Harrison County

MGCCC helps Virginia College students in school closure

Virginia College recently announced they would be closing their doors. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community jumped into action. The sessions started today at 2 p.m. and run until 4 p.m. The session will take place at MGCCC’s advanced manufacturing and technology…

Mississippi Coast Model Railroad Museum’s Winter Wonderland

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Mississippi Coast Model Railroad Museum. Take a stroll through the enormous light display they have set up outside behind the museum that features dozens of creatures and villages. You can…

Exceptional Children’s Christmas Party

For the 57th year the Elks Lodge in Biloxi has spread Christmas cheer to special needs children. Today, 110 special needs students from the Harrison County School District paraded down Highway 90 all the way to the lodge. They were…

Free meals for Christmas

With the holidays here, you or someone you know may want to get a free meal on Christmas Day. As part of their Feed the Needy initiative, agencies across Harrison County will be delivering meals on Christmas Day to those…

Popp’s Ferry Bridge to close temporarily Friday

The Popp’s Ferry Bridge in Biloxi will be closing Friday night to replace a generator that powers the bridge. The bridge will only be closed for eight hours at the most from 10 p.m. Friday through 6 a.m. Saturday. The…

Safety and sobriety checkpoints in Biloxi

During the holidays there can be a lot of traffic and with that comes the potential of an increase in accidents. Biloxi police will conduct checkpoints throughout the city until the end of the month.  Some of the things they…

Virginia College Outreach and Assistance Session at MGCCC

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is offering help to students from Virginia College after its closure. A Virginia College Outreach and Assistance Session will take place tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Advanced Manufacturing and Technology Center in Gulfport. A…

Celebrating good grades for Pass Christian School District

The Pass Christian School District has a lot to smile about because they received a great report card from the state. In the Pass Christian School District, more than just students are celebrating their good grades. Superintendent of Schools Dr.…

Car versus train accident in Biloxi

This afternoon, one man was sent to the hospital after his vehicle collided with a train in Biloxi. Shortly after 2:30, Biloxi police and fire departments responded to the Gill Avenue railroad crossing where a train hit a vehicle. A…

Samantha Bell’s wish come true

One Gulfport High Student had her wish come true. Sixteen-year-old Samantha Bell is going to Hawaii to celebrate her recovery from leukemia, courtesy of Make-A-Wish Mississippi and the IP Casino Resort Spa. She was forced to give up cheerleading and…

Former Biloxi priest accused of sex abuse scandal

A former Biloxi Jesuit priest, who served as the first principal at what was Mercy Cross High School, has been credibly identified as a priest who abused minors. The late Francis Landwermeyer is one of 42 priests and other religious…

Gulfport man pleads guilty to first-degree murder

A Gulfport man pled guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison. District Attorney Joel Smith announced today that 44-year-old Marcos Hosey pled guilty to murdering 34-year-old Arthur Etheridge of Gulfport. In July 2017, a friend of…

Career Day at Anniston Avenue Elementary

It’s never too early to start planning out your future. Students at Anniston Avenue Elementary in Gulfport spent the day going from booth to booth to learn more about future career options. Around 25 businesses participated in the career fair…

Sidewalk project in the works in Woolmarket

The City of Biloxi signed an agreement with the Mississippi Department of Transportation to install about a mile of new sidewalk in Woolmarket. The sidewalk would run from the intersection of Woolmarket Road and Lorraine Road, north of Lorraine Road…

Biloxi woman named Ms. Senior Universe

A crown jewel is sitting right here in South Mississippi. News 25’s Toni Miles takes us behind the scenes with Ms. Senior Universe, a Biloxi woman who has wasted no time using her new title and platform to help improve…

Man sentenced to 15 years for running into cars

A man from the Kiln who rammed vehicles because he thought zombies were chasing him has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Thirty-two year-old Shaun Michael Stroud pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, grand larceny, and malicious mischief. Gulfport police…

Couple arrested for felony child neglect

A Biloxi couple has been arrested on three counts of felony child neglect. Harrison County deputies responded to a house on Lamey Bridge Road regarding an unresponsive child who later died at Merritt Health. Twenty-seven year-olds Thomas Cannette and Cassandra…

Biloxi police looking for Good Samaritan

The Biloxi Police Department needs your help in locating a Good Samaritan who stopped to assist Biloxi officers on December 1st around 7 p.m. near the Mississippi Coast Coliseum. Biloxi police say they were struggling to safely secure someone who…

Termination of Harrison County Skate Park lease

The Harrison County Board voted to terminate the lease with the leaseholder of the skate park on Debuys Road. The building was leased about six months ago after a bid process of various proposals. After being four months behind on…

Biloxi Fire Department taking applications

If you have been on the job hunt and are looking to make a change in the community, the Biloxi Fire Department will be taking applications until December 27th. You must first meet the requirements by having a high school…

Rollover accident on East Wortham Road

Two people are being treated for injuries this evening after a rollover accident in north Harrison County this afternoon. Authorities say their injuries do not appear to be life-threatening since they were wearing their seat belts. Rescue Seven landed near…