Second Annual Fair Opening Day
News 25's Laurene Callander interviews Jourdan Hartshorn about the Second Annual Harrison County Fair opening day. . . . .
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Special meeting for Biloxi City Council
The Biloxi City Council called a special meeting today to discuss the municipal budget for the 2017-2018 fiscal year. The budget meeting consisted of, but was not limited to, a compensation schedule to the city’s water and sewer fund and…
Oyster aquaculture farm
Officials at the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources held a public hearing tonight at the Bolton Building in Biloxi to discuss a new oyster aquaculture farm. Off-bottom oyster aquaculture is essential to growing oysters in the water column. Oysters on…
Buckets for Beaumont
Jackson County is giving back to help out the victims of Hurricane Harvey and has put together Buckets for Beaumont. Buckets for Beaumont is a flood bucket project for citizens of Beaumont, Texas, the area that received over 45 inches…
Small plane makes emergency landing in Gulfport
A small plane was forced to make an emergency landing this afternoon in Gulfport. The aircraft, CompAir, an experimental aircraft, was carrying three passengers on board. According to airport officials, as they were trying to land the aircraft in Million…
Coast residents star in upcoming movie
From the smells of Labor Day bbq to Christmas lights and music in just a matter of 24 hours. Coast residents have their opportunity at 15 minutes of fame during a moving filming in Jones Park tonight. The Christmas movie…
Local activists: ending DACA will destroy families
Local activists are taking a strong stand against Trump’s decision to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Members of Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance tell News 25 phasing out DACA will destroy families living in our community and across the nation.…
Big Mike’s Speakeasy taking donations
One local business is continuing to lend a hand to Texas as they recover post-Harvey. Starting tomorrow around 11 through Saturday, a U-Haul truck will be parked outside of Big Mike’s Speakeasy in downtown Gulfport. Pokey Bennett says his business…
Video from local team helping Harvey victims
A small team of medical professionals from the Biloxi VA have finally made it to Houston and are helping Hurricane Harvey victims. Flooded highways slowed the team down, but didn’t stop the group from making it to the Houston VA…
Robbery of Bancorp South on Pass Road
Police are looking to identify the man who robbed the Bancorp South on Pass Road in Biloxi this morning. Photo from surveillance video shows the suspect as an older white male wearing a white polo, khaki pants, and a white…
Ongoing search for Labor Day murder suspect
Multiple authorities are now teaming up to track down the suspect who shot a man outside a hotel in Ocean Springs on Labor Day. Police are looking for 37-year-old Nicky Johns of Tennessee after a dead body was found in…
Oyster aquaculture meeting
Officials with MDMR are hosting a public hearing tonight on an oyster aquaculture project near Deer Island. News 25’s Tanner Stewart joins us with what this means for fisherman.
Plane emergency lands at Million Air
A small plane had to make an emergency landing this afternoon in Gulfport. News 25’s Taylor Rubach joins us from the grounds outside of the airport and tells us more.
Cause of death for George County three-year-old
George County has released the cause of death for a three-year-old boy who was found near Highway 26 west. According to authorities in Lucedale, the child was reported missing yesterday and later found unresponsive in a pond. The George County…
Ocean Springs murder victim identified
Criminal Investigation is releasing the identity of the victim murdered at an Ocean Springs Travel Lodge Hotel as 37-year-old Christopher B. Rochelle of Columbia, TN. Suspect Nicky J. Johns is charged with the murder and is still at large and…
Fresh produce for Harrison County students
Students at three Harrison County schools will now get to enjoy fresh fruits and veggies all at no cost. This is all thanks to three grants totaling almost $80,000. Bel Aire, Crossroad, and Pineville Elementary schools will be able to…
Relief trip to Rockport
From Gulfport to Rockport, the relief team rolled out early this morning to help our neighbors to the west recover after the devastation of Hurricane Harvey. News 25’s Laurene Callander reports on why the first responders and city leaders are…
One arrested in Moss Point shooting
Moss Point police are actively investigating a shooting which occurred this past Sunday on West Bayou Avenue. Investigators have charged 19-year-old Robert Hunter Brabston of Moss Point with attempted murder. Around 5:30 p.m. several callers contacted police to reports of…
Bancorp South on Pass Road robbery
News 25 has received reports of a bank robbery at the Bancorp South located on Pass Road in Biloxi. Details are limited, but the public is advised to be on the lookout for an older white male wearing a white…
Relief Trip To Rockport: Live Report
News 25's Laurene Callander interviews Sgt. Josh Bromen about the relief trip to Rockport.
BREAKING: Bank Robbery in Biloxi
Biloxi Police are currently investigating a bank robbery at Bancorp South on Pass Road. The incident happened just before 11 a.m. Authorities describe the suspect as an older white male wearing a white polo, khaki pants and a white cap.…
Prayer service for Harvey victims
It’s a community wide prayer service for the victims of Hurricane Harvey and recovery put on by the Gulfport Ecumenical Fellowship. News 25’s Taylor Rubach attended the prayer service and has more on the community’s outpour of support. Songs of…
Possible murder suspect wanted after body was found in parking lot of Ocean Springs hotel
On September 4th 2017 at 1552hrs (3:52pm) it was reported that a dead body was in the parking lot of the Travel Lodge Hotel here in the City of Ocean Springs. Officers arrived on scene and observed a white male…
Second teenager arrested in Goldin Sportsplex shooting
The second suspect in the shooting at the Goldin Sportsplex has been arrested. Eighteen-year-old John Michael Heflin and 18-year-old Briceston John Lewis Fairley have both been arrested on charges of aggravated assault. On September 4, 2017, at approximately 09:30 A.M.,…