The Jackson County Chamber of Commerce provides the community with the resources needed to navigate this new normal. This includes new financial challenges that many people may be facing. Fortunately, your banking institutions have put in the leg work for…
‘Closed doors and open hearts,’ that’s the message the Scarlet Pearl Casino is sending to the community. Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, most of the country is shutdown including our Coast casinos, but that hasn’t stopped many of them from…
Despite dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s a decline in property crimes for the City of Biloxi. According to the Biloxi Police Department, there’s a 51 percent drop in property crimes compared to this time last year and the decrease…
(WXXV) — Going into the weekend, all eyes are on the potential for a severe weather outbreak across the Deep South. The Storm Prediction Center has outlined much of the northern Gulf Coast with an “Enhanced Risk” for severe weather…
JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson sent a letter to grocery retailers across the state urging them to discontinue imposing limits on the quantity of milk that consumers are allowed to purchase. The letter was written…
The Biloxi Police Department is requesting your assistance in helping to locate a reported runaway juvenile. Fourteen-year-old Jacinda D. Lemoine ran away from her residence in the 14000 block of Lorraine Rd. She was last seen at the residence on…
(WXXV) — The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 257 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 2,260. MSDH is also confirming 9 new deaths as a result of the novel coronavirus. The death toll in…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) — Police need your help locating Jose Angel Montes Jr., who was last seen April 7. Police say he is a 20 year-old male, 5'8" tall and has black hair. He is possibly driving a 2005 Toyota…
GULFPORT, Miss. — A Memorial Physician Clinic Drive-Up COVID-19 Screening and Testing site will be available Friday, April 10, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Isiah Fredericks Community Center, 3312 Martin Luther King Jr, Gulfport. The MS State…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities in Louisiana said 80 respirator masks have been returned to a makeshift hospital for recovering coronavirus patients in New Orleans after being stolen by a high-ranking official. The convention center’s Director of Public Safety was…
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV) — One man is behind bars after allegedly making several unauthorized transactions utilizing a credit card that did not belong to him. Early Thursday morning, the Biloxi Police Department arrested 54-year-old Danny Phillip Lessard of D’Iberville pursuant…
Governor Tate Reeves designates April as Confederate History Month amid the COVID-19 outbreak. News 25’s Victoria Bailey speaks with Coast residents about the proclamation and has details. Biloxi Branch NAACP President James Crowell said, “If we’re going to be united…
Twenty-one Biloxi firefighters are now self-quarantined at home because of the Coronavirus. According to Biloxi Fire Chief Joe Boney so far nine have tested for COVID-19, three others were waiting on test results, and nine more were sick with the…
A Memorial Physician Clinic Drive-Up COVID-19 Screening and Testing site will be available Friday, April 10, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Isiah Fredericks Community Center, 3312 Martin Luther King Jr, Gulfport. Individuals are urged to visit the…
While many of us are trying to protect ourselves and our families from COVID-19, South Mississippi law enforcement wants to make sure we’re also taking safeguards from predatory scams on the rise right now. As researchers and scientists world-wide are…
Well the doors may be closed currently as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the state, but one local clinic is still finding ways to reach out to patients with medical needs during this time. The Bethesda Free Health Clinic…
Today Moss Point city officials are speaking out following yesterday’s virtual city meeting where racially offensive images and slurs were posted by a hacker. Reminders of the current COVID-19 outbreak are ever-present at Moss Point City Hall, that’s why city…
Easter Sunday will be a little different this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however churches in South Mississippi are still finding ways for you to safely attend a service. Different ministries and churches are following the social distancing rules…
There isn’t much you can do outdoors during the shelter-in-place order, but Governor Tate Reeves has given the okay for fishing in the state. Reeves described fishing as a “very safe, socially distant activity.” The Governor has said you can…
GAUTIER, Mississippi (April 8, 2020) — Lowe’s Home Improvement in Gautier has made life-protecting donations to City of Gautier first responders amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The home improvement retailing giant has donated a washing machine and dryer set to both the…
During this global pandemic, little signs of hope have been popping up around communities, but in Biloxi, the Beau Rivage is sending the message of hope in a big way. Last night, one of the most iconic buildings in Biloxi…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders, who saw his once strong lead in the Democratic primary evaporate as the party’s establishment lined swiftly up behind rival Joe Biden, ended his presidential bid on Wednesday, an acknowledgment that the former vice…
(WXXV) — The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 88 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 2,003. MSDH is also confirming 8 new deaths as a result of the novel coronavirus. The death toll in…
NEW ORLEANS (April 7, 2020) — A new National Wildlife Federation report, 10 Species, 10 Years Later: A Look at Gulf Restoration after the Deepwater Horizon Disaster, summarizes the latest information available about ten wildlife species that were affected by…