By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi legislators are working to set a new way for people to petition to put issues on statewide ballots, months after the state Supreme Court tossed out the state’s old initiative process.…
CANTON, Miss. (AP) — Morgan Freeman stars as a small-town sheriff in a movie that began filming Tuesday in Mississippi. Cole Hauser and Jaimie Alexander also are stars in the comedic noir thriller “The Minute You Wake Up Dead.” It’s among four…
Mississippians have a petition going around for people to sign their names in support of the Amtrak that will go from New Orleans to…
The Bay-Waveland School District hosted an open house today to let parents ask questions about the $37.8 million bond issue. With the voting coming…
It’s Black History Month. Each Tuesday in February News 25 will feature a black musician making history in our Rhythm of the Coast segment.…
Last week, Jackson State, Alcorn State, Mississippi Valley State, and Tougaloo College all posted on social media reporting they had received bomb threats. Mississippi Valley State received a threat…
Good News! WXXV is now broadcasting at full power. Thanks to our viewers for your patience as we made storm related repairs to our transmission equipment. We regret that some over the air viewers could not receive our signal while…
Today MSDH is reporting an additional 2,065 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 93 deaths. Forty-two deaths occurred between January 13 and February 7, and an additional 51 deaths occurred between January 7 and February 1, identified from death certificate…
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is conducting prescribed burn today at the Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge. The burn site represents 275 acres north of Interstate 10, east of Exit 50, and south of Seaman Road in the…
Cold weather shelters are opening in Hancock and Harrison counties tonight in anticipation of cold-weather conditions. Hancock County is opening its cold weather shelter in the Kiln tonight. Kiln – Hancock County Storm Prep Building, 6 pm to 8 am. 18335…
If you see smoke coming from Deer Island, don't worry. It's for a good cause. Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources are planning a prescribed burn on a portion of the Deer Island Preserve today. The burn will…
A Harrison County man was jailed Monday after Harrison County deputies responded to a call about someone setting up a camera outside a bathroom window. Gary Rhoads, 67, was charged with peeping Tom, a felony and taken to the Harrison…
Military veteran and Gulf Coast community leader Dick Wilson died this morning at the age of 91. Dick Wilson was born on June 5th, 1930 in Wabash, Indiana. In…
Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System Chief of Audiology and Speech Pathology Dr. Margaret Peak was recognized today for her ongoing commitment to serving veterans and…
Now that the medical marijuana bill has passed in the state of Mississippi, Waveland Mayor Mike Smith wants his city to be the first to…
A D’Iberville couple died in a two-car crash Monday on the roundabout on Lamey Bridge Road and Highway 15, Harrison County Corner Brian Switzer said. Norman Selvog, 77, and his wife, Linda Selvog, 74, died of blunt force trauma, Switzer…
Pro hockey will return to the Coast. You can welcome the Sea Wolves back home to Biloxi in October. Today, the Harrison County Board of Supervisors approved a lease between the Mississippi Sea Wolves and…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Most states already offer scholarships or tuition waivers for young people who have spent time in the foster care system. Mississippi could join that list this year. The state House last week…
Biloxi Police on Saturday charged a man with first degree murder after finding a woman dead in her apartment. Pitipong Daengbunga, 37, of Biloxi was taken to the Harrison County jail and is being held on a $1 million bond…
Gautier Police are investigating separate shootings that occurred on Saturday. Gautier police are looking into a shooting at 2020 Ladnier Road and another on CW Webb Road. Investigators do not believe the shootings are connected. According to authorities, a victim…
Pascagoula Police on Sunday made an arrest in the Friday night shooting that left one dead and two more injured. Aston Mykell Jones, 20, aka “AJ” of Moss Point, has been charged with murder and two counts of aggravated assault.…
Loaves and Fishes has provided meals to those in the East Biloxi Community twice a day, four times a week for over 37 years. To…
Singing River Health System is planning to host a job fair this upcoming Monday. Singing River Health System is back with another job fair at a much-needed time.…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Days after Mississippi became the 37th state to legalize medical marijuana, the state Health Department said Friday it is working to develop its part of the program. The department said in a news release that by June, it…