The United States Supreme Court will not consider an appeal filed by attorneys for pension members who object to the Singing River pension plan settlement. The court denied the petition today. At a recent federal court hearing it was established…
A federal prosecutor says a 32-year-old Mississippi woman has admitted trying to hire a hit man to kill her half-brother so she could collect $40,000 in life insurance. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Hurst Jr. says in a news release that…
Officials in one Mississippi city have voted to once again fly the Confederate-themed state flag, weeks after the mayor quietly furled it. Pontotoc Mayor Bob Peeples recently told aldermen that he issued an executive order in January to remove the…
Roads are still torn up in East Biloxi as the city’s largest infrastructure project continues. However, the end is in sight for many streets in the area. Oscar Renda Contracting reports a number of milestones this month with one of…
Andy Cannizaro has resigned as Mississippi State’s baseball coach effective immediately. Today, Cannizaro said in a university release: “Unfortunately, I made some poor decisions.” Also adding: “I hope Mississippi State University and all of the fans and people affected will…
The Conference USA Championship baseball tournament will be hitting Biloxi in late May. A Coast-wide fundraising campaign benefiting the tournament and local high schools was announced this afternoon. Organizers say the Conference USA baseball tournament is the largest sporting event…
A five-year-old Jackson County boy died Sunday afternoon after accidentally being run over by a car driven by his mother. The accident happened at a home on Lily Orchard Road in Moss Point at around 2 p.m. on Sunday. Sheriff…
Today kicks off the first day of Severe Weather Preparedness Week in Mississippi. A top priority for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is building a new ‘culture of preparedness.’ This is to ensure that every Mississippian is ready for any…
Forty-five years ago today, Harrison County Deputy Earl Wesley Phillips was shot and killed in the line of duty. Gone, but certainly not forgotten. News 25’s Toni Miles takes us to Floral Hills Cemetery in Gulfport where law enforcement, family,…
Biloxi police are asking for help identifying suspects who paid for food with counterfeit money. The suspects entered the Waffle House located at 111 Reynoir Street. The two ordered their food and paid the bill using a counterfeit $100 bill.…
Motorists on Highway 90 will start to see the beginning of construction for a pedestrian overpass connecting MGM Park to the Beau Rivage. Site work began today on the overpass, just west of Caillavet Street. The first work in this…
Gautier Middle School was placed on Shelter in Place this morning in response to a social media threat which was reported by a parent Monday morning (Feb. 19, 2018). The campus remained in shelter in place (stay put in classrooms)…
A five-year old Jackson County boy died Sunday (February 18) afternoon after accidentally being run over by a car driven by his mother. The accident happened at a home on Lilly Orchard Road in Moss Point around 2 Sunday afternoon.…
From city court to state justice, officials are celebrating Gulf Coast native David Ishee’s appointment into the Mississippi Supreme Court. A ceremony officially welcoming Justice Ishee into this new honorary position was held in Long Beach today. A proud room…
Yesterday we brought you breaking news about a van that was struck by a Kansas City Southern Train on the railroad crossway on Beach Boulevard and 25th Street in Gulfport. Today, a local Long Beach man reached out to News…
Inspiring children to read and love each other is what Deborah Bryant is all about. Today in Biloxi, News 25’s Jaylon Morris visited Popp’s Ferry Elementary School as the First Lady read books to the students. Students at Popp’s Ferry…
Four Alabama residents including a 15-year-old girl have been charged with armed robbery after reportedly holding up a man in a St. Martin hotel room where the victim thought he was meeting a woman with whom he’d met through social…
A woman is dead after an early morning accident in the area of Highway 49 and Landon Road. Gulfport police responded to the single vehicle accident around 5 this morning. A Toyota pickup truck struck the 44-year-old woman. Gulfport police…
Moss Point, MS– “This morning, Principal Joe Griffin was notified that a student made a threat to another student yesterday on the way home. Because of the threat of a possible weapon and the incident that occurred in Florida on…
On February 8, 2018 the Scott County Sheriff’s Department received a call about a deceased 21 year-old black male found hanging from a tree. Scott County authorities contacted the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation to assist in this case on February…
A mini-van collided with a train in downtown Gulfport this evening. It happened on Beach Boulevard by 25th Avenue. The driver of the mini-van said he saw the lights of the railroad crossing and heard the horn, but did not…
Biloxi police is asking for the public’s help in identifying suspects related to the burglary of multiple vehicles. The Biloxi Police Department received complaints of numerous vehicle burglaries in the 1800 block of Beach Boulevard during which time various items…
A bondsman from South Mississippi alerted the FBI last year on a YouTube comment regarding the school shooting in Florida. Ben Bennight is a bail bondsman in D’Iberville who alerted the FBI last September of a disturbing post on his…
Here is the Live interview at Noon on WXXV-TV with Ben Bennight. The Mississippi man alerted the FBI last September about a post by Nikolas Cruz. The man who killed at least seventeen people Wednesday posted on Ben’s YouTube Channel…