For the past several days strong southeasterly winds have created sandstorms for drivers along Highway 90, causing hazardous conditions for drivers and headaches for MDOT crews, with some drivers even getting their vehicles stuck. Mayor Andrew FoFo…
Memorial held a luncheon today to award MGCCC scholarship recipients through the Memorial Hospital Scholarship Fund. The fund was designed to offer additional pathways to meet the need for trained healthcare professionals in the region. Ten scholarship…
Today, for the first time since the pandemic began, preschoolers at the Naval Construction Battalion Center in Gulfport were able to attend their transition ceremony in-person at the Seabee Base. Eleven students transitioned from preschool to kindergarten.…
The Gulfport Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in locating Hadley Makailah Thomas. Thomas is described as a 20 year old black female, brown hair, brown eyes, approximately 4’11”, and 110 lbs. Thomas was last seen swimming in the…
Sunday is World Turtle Day and Mississippi Aquarium is planning to celebrate with some of their animal ambassadors. World Turtle Day is a way to bring awareness to the many different species of turtles as well as…
Shuck Cancer Gulf Coast honorees have teamed up to raise funds for the Mississippi Community Transportation Grant Program to get patients back and forth from treatment by hosting a spring fashion show tonight. The Shuck Cancer Spring…
This morning, crime fighters and community advocates gathered in Gulfport for a billboard reveal. Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers launched their new awareness campaign with the billboard unveiling with the goal of crime prevention. The billboard includes an…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith are among a group of Senators from coastal states seeking to ensure the FEMA workforce is ready for the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season. The Mississippi Senators signed a letter to…
HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) — Officials say a Mississippi inmate has died several days after he was assaulted by fellow prisoners. Torrie Ellis, 40, died Thursday at a hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, news outlets reported. Ellis had been serving a…
The Biloxi Police Department is asking the public's help to identify the owner of a white truck who is wanted for questioning in an assault case. A press release from Biloxi PD said the assault occurred in the 800 block…
The Gulfport School District would like to introduce Wendi Husley as the new principal at Gulfport High School. Husley is a lifelong resident of the Coast and has served the Gulfport School District for 22 years. She spent her first…
This evening, the Vancleave community gathered to celebrate the newest class of Bulldog graduates. Vancleave High School’s Class of 2021 made its ceremonious entrance ahead of their commencement. This evening included student speeches from the Valedictorian Makaelyn…
It’s been a long time coming for the Fort Bayou Drawbridge in Ocean Springs which has been closed for the last two months for repairs. To celebrate the reopening, the City of Ocean Springs held a ribbon…
Business owners looking for some assistance can now get extra resources thanks to the Mississippi Small Business Development Center. The center cut the ribbon on their new business resource center located on the eighth floor of the…
The sixth annual Chandy Fest is happening this Saturday at Chandeleur Island Brewing from noon to 8 p.m. with live music and a special beer release all day. In honor of the event, News 25’s Lorraine Weiskopf…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A state judge in Mississippi dismissed murder charges Thursday against two police officers accused of body-slamming and beating a Black man. The ruling by Hinds County Judge Faye Peterson ended the trial of former Jackson officers…
GAUTIER, MS – The Gautier Police Department is currently investigating an aggravated assault/hit and run that occurred at 7250 Highway 57, which resulted in serious injury. On May 6, 2021, at 3:05 a.m., Gautier police officers responded to this location…
In Gulfport, Memorial Hospital is now home to critical illness recovery hospital Select Specialty. Memorial now has a hospital within a hospital. Select Specialty Hospital, from across the street, found a new home on the third floor…
A man convicted and sentenced to death in the brutal beating of a Pass Christian man has been denied in his appeal in those findings. The state Supreme Court on Thursday handed down the decision to deny the appeal of…
Rubber meets the road for the first time in two months on the Fort Bayou Drawbridge in Ocean Springs today. The bridge closed on March 14th for repairs, leaving drivers with extended detours and area amenities harder…
A pedestrian was struck and killed by a train in Long Beach on Thursday morning. The Long Beach Police Department says the incident happened about 8:15 a.m. near the Jeff Davis Avenue crossing. Police say they are still investigating and…
An aircraft from Keesler Air Force Base had to make an emergency landing this afternoon at the Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport. According to the 403rd Wing on Twitter, one of their WC-130J Aircrafts had an in-flight emergency due…
Breaking just before 8:30 tonight, I-10 westbound is temporarily shut down in Jackson County due to a vehicle fire. According to Mississippi Highway Patrol, firefighters are working to contain a fire on a semi-truck hauler near the…
Shuck Cancer Gulf Coast honorees have teamed up to raise funds for the Mississippi Community Transportation Grant program to get patients back and forth from treatment by hosting a spring fashion show Friday night. The Shuck Cancer…