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PROTEST AGAINST OSCAR RENDA CONTACTOR

Biloxi residents protested today against the dust, illness and the financial hardships that some have had to pay, as a consequence of the drawn-out Oscar Renda development project. New's 25's Veronica Bayona was outside the Oscar Renda office, where the…

MAN LOSES OVER 140 POUNDS

Mississippi weighs in at the second highest adult obesity rate in the nation. But, some South Mississippians are fighting back ... And winning the battle to get their weight down, their confidence up and their health better. News 25's Lindsey…

PROSECUTORS TALK TO PARENTS

Keeping your children safe is something that is constantly on parents mind. The Lions Club of Ocean Springs decided to educate themselves further on how to do just that. The Lions Club held a meeting where guest speaker Angel Myers-McIlrath…

BILOXI LIGHTHOUSE PIER UPDATE

Construction to fix the damaged lighthouse pier is finally underway in the city of Biloxi. The lighthouse pier was damaged back in October when Hurricane Nate hit the gulf coast. Biloxi spokesman, Vincent Creel tells News 25 the length of…

Students compete at Stennis

It was an out of this world experience at Stennis this week for 42 college students. Each was chosen to come learn what it’s like to be a NASA scientist including building a small scale Mars rover. It wasn’t the…

Body found in Pascagoula

A white male’s body was found this afternoon in the Pascagoula River. News 25’s Veronica Bayona brings us more.

National PTSD Awareness Day

Today is National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day and with the Fourth of July coming up, locals should be aware of how some veterans who suffer from PTSD can be sensitive to fireworks. Some veterans are triggered by the sounds…

Card skimmers reported at Harrison County gas stations

Last week, Jackson County officials warned the community about credit card skimmers after finding one at a local gas station. Now, Harrison County residents are reporting they are also victims of the devices. One woman says her husband received a…

Remembering Mr. D’Iberville

Heroes get remembered, but legends never die. A very special man known as Mr. D’Iberville passed away this week after serving the citizens of D’Iberville for more than 28 years. Deputy Chief of Police Walter Keck began his law enforcement…

Ocean Springs mayor speaks about computer generated KKK image

Ocean Springs Mayor Shea Dobson responded to a Facebook post of a computer illustration of him and other aldermen dressed in Ku Klux Klan attire. In the post, Mayor Dobson, Mike Impey, Rob Blackman, John Gill, Joseph Bellman, and Ken…

Embezzlement Arrest – Edwin Collins

.                                               On June 25, 2018 the Gulfport Police Department arrested 28 year old Edwin Le’Troy Collins, charging him…

Mississippi Association of Chief of Police Conference

Police chiefs from across the state of Mississippi have come to the Gulf Coast for the annual Mississippi Association of Chief of Police summer conference. The event is being held at the Golden Nugget and has been held in Biloxi…

The Media for Red Cross Blood Drive

This week you can roll up your sleeves and save a life by donating at the Media for Red Cross Blood Drive. You can donate until 6 p.m. today at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Jackson County campus, from…

National HIV Testing Day

Today is National HIV Testing Day and you can get screened for free in Gulfport until 7 p.m. Today only, free testing is taking place at the Walgreens located at the corner of Highway 49 and Dedeaux Road in Gulfport.…

Long Beach man pleads guilty to burglary

A Long Beach man pled guilty to burglary of an 82-year-old woman’s home. Forty-eight year-old Arthur McMillan was sentenced to 25 years after the guilty plea. The crime happened in Gulfport in November 2016 when the woman woke to the…

Missing boater near Chandeleur Island

The U.S. Coast Guard suspended the search for a young man who fell off a boat three miles south of Chandeleur Island. Monday, around midnight, the U.S. Coast Guard received a call from the captain of a commercial fishing vessel…

Father charged for shooting son in Hancock County

The father and son have been identified in the afternoon shooting in Hancock County. Sixty-seven year-old Ronald Ladner is charged with domestic aggravated violence after authorities say he shot his son, Cody Ladner, several times. The shooting took place at…

Interview with 2018 U.S. Senate Candidate David Baria

The last of the votes have been cast for the 2018 Mississippi party primary runoff election. David Baria is the new U.S. Senate candidate. He will face off against Roger Wicker in the November election. News 25’s Veronica Bayona has…

Amusement Park expansion coming to Biloxi

Locals and tourists will be looking for a new amusement park and hotel at Margaritaville instead of a lost shaker of salt. Its five o’clock somewhere, but a little after 3 p.m. a huge announcement was made at Margaritaville that…

Father shoots son in Hancock County

A domestic shooting between a father and son took place at approximately 3:45 p.m. this afternoon in the 24,000 block of Amos Cuevas Road in the Kiln. According to authorities, the father shot the son multiple times. The son has…

First responders honored in Gulfport

Gulfport firefighters, police officers, and EMR were all treated to a luncheon this afternoon. Bel-Aire Baptist Church in Gulfport invited all first responders to have a free lunch. Those who showed up were greeted with patriotic decorations and plenty of…

87th annual Mississippi Municipal league

It’s a meeting of the minds with city leaders throughout Mississippi banding together to share ideas and pick new ones to help benefit the cities they represent. That’s what the Mississippi Municipal League is all about. Today marks day two…

Bryant Center officially opens at MGCCC

With a vision to stop Mississippi from being the number one state for diabetes in the country, Governor Phil Bryant, along with state and local officials, broke ground in April 2015 on a new nursing and simulation center. Several years…