Following the Easter Sunday tornado outbreak that impacted south central Mississippi, a handful of Biloxi firefighters immediately came up with a plan and sprang into action to help their neighbors. While COVID-19 continues to be at the forefront of everyone’s…
Graduation Mass for St. Patrick Catholic High School Class of 2020 will be held on Friday, May 15, at 5:00 p.m. at Nativity Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Biloxi. Guests will be limited based on guidelines from the…
For those senior citizens in Gulfport who can’t buy groceries to cook proper meals at this time, help is on the way with free meals being delivered to your doorstep. Thanks to the Extra Tables organization in Hattiesburg, the ‘Extend…
According to Harrison County Fire Marshal Pat Sullivan, the driver of an eastbound SUV near the 31 mile marker on I-10 escaped serious injury this morning because they were wearing their seat belt. Mississippi Highway Patrol investigated the accident around…
Kiln-Delisle Road in West Harrison County near Chemours was shut down for more than an hour when a vacant home burned around 2:00 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. Thirteen firefighters and eleven units from Harrison County Fire Rescue and CRTC (Airport) responded…
Today marks 50 years of Earth Day and while we have been celebrating this day for a while, we have never had an Earth Day quite like this one. According to Earthday.org during the first Earth Day back in 1970,…
Our hospitals across the Coast continue to work tirelessly to treat those with COVID-19 and those with other illnesses. Today in Gulfport, three teams of people joined forces to make sure their heroic work is recognized. We’ve seen stories of…
The City of Biloxi continues to monitor COVID-19 on the Coast and make preliminary plans to help businesses reopen. Mayor FoFo Gilich tells News 25 they want to see a 14 day downturn in cases before kick-starting a gradual reopening…
Three more men are charged in a gang related shooting that occurred Saturday evening. That brings the total number of suspects to eight. Jayce Franklin, 20, St. James Parish, Louisiana, Keni Williams, 19, Biloxi, and Jo’Vawn McGee, 19, Gulfport, are…
Music is a great way to ease your mind from tough times, which is why companies want to entertain the Coast while practicing safe social distancing guidelines. Saxophonist Jordan Chalden is teaming up with Elliot Homes LLC to let music…
Due to inclement weather expected on Thursday, April 23, the temporary Memorial Physician Clinic Drive-Up COVID-19 Screening and Testing site at the Lyman Community Center on Highway 49 in Gulfport, has been rescheduled for Saturday, April 25, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.…
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV) — A man is now considered missing in Biloxi, after his parents have been unable to contact him since July of 2019. On April 17th, 2020 a welfare concern report was filed for Ian Michael Harper by…
The Orange Grove Lions Club is hosting a lunch for the health care works at Garden Park Hospital. The ‘Salute to our Heroes’ lunch event will take place at Garden Park Hospital Emergency and ICU wards on April 22, 2020.…
Residents in D’Iberville had the chance to get tested for COVID-19 from their cars today. Memorial Hospital had set up a temporary COVID-19 screening location in the parking lot of the D’Iberville Civic Center. If you are experiencing flu-like symptoms…
Biloxi, Mississippi – Schools and organizations serving K-12 students in communities across the 21 states served by Sparklight recently had the opportunity to win $3,000 to fund their STEM (science, technology, engineering or math) project or club as part of…
While everyone in South Mississippi is dealing with COVID-19, the City of Biloxi is giving residents something to look forward to once things return to some type of normalcy. Even with shutting down the local economy, construction is going up…
Long Beach High School’s graduation has been moved due to COVID-19. The Long Beach High senior class of 2020 participated in a survey regarding how they wanted their graduation ceremony to unfold. The Bearcat seniors voted to decline having a…
One man is in the hospital tonight after being struck by a car. Around 5 p.m. this afternoon, a pedestrian was walking on Highway 49 when he was struck by a vehicle. Officials closed the northbound lane of the highway…
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV) — A woman is dead after being struck and killed by a vehicle on Pass Road on Monday morning. The victim has not been identified, but the Biloxi Police Department says it was a woman in her…
This morning, WXXV’s Kristen Anzuini found a dead dolphin that washed ashore on the beach in Harrison County. The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies has picked up the dolphin and they will be running tests on it. IMMS says they…
Last week, Governor Tate Reeves extended the shelter-in-place order, but has relaxed some restrictions moving forward, including opening the beaches. The beaches in Harrison County are now open, this comes after Governor Tate Reeves said on Friday that the beaches…
A Biloxi church congregation put on their PPE and spent their Saturday morning helping others in their local area. Members of Abundant Life Church in Biloxi helped to pack meals and direct traffic up and down Rodenberg Avenue as a…
The Salvation Army, Mississippi Gulf Coast, is changing efforts to meet needs caused by COVID-19. The Salvation Army Kroc Center is working with Feeding Gulf Coast to serve lunch to children 0-18 years old on Monday – Friday at noon.…
(WXXV) — The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 238 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 4,512. MSDH is also confirming 10 new deaths as a result of the novel coronavirus. The death toll in…