Hancock County Investigator Glenn Grannan says 70-year-old Terry Smith and his son, 46-year-old Carl Smith, have both been arrested in the shooting death of Philip Whitaker. The two were arrested after Whitaker's van was found in Poplarville at Ponderosa Trace…
USM Gulf Park campus is getting ready for Thanksgiving Day as well with their annual Golden Basket Thanksgiving Drive. Students in the Bachelors of Social Work Club are presenting Thanksgiving Golden Baskets to 25 needy families across the Gulf Coast.…
News 25 promised to keep you posted this week as we count down to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade which will feature the West Harrison High School marching band. Monday, the band visited the National September 11th Memorial and Museum…
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News 25's Hank Davis interviews Jeff Crumedy and Renee Loranger about Hollywood Casino's Thanksgiving Feast.
According to AAA, those who plan to travel by air this holiday season will pay the cheapest, average airfare since 2013. At $157, on average, that is a 23 percent fare drop year-over-year. That low airfare led to the largest…
As we get ready to enjoy delicious Thanksgiving meals, AMR shares with us safety tips on how to prevent fires while cooking fried turkeys. News 25’s Veronica Bayona also gives us a closer look at AMR’s 27th annual Home for…
The $355 million dollar construction project in East Biloxi continues to cause problems for those working and living in the area. The road work has been ongoing since the summer of 2014 and local business owners say the city owes…
The grand total is in for a fundraiser that allowed people to go over the edge for Habitat for Humanity. Hang out with Habitat raised a total of $91,000 this year. The annual fundraiser event allows individuals to rappel down…
Biloxi Mayor Andrew ‘FoFo’ Gilich is back from meeting with state legislators about three important city projects. Mayor Gilich took a trip to Washington, D.C. to speak with the Mississippi delegation. They discussed the funding backing the Keesler Air Force…
The search is on for an armed and dangerous escapee from Alabama. Coosa County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. marshals are searching for 27-year-old Shane Anthony Vernon. He escaped from county jail on Sunday around 2:30 p.m. Authorities say Vernon was…
Jackson County officials are canvassing the waters after reports of a man jumping off the Highway 63 Bridge in Escatawpa. According to Moss Point Chief of Police Calvin Hutchins, a passerby called in claiming to see a black male wearing…
The West Harrison High School marching band rolled out of Gulfport early Saturday morning on their way to the Big Apple. The band will march down the streets of New York City in this year’s 91st annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day…
West Harrison’s first ever choir had the chance of a lifetime Friday night. The small, but mighty seven person choir joined the world famous band Foreigner during a live performance of the song ‘I want to know what love is”…
Now students in the Orange Grove area will never run out of books to dive into. That is all thanks to the Rotary Club of Gulfport-Orange Grove. The Rotary Club donated the very first Little Free Library that is located…
Sunday, the Mobile Bay Vintage Motorcycle Club hosted hundreds of motorcycle aficionados at the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art. The museum’s plaza was filled with around one hundred vintage motorcycles. This is the third annual event that the Mobile Bay Vintage…
Two people have died after a head-on collision on Interstate 10 in Jackson County that occurred Sunday evening. The Mississippi Highway Patrol reported a 78-year-old male was driving eastward in the westbound lane, about a half-mile west of Exit 50…
Authorities have positively identified a body found wrapped in carpet near I-10 in New Orleans as 54-year-old Philip Whitaker from Hancock County. Orleans Parish Coroner Dr. Jeffrey Rouse released his identity today. Whitaker's body was found near an on-ramp last…
This morning the West Harrison High School band had a cameo on The Today Show on NBC 25 to tease their appearance in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade this Thursday, November 23rd beginning at 9 a.m. on WXXV NBC 25.
News 25's Hank Davis interviews Tiffany Neves about free Thanksgiving meals through the Feed the Needy Program. You can call your local police department for more information.
According to the March of Dimes, the leading cause of death in children under the age of five is premature birth. Today, they spread awareness of pre-term births with World Prematurity Day. For babies in Mississippi, premature birth is on…
Students with the D’Iberville High School yearbook staff put together a community project to help students affected by Hurricane Harvey. They adopted a different staff in Texas called the West Orange Stark High School. The care packages consisted of candy,…
Biloxi firefighters are battling a house fire on Cove Drive. Fire Chief Joe Boney tells News 25 two dogs were rescued from the home, but no one else was inside. He also says the fire is contained and crews are…