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April is Child Abuse Awareness Month

Child Abuse Awareness Month is just days away and one local organization is continuing efforts to help children who are abused or neglected. Court Appointed Special Advocates of Hancock County, also known as CASA, is preparing for a busy April.…

Ingalls awarded billion dollar contract

Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula has landed a nearly $1.5 billion contract. The United States Navy has awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries with a $1.47 billion contract to design and build an amphibious transport dock L.P.D. 30. The ship will be the…

President Trump’s former campaign manager on the Coast

One of President Trump’s former campaign managers was on the Coast today to show his support for a local politician. Corey Lewandowksi was the campaign manager for Donald Trump back in 2016. Now, he is here on the Coast to…

[UPDATE] Victim identified in Waveland stabbing, two arrested

This morning, Waveland Police responded to the Gulf Grove Apartments in reference to an altercation involving two individuals. Once on scene, Officer Patrick Crowe immediately started CPR on the victim, 43-year-old Daniel Boudreaux Jr. Daniel Boudreaux Jr. appeared to have…

The Pillowcase Project at Bel-Aire Elementary

This morning, two representatives from the American Red Cross gave students at Bel-Aire Elementary a lesson in emergency preparedness by using pillow cases. The American Red Cross developed the Pillowcase Project to teach students how to be prepared in case…

Rapiscan System Classic Pro-Am Tournament gets underway

Today was day one of the Pro-Am Tournament at the Rapiscan Systems Classic out at Fallen Oak Golf Course. Over the next two days, a handful of lucky amateur golf lovers will have a chance to swing their clubs and…

Fatal crash on Lickskillet Road and Old Hwy 67

One woman is dead this morning after a single car crash. Biloxi police and fire went out to the scene around 10:06 this morning on Lickskillet and Old Hwy 67 where they found the passenger, a woman in her 50s,…

Federal ban on bump stocks now in effect

Today, a federal ban on bump stocks has taken effect. Gulfport resident Robert Newman said, “It’s definitely moving in the wrong direction. I believe gun ownership is our second amendment right and anything to deny that definitely infringes on our…

Rapiscan Systems Classic Pro Am Pairings

Who will play with who? That is what professional and amateur players found out tonight at the Rapiscan Systems Classic Pro Am Pairings at the IP Casino. It all begins tomorrow at 7 a.m., but tonight was to get them…

Homeland Defense and Security Summit

More than ten nations were represented on the Coast today for the second annual International Homeland Defense and Security Summit. Retired Lt. General Richard Newton said, “In 2019 more and more that world of cyber that we all now live…

Rod Stokes saved in battle round on “The Voice”

Rod Stokes moves to the next round on season 16 of ‘The Voice.’ During Monday night’s battle round, Stokes went head-to-head with teammate Gyth Rigdon. The two sang a duet to Mitchell Tenpenny’s “Drunk Me.” At the end of the…

Ribbon cutting at Bayou View Middle School

Parents and members of the Gulfport community can rest a little bit easier now knowing students at Bayou View Middle School are safe and sound in their updated building. This morning officials at BVMS held a ribbon cutting to show…

Tech leaders of tomorrow at D’Iberville Elementary School

They aren’t even teenagers yet, but D’Iberville students are already being molded into the tech leaders of tomorrow. Robots programmed to do a multitude of things including playing the piano, driving on a course and even solving a rubik’s cube…

Federal ban on bump stocks

Today a federal ban on bump stocks has taken effect. News 25’s Gabby Easterwood is at the ATF Office in Gulfport with more.

Suspects wanted in alleged shoplifting incident

The Biloxi Police Department is requesting your assistance in helping identify the females who are the suspects in an alleged shoplifting incident which occurred on March 12, 2019. The suspects entered a business in the 2600 block of Beach Boulevard,…

Mayor asks for Highway 90 to be widened in Ocean Springs

Ocean Springs Mayor Shea Dobson is fed up with the bumper to bumper traffic on Highway 90 during the evening hours. He took to social media, putting out a plea asking which candidates for governor or lieutenant governor would pledge…

Man guilty of child pornography

A dangerous online predator in Gulfport is now spending years behind bars. Thirty-three year-old Scotty Peel pleaded guilty yesterday to having child pornography. He was charged on one count of child exploitation and will be in custody for 15 years…

Rapiscan Systems Classic Junior Golf Clinic

For all of those aspiring young golfers on the Coast, the Bacot McCarty Foundation, along with Chevron, hosted the 2019 Rapiscan Systems Classic Junior Golf Clinic. Kids on the Gulf Coast packed the Shell Landing Golf Course to learn from…

Economic impact from the Rapiscan Systems Classic

Anytime there is a huge event on the Coast like the Rapiscan Systems Classic, economic impact always becomes a key factor. The sun will be shining and the golfers are ready to tee off into the tenth annual Rapiscan Systems…

Show your report card for a free donut

Do you have a student in the Harrison County School District who has A’s on their recent report card? If so, you’ll want to hear this: send them over to Dunkin’ Donuts on Highway 49 in Gulfport. Students from the…

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

March is ‘Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.’ Today, some South Mississippian’s had a chance to learn about the importance of being screened for the disease during Merit Health Biloxi’s Colorectal Cancer Awareness Event. Getting a screening for colon cancer can save…

New casino in the works in Biloxi

A group of developers are looking to breathe new life into the site of an old casino. It’s been vacant since 2014, but now the Margaritaville Casino site could become Biloxi’s ninth casino. Developers have filed an application with the…