After Governor Tate Reeves released an executive order last week that lifts nearly all COVID-19 restrictions in the state, local high schools are altering their graduation plans. High schools like East Central, Vancleave, and St. Martin originally…
Pascagoula is getting ready to reintroduce a revamped Beach Park to the city. The longtime local favorite received several improvements thanks to the work of Pascagoula Pride, a nonprofit organization. Some of the upgrades include aesthetics, signage,…
More federal funding is set to be distributed to Jackson County schools and the school district is asking for the community’s input on how it should be spent. Around $18 million in federal Esser three funding is…
Residents in Gautier gathered together to celebrate National Day of Prayer. Gautier Church of God welcomed members and non-members to participate in National Day of Prayer. Community leaders and pastors from various churches came together to spread…
Governor Tate Reeves was in Gautier today to announce the latest project for Jackson County to use GOMESA funding. Improving aging infrastructure. That’s one of the goals of Governor Tate Reeves and local Jackson County leaders as…
The 38th annual National Travel and Tourism Week is a week which unites communities to celebrate what travel means to American jobs, economic growth, and personal well-being. To celebrate National Travel and Tourism Week, the Ocean Springs…
Competing in the World Championship Barbeque Cooking Contest for the 16th year, the Shed BBQ and Blues Joint is preparing to take home another win and grand prize of $50,000. Last year, the Memphis in May World…
GAUTIER, MS —Today, Governor Tate Reeves announced a $2.67 million project for Gautier Vancleave Sewer Improvements. This project is funded through the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA). "This is a much-needed project for the City of Gautier and…
Foodies, it’s time to grab your forks and head to Ocean Springs because all month long the city is celebrating food and its over 130 restaurants. Due to COVID, Ocean Springs won’t be holding its Taste of…
MOBILE, Ala. (WXXV) — The University of Mobile will award the doctor of humane letters to Sarah Bailey Thomas, a UM graduate who shattered glass ceilings and became the first female official to work a Super Bowl earlier this year.…
The Jackson County Jail inmate who was critically injured during a fight with another inmate last week died this afternoon. Sheriff Mike Ezell says 47-year-old Donald Ratcliff of Ocean Springs passed away around 4:45. He was hospitalized at USA…
Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a crash Saturday morning that killed one Vancleave man. According to Highway Patrol, it happened at 10:40 a.m. on Highway 57 in Jackson County. A 2005 Chevrolet Colorado driven by 63-year-old Gordon Gill was traveling…
The City of Pascagoula along with Main Street Pascagoula joined forces to make it easier for people to get their resumes in front of employers today by hosting a food service job fair. Restaurants across the Coast have been…
Two teenagers charged as adults are in the Jackson County Adult Detention Center after being arrested Thursday night, April 29th. Sheriff Mike Ezell says 17-year-old Jayden Hathorn allegedly set his foster father’s Ocean Springs house on fire last week in…
Hundreds of grams of drugs, AK-47s, sawed-off shotguns, and a slew of suspected drug dealers are off the streets of South Mississippi tonight after a multi-agency operation in Jackson County. A year-long effort and combined forces of the ATF…
Officers with the Ocean Springs Police Department responded to a two vehicle accident at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and Hwy 90. It was determined at the scene that two occupants of one of the vehicles died…
Billy Knight took home a victory over Representative Jeramey Anderson in the Moss Point Democratic Runoff. Knight won the mayoral runoff with 58 percent of the votes. He’ll go on to face Independent Howard Bailey and Republican Richard McBride.…
The City of Discovery will have a new mayor come July. Kenny Holloway has been declared the winner in the Ocean Springs Republican Mayoral Runoff. It was a tight race with Holloway receiving 52 percent of the runoff votes,…
Over in Moss Point, stakes were high tonight for the democratic mayoral runoff election between Billy Knight and Jeramey Anderson. News 25’s Sabria Reid has more with Billy Knight, the winner of tonight's mayoral runoff election.
News 25’s Grant Chighizola is at Mayoral Runoff Winner Kenny Holloway’s election party.
Vote totals are in for the runoff races in South Mississippi tonight, including the hotly contested Republican mayoral runoff in Ocean Springs. News 25’s Grant Chighizola has more from Ocean Springs.
Kenny Holloway has won the Ocean Springs mayoral runoff. Holloway will become the next mayor of Ocean Springs as there is no opposition in the general election.
Billy Knight has won the mayoral runoff in the City of Moss with 58% of the votes. He faces Independent Howard Bailey and Republican Richard McBride in the General Election on June 8th.
Tonight determines the Democratic mayoral candidate for the City of Moss Point. It comes down to Democratic candidate Billy Knight and Representative Jeramey Anderson. Anderson proposes a ‘Forward Moss Point Plan’ focusing on economic development, housing, public safety, and…