The Pass Christian Police Department is asking the public's help to identify three suspects who assaulted a resident inside his home. Police say that about 10:23 a.m. Saturday, police responded to someone being shot on Oak Park Drive. The victim…
What started as an argument over sunglasses on Monday ended in gunfire -- and one man dead. Gulfport Police report that 16-year-old Lional Cornelius Jackson Jr., of Gulfport was arrested Monday…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled that a death row inmate will not be allowed to seek additional DNA testing on crime scene evidence from the shooting deaths of two college students…
D'Iberville Police are investigating a murder-suicide that happened outside a local bar early Saturday. Chief Shannon Nobles said in a press release that his department received a report of shots fired about 2:30 a.m. at Reno's Sports Pub on Rodriguez…
Many gathered today to say their goodbyes to Pascagoula K9 Officer Exo who was killed in the line of duty. Officer Exo’s ashes were escorted back from Mobile this…
National Civil Rights Activist John C. Barnett and other local activists traveled to Raleigh, North Carolina to hold a…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi judge has set a Tuesday hearing in a lawsuit by state’s only abortion clinic, which seeks to block a law that would ban most abortions. A temporary restraining order would allow the…
An Alabama woman died Thursday in a two-vehicle crash in Jackson County, Mississippi Highway Patrol reports. About 7:30 a.m., troopers responded to a call about a fatal crash on Highway 614. A 2009 Chevy HHR driven by 47-year-old Carrie Gwen…
Pack your patience if you're traveling this holiday weekend, as many people will be hitting the road to see their loved ones. Mississippi Highway Patrol will have more…
The Board of Trustees for IHL has approved a transition plan for the University of Southern Mississippi that will bring a former administrator back to the Hattiesburg campus. On Thursday, the State Institutions of Higher Learning OK'd the plan to…
GULFPORT, Miss (AP) — LGBTQ advocates say the recent fatal shooting of a 27-year-old Black transgender woman along Mississippi’s Gulf Coast reflects a disturbing pattern of…
Twenty-three years have passed and the family of Kevin Slater is still mourning his death. To help solve this case and bring justice to their loved one, Mississippi Coast…
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Ketanji Brown Jackson has been sworn in to the Supreme Court, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court. The 51-year-old Jackson is the court’s 116th…
Two people injured in a house fire this morning on Bell Creek Road have died. Harrison County coroner Brian Switzer confirmed the deaths to WXXV. Family members at the scene told WXXV that…
A Gulfport man has been charged with aggravated DUI causing death as a result of an April 12 crash. Wilbur Gene Barr, 50, was booked into the Harrison County jail and is held on a $250,000 bond set by Justice…
Good news, South Mississippi! The Wilkes Bridge will reopen to four lanes of traffic next week. Gulfport Police tweeted out that the bridge will be closed next week on Wednesday and Thursday from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. They followed…
The Board of Trustees announces that Tiffany Murdock will serve as Chief Executive Officer. Murdock has served as interim CEO since February when Lee Bond left SRHS. She is the first woman CEO of Singing River Health System. “On behalf…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Several new laws take effect in Mississippi on Friday, which is also the first day of the new state budget year. TEACHER PAY In the new budget year, teachers will receive raises…
A reward has been offered for information that leads to the arrest in a 1999 cold case. Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers said in a press release that the family of Kevin Slater and its organization is offering the $5,000 reward.…
The Jackson County Board of Supervisors held a public hearing to give citizens of the county an opportunity to provide input into the process of redistricting for…
Justice Stephen Breyer will officially retire from the U.S. Supreme Court tomorrow. In a letter to President Biden today, Breyer wrote he will officially retire at…
By JAY REEVES and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A team searching the basement of a Mississippi courthouse for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found the unserved warrant charging a white woman in his 1955…
Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell defeats Congressman Steven Palazzo in the 4th Congressional District runoff election. Today’s election results will determine the nominee for the Republican Party in the general election in November. Ezell took 30,849 of the votes, or…
Sheriff Mike Ezell talks with News 25 about his victory in the runoff election.