Harrison County

Fully involved house fire in Harrison County

Just after 4 p.m. this afternoon, Harrison County Fire Services, along with Biloxi Fire and D’Iberville Fire departments, responded to a fully involved structure fire on C.J. Dellie Road. News 25 has a reporter at the scene…

The Pinta open daily at the Biloxi Schooner Pier

She sailed the ocean blue with Christopher Columbus in 1492. She’s the Pinta and she’s at the Biloxi Schooner Pier. This ship is a replica of one of the three ships that sailed Columbus across the ocean.…

Local businesses prepare for Super Bowl Sunday

Super Bowl Sunday is just around the corner and many South Mississippi sports bars and restaurants are busy with pre-game preps, getting ready for game day. Boogie’s Grill and Chill is home to the Gulf Coast chapter…

South Mississippi Regional Center hosted drive-thru job fair

New beginnings and job opportunities were available at the Win Job Center courtesy of the South Mississippi Regional Center. The organization held a job fair in Gulfport, recruiting a variety of positions such as LPNs, RNs, as…

Preparing for second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine

Second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are ready to be put in arms at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum tomorrow. There has been a constant flow of patients coming to the Coliseum for the first dose of the…

Update on new developments in the City of Biloxi

The downtown Biloxi scene continues to get bigger and better thanks to some new recent development news. Just last week, the Machado Patano Engineering Service plans to lease out a courtyard space to Martini’s, a downtown bar…

Second blood drive in honor of Ansley Gilich

The Gulf Coast community once again showed its support of eight-year-old Ansley Gilich today with a blood drive in her honor at the Slavonian Lodge. Ansley, the granddaughter of Biloxi Mayor FoFo Gilich, was diagnosed with B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic leukemia…

Coastal Mississippi Mardi Gras Museum getting in the spirit

With the cancelation of parades, you might need some help getting into the Mardi Gras spirit. The Coastal Mississippi Mardi Gras Museum located on Howard Avenue in Biloxi can help. The museum will take visitors through past Mardi Gras celebrations…

Krewe of Gemini hosting Mardi Gras ball

The Krewe of Gemini will be hosting their annual ball this Saturday in the Biloxi Civic Center. While hosting a gathering of any sorts will raise eyebrows during a pandemic, the Carnival krewe based out of Gulfport says that they’re…

Pinta docks at the Biloxi Pier

A piece of history is docked at the Biloxi Schooner Pier. A replica of the Pinta caravel, one of the ships used by Christopher Columbus, is open to the public. Driving by the Biloxi Pier you may…

Hurricane Zeta damage still evident in South Mississippi

It’s been just over three months since Hurricane Zeta made landfall, wreaking havoc in South Mississippi and beyond. Chances are if you just look around, there are still visible signs of the category two storm’s damage, but…

Biloxi PD searching for missing person Carolyn Y. Barr

The Biloxi Police Department is requesting your assistance in helping to locate a reported Welfare Concern/ Missing Person. Fifty-two year-old Carolyn Y. Barr was reported last seen on or about January 26, 2021, in the 1900 block of Southern Ave.…

MDEQ Issues Beach Water Contact Advisory in Long Beach

(Jackson, Miss.) – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued a water contact advisory Friday for Station 07A (Long Beach). The advisory is issued for: Station 07A — Long Beach — the extent is from…

Gulfport man to serve 25 years for sexual battery of a child

A Gulfport man will serve 25 years day-for-day without possibility of early release or parole after he was convicted of sexual battery on a 5-year-old child. Circuit Judge Christopher Schmidt sentenced Clyde Fitzgerald Blocton, 35, on Friday. He was convicted…

Gulfport man sentenced to 15 years for aggravated assault

A Gulfport man will serve 15 years for domestic violence -- aggravated assault after he pleaded guilty this week. District Attorney W. Crosby Parker said in a press release that Scott Edward Heavner , 34, was sentenced by Circuit Judge…