Jackson County discusses successes and future endeavors at State of the Economy Address
Jackson County held its third annual State of the Economy Address this morning. Attendees at the event discussed the movements made in both…
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Winter Rod Run returns to the Mississippi Coast
The Southern Who Street Rod Association brought the Winter Rod Run back to the Magnolia State this weekend. It was brought back just in time for the show's…
Bay High goes to virtual learning after water pipe bursts on campus
Bay High students were forced to go virtual Monday after students and staff arrived at school to find a water main had burst. Deputy superintendent Monty Noblitt said the break caused water to pond between the gym and the science…
Gautier Police investigating morning shooting
Gautier Police are investigating a morning shooting that left two people injured. According to the department's Facebook page, officers were sent out on a 911 call at 8:30 a.m. on Rue de Courmont Street. Once there, officers found two men…
Long Beach rolls with Jeep-A-Gras on Saturday
Jeep junkies on the Coast got a taste of what's to come from the Carnival Association's inaugural Jeep-A-Gras in Long Beach. CALB partnered with the city to register about 135 Jeeps from…
Former Miss Mississippi from Coast mourning husband killed in Alabama
Former Miss Mississippi Christine Kozlowski is in mourning today after her husband was killed in Montgomery, Alabama over the weekend. News outlets in Alabama say Thomas Hand Jr., who married Kozlowski in 2016, was shot Saturday afternoon in the 3100…
Women's football team ready for spring
The Gulf Coast Monarchy women's football team is set to make a comeback this spring. As the team heads into the new season, starting in April, it's motley cast of players and…
St. James holds March for Life rally
This weekend was the 49th anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade that allowed abortions across the United States. Every year in January, the March…
Mississippi Gulf Coast Beekeeping Association offering beekeeping classes
Are you looking for a new hobby in 2022 that’s the bee’s knees? The Mississippi Gulf Coast Beekeeping Association is holding four free beekeeping 101 classes at First…
Cold weather shelters opening across the Coast
Now is a good time to remind you about the cold weather shelters in Harrison and Hancock counties. More than 40 people made their way to the Kenny Fournier…
Florida man fights off bear on his back porch
A Florida man fought off a black bear and managed to save his dogs. The video was shot by a doorbell camera at a home in Daytona Beach. It shows the…
Black Mississippi senators protest vote on race theory bill
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Black lawmakers walked out in protest Friday and withheld their votes as the Mississippi Senate passed a bill that would ban schools from teaching critical race theory. The state superintendent of education has…
Meat Loaf, ‘Bat Out of Hell’ rock superstar, dies at 74
By HILLEL ITALI NEW YORK (AP) — Meat Loaf, the heavyweight rock superstar loved by millions for his “Bat Out of Hell” album and for such theatrical, dark-hearted anthems as “Paradise By the Dashboard Light,” “Two Out of Three Ain’t…
Louie Anderson, Emmy-winning comedian, dies at 68
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Louie Anderson, whose more than four-decade career as a comedian and actor included his unlikely, Emmy-winning performance as mom to twin adult sons in the TV series “Baskets,” died Friday. He was 68. Anderson died at…
Shooting near Mississippi State University injures 2 people
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Authorities are investigating a shooting near Mississippi State University that injured two people. The university said in an alert Thursday evening that the suspected shooter was seen running toward the campus after gunshots were fired at…
Mass shooting in Gulfport began after 2 of the homicide victims shot each other, police say
By MARGARET BAKER / SUN HERALD A mass shooting outside a New Year’s Eve party in Gulfport started after two of the four men killed in the melee first got into an argument and allegedly shot one another, a Gulfport…
Mississippi House OKs bill on equal pay for women and men
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi employers would be required to pay women and men the same amount of money for the same work, under a bill that passed the state House on Thursday. But an advocate…
Bill banning critical race theory goes to Mississippi Senate
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi Senate committee on Thursday advanced a bill that would ban schools from teaching critical race theory, even though the state superintendent of education has said the theory is not being taught…
Safety rules for winter road emergencies
Mississippi Department of Transportation is busy prepping for the winter weather advisory. MDOT’s Kelly Castleberry tells News 25 that crews are out today salting area bridges to help alleviate the…
Schools around the Coast preparing for winter weather Friday
Schools around the Gulf Coast are preparing for tomorrow’s winter weather. News 25 will continue to update this list as more information becomes available. Due to the threat of inclement winter weather that includes the potential for ice on roadways,…
MSDH reports 8,329 new COVID-19 cases and 17 deaths statewide
Today MSDH is reporting an additional 8,329 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 17 deaths. All seventeen deaths occurred between January 15 and January 19. Mississippi's total of COVID-19 cases is now 673,873, with 10,707 deaths.
Gulfport man sentenced in sexual battery of a child case
A Gulfport man was sentenced to 40 years in prison during a hearing in Stone County after pleading guilty to two counts of sexual battery of a child. Judge Randi P. Mueller sentenced Joshua David Hollon, 37, of Gulfport…
St. Martin locks down school after receiving report of a weapon
St. Martin High School was on lockdown about 9 a.m. Thursday during 1st block after the school received a report of a student coming to…
Woman killed in triple shooting in Mississippi; arrest made
FOXWORTH, Miss. (AP) — A Louisiana woman is in custody accused in a shooting in Mississippi that left one dead and two others wounded. Deputies were called to an area of Highway 587 in Foxworth late Tuesday, WLBT-TV reported. Foxworth is an…