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Ports of Call Food and Heritage Fest

Tonight at Climb CDC’s event center in Gulfport, you can taste food from ports around the world at the ‘Ports of Call’ event. This is the organizations largest annual fundraiser with over 20 Coast restaurants participating in the food and…

Susan Hunt honored as outstanding citizen

She’s passionate about education, Mardi Gras, and the City of Biloxi. Her name is Susan Hunt and she was honored as Biloxi’s Outstanding Citizen by the Biloxi Lion’s Club. In addition to her many positions throughout the City of Biloxi,…

I Love My Playground Party

It wasn’t all work and no play as Gulfport’s Disability Connection held its annual “I Love My Playground” party today

Tourism meeting in Biloxi

The numbers are in for tourism on the Mississippi Gulf Coast during the 2016 fiscal year. According to Visit Mississippi Gulf Coast, 6.2 million visitors flocked to the Coast in 2016, an eight percent increase from 2015. Those visitors spent…

Bids for dredging at Hiller Park now open

Bidding is now open for dredging at Hiller Park in Biloxi. Something city officials say is a step in the right direction. City officials say boat owners who use the launch at Hiller Park have been unhappy for years about…

Annual Shred Day

News 25's Katarina Luketich interviews Lea Ivey Stone about Annual Shred Day happening at Gulfport Premium Outlets April 29th at 10 am - 2 pm.

Do you recognize this woman?

Biloxi police need help identifying the woman accused of attempting to cash a fraudulent check at the Beau Rivage Casino in Biloxi. The suspect is described as a black female wearing a white shirt, black tights, and she appears to…

College students put new perspective on cold cases

It’s a college class that’s only the second of its kind, a criminal justice special topics class that investigates cold cases. These William Carey University students are nearing graduation and stopped by News 25 to tell us a little bit…

Keesler Federal Credit Union plans ahead

In 2011 and 2013, the government shut down, leaving Americans to deal with the stress of missing a paycheck. With another shutdown possible this weekend, Keesler Federal Credit Union wants customers to know that they will still give provisional credit…

Gulfport High School students in D.C.

Today, the group of Gulfport High School students on a mission to provide a vending machine for homeless students in the school district attended an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. to find out if they were one of three groups…

Illegal dumping site in Harrison County cleaned up

Yesterday News 25 brought you the story of a large pile of trash along Jim Lee Road in Harrison County turning into an eyesore for area residents. Good news today: the trash pile that included dozens of tires and other…

Gulfport students network with community professionals

Soon-to-be graduates in Gulfport are taking skills they learned this morning with them to the career world. A group of Gulfport High School seniors from the Academic Institute sat down with real professionals in the community over lunch at The…

Couple arrested for carjacking and kidnapping in Pascagoula

A Tennessee couple is behind bars in Jackson County for allegedly carjacking and kidnapping a man. Authorities are crediting a female jogger who acted as a Good Samaritan for the quick arrest. According to police, Tommy Hill and Christie Burnett…

Road Dawgs Tour

Mississippi State University’s Road Dawgs Tour is back in Biloxi. This is the eighth consecutive year Biloxi has been selected as a stop on the tour. News 25’s Jeff Haeger joins us from the event at the Maritime and Seafood…

Jason Gray Performance

News 25's Bryan Kennedy interviews Allen Stevens and Jessica Bartels about the Jason Gray Performance April 29th 7pm at Bel-Aire Baptist Church. General admission is $15 per person.

2017 Weekend Of Discovery

News 25's Katarina Luketich interviews Stopher Haug and Robert Hirsch about the Weekend Of Discovery happening April 28-29 at the Ocean Springs Community Center.

Road Dawgs Tour in Biloxi tonight

Last night Ole Miss fans had their night, State fans have theirs tonight. The Road Dawgs Tour is coming to the Gulf Coast with a stop at the Maritime and Seafood Industry Suseum in Biloxi at 6 p.m. The event…

Biloxi Shuckers Education Day MGM Park

Our Shuckers are playing at MGM Park and they took the field early today for a good cause. Today is Education Day, a day where the Shuckers invite parents, teachers, and students to the park as a chance to step…

Students Present Project To Panel In NY

Today, a group of Gulfport High School students will find out whether they're bringing home a $150,000 technology grant. Yesterday, the group who created a vending machine for homeless students in the school district presented their project to a panel…

Escaped Mississippi Inmate Captured

The Mississippi inmate who escaped his work detail has been captured in Louisiana. Twenty-three year-old Antonio Henderson was captured by Louisiana state police last night along I-10 in Lake Charles without incident. On Thursday, Henderson escaped his work detail and had…