing the company of violating children’s online privacy law and running afoul of a settlement it had reached with another federal agency. The complaint,…
By WILL WEISSERT and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign says she has secured enough votes from Democratic delegates to officially be the party’s nominee for president. The online voting process doesn’t end until Monday, but the…
By JAMES ROBSON Updated 10:09 AM CDT, August 2, 2024 PARIS (AP) — The United States was eliminated from the Olympic men’s soccer tournament on Friday after a 4-0 loss to Morocco in the quarterfinals. Soufiane Rahimi, Ilias Akhomach, Achraf Hakimi and Mehdi…
Hancock Whitney Bank will celebrate 125 years in business on Monday by ringing the bell Monday to signal the opening of the Nasdaq Stock Market. The bank actually celebrates its anniversary in October. Hancock Whitney (HWC) leaders participating in the…
The New Orleans Police Department posted on their Facebook page that Sofia and Alessandra Bruno have been located and are in good health. The girls were found in St. Tammany Parish.
A Moss Point man convicted of sexual battery against a minor, was denied a new trial by the state Supreme Court. Jimmy David Williams was convicted at trial of the March 2018 assault on a then-ninth grade student. He was…
By ERIC TUCKER, DASHA LITVINOVA and MATTHEW LEE Updated 6:45 AM CDT, August 2, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on Thursday, with Moscow releasing journalist Evan Gershkovich and fellow American Paul Whelan, along with dissidents…
NASA’s Stennis Space Center Director John Bailey announced today that longtime propulsion engineer/manager Christine Powell has been selected as deputy director of the south Mississippi propulsion site, effective Aug. 12. “I am excited for Christine to join the NASA Stennis…
By JOE REEDY LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge overturned a jury’s $4.7 billion verdict in the class-action lawsuit filed by “Sunday Ticket” subscribers against the NFL and has granted judgment to the NFL. U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez ruled…
This is Talan Lindmark, a senior at Pass Christian High School and avid runner. So much so that for his Eagle Scout project he started Running through the pass. “I fell in…
In May, a Wiggins firefighter was injured in an accident while driving a fire engine. At the time, the firefighter wanted to remain anonymous as she began her…
A Picayune man has been indicted on charges stemming from a fatal wreck on Feb. 28, 2023. The grand jury returned four counts of driving under the influence causing death or disfigurement and one count of manslaughter against 52-year-old Jason…
Simone Biles holds off Brazil's Rebeca Andrade in all-around, becomes oldest Olympic women's gymnastics champ since 1952. Suni Lee takes home the bronze. Biles’ win makes history — she is the only American gymnast to win gold in the all-around…