It’s Coast History Week and Biloxi, Mississippi dates back to the French and Spanish colonization of early America which makes for a whole lot of history. The former capitol of French Louisiana, witness to some of the worst hurricanes ever…
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…
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…
The Boys and Girls Club of the Gulf Coast accepted a ten thousand dollar check from Harrah’s Gulf Coast this afternoon. Through the Caesar’s Foundation Grant, Harrah’s Gulf Coast has donated to other organizations like the American Red Cross and…
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.…
The second week of the Gulf Coast Winter Classics took place at the Harrison County Fairgrounds. The grand prix, the biggest competition during the classics, started at 2 p.m. Hunters and jumpers are the two types of participants in the…
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…
West Harrison High School hosted a college, career, health and safety symposium for their students. Various state and local agencies set up interactive stations in the school gym and rotunda. Different universities showed up as well to get students invested…
Since Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005 there has been a growing effort to revitalize Howard Avenue in downtown Biloxi. The plan includes reopening Howard Avenue to two way traffic, restoring facades to the look of Old Biloxi, attracting new business,…
Today at Three Rivers Elementary School, students had an eye opening look into the real world. The school’s career expo brought in professionals from several career fields to teach students about their jobs and answer any related questions. From first…
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…
Improving infrastructure and streetscape has been a hot topic in Biloxi this year. And Howard Avenue has been on the list for improvements for a while now. However, big steps are now being taken with the Howard Avenue project. News…
Today, the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Park Campus continued their Black History Month programming with a panel discussion centered around black love. Tonight’s Black Loves Matter panel featured three couples who shared their journey and experiences to finding and…
Big strides are being made in a project to improve one of the most popular spots on Biloxi Beach. Work has been underway on the city’s project aimed at dressing up the area south of Lighthouse Pier. Biloxi City Engineer…
A Long Beach man was arrested on embezzlement charges, accused of taking money from a Cub Scout pack. Twenty-six year-old Malcom Gee was arrested by the Long Beach Police Department. He’s charged with embezzlement by trust. Gee is alleged to…
This afternoon, a school bus carrying ten children collided with another vehicle in Gulfport. Firefighters and Gulfport police arrived on scene at Dare and Connie Drive where they found a silver vehicle had collided with a Harrison County school bus.…
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…
‘Engineering is elementary!’ That’s the message Lynn Meadows Discovery Center wants to send kids and parents across the Gulf Coast. Thanks to a grant from the Joe W. Dorsey and Dorothy Dorestt Brown Foundation, local children are learning valuable science…
A 21-year-old woman from Gulfport was arrested on one count of child exploitation for possession of child pornography. Anika Moore was arrested at the Gulfport Police Department following an investigation into her suspicious online activity. If convicted, she faces up…
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…
[removeFIMG] A South Mississippi man contacted the FBI last September after a post on YouTube by Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz. In the post Cruz wrote “I’m going to be a professional school shooter.” Ben Bennight, is a Bondsman and…
Strides are being made in a project to improve one of the most popular spots on Biloxi Beach. Work is underway on the city's sixty-eight thousand dollar project aimed at dressing up the area south of the lighthouse. News 25's…
Tonight, 150 passengers sailed off into the night from the most romantic city in America aboard the Betsy Ann Riverboat. The Betsy Ann is the one and only paddle wheel boat on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Tonight, Captain Michael White…