To have a friend, be a friend? That’s the new motto at North Bay Elementary School in Biloxi. It even says so on the school’s new buddy bench that was donated by Shaggy’s this morning in honor of Anti-Bullying Week.…
Breast cancer survivor and Biloxi native Paulette Leaphart was honored at the Biloxi City Council meeting today for making a more than 1,000 mile walk to Washington, D.C. topless. Leaphart was surrounded by friends and family as she received the…
The annual Jackson County Chamber of Commerce meeting took place today. Hundreds of community members gathered to discuss how to keep Jackson County businesses growing. Business is booming in Jackson County and the chamber of commerce will continue to build…
Four men were sentenced in the 2013 shooting death of 15-year-old Joshua Cuellar. Twenty-year-old Sellers Johnson, who is named as the person who pulled the trigger, was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Damon Clark, who is named as…
A Jackson County grand jury has indicted a former sheriff’s deputy on charges of unlawful sexual activity. Thirty-six year-old Bradley Scott Davis of Moss Point worked for the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department for 11 years and was a corrections officer…
The attorney representing the former Hancock County High School coach who was found guilty of touching a student and sentenced to 30 years is asking for a new trial. News 25 has obtained the three documents that Attorney Jim Davis…
The story of an alleged hate crime at Stone High School is quickly spreading. The president of the Mississippi NAACP spoke out against the school system in a press conference yesterday where he addressed claims that a black student had…
A News 25 exclusive: a man and woman are caught on tape as they come face to face with police in the backyard of a D’Iberville home following a high speed chase. News 25’s Laurene Callander has the exclusive video…
A Biloxi cemetery is coming alive with history and well-known city characters who have since passed, including 17 Biloxi mayors who are buried there. News 25’s Hank Davis ventured out to the Old Biloxi Cemetery and has the details.
Pecan Park Elementary School students and parents participate in National Walk to School Day. Details on NBC@5:30
Tonight, the Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce is set to honor our military. The 38th annual Salute our Military will make its return to the Mississippi Coast Coliseum at 7 tonight. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James will be…
Bringing Courthouse Road back was the overarching message as three new businesses opened their doors this morning. Nella Home Interiors and Gifts, Jess Dance Studio and Elle Boutique held a joint ribbon cutting this morning. All three businesses are now…
As drought conditions persist statewide, this morning the Mississippi Forestry Commission continues to enforce burn bans across the state of Mississippi. As of yesterday, 66 of the 82 counties in Mississippi were under some type of burn ban. Not included…
Life in prison without parole: this is the verdict handed down this morning for Sellers Johnson’s role in the 2013 execution style murder of Joshua Cuellar, who was 15 at the time he was killed. Three others, Damon Clark, Earnest…
A bomb scare in Gulfport blocks traffic on 15th Street and 42nd Avenue for multiple hours this afternoon. According to Gulfport Public Information Officer Sergeant Joshua Bromen, around 4:10, officers received a call that an individual was carrying a mortar…
The Gulf Coast yacht community unites to make Gulfport sailor John Harrison Doucet’s road to recovery a little smoother. The Biloxi Yacht Club hosted a fish fry fundraiser to help with John Harrison’s medical expenses. Hundreds of people filed in…
Hundreds of students walked hand in hand with their parents to school this morning. The national event Walk to School Day encourages kids to spend extra time with their loved ones and also get exercise. Pecan Park Elementary participated and…
Is the Mississippi Gulf Coast haunted and could these haunted wonders be parlayed into tourism dollars for our area? This was just one focal point at today’s meeting between local paranormal experts and the Pass Christian Historical Society. Shadows caught…
Today in Stone County, members of the NAACP are calling for justice in a disciplinary case which they say school officials have mishandled. News 25’s Hank Davis was on the scene and brings us the details. Members of the Mississippi…
The Gulf Coast community continues to find ways to support the family of John Harrison Doucet, a Gulfport sailor who lost both of his legs and an arm after being shocked in September. News 25’s Kendra Turley joins us from…
A bomb squad is en route to the area of 15th Street and 42nd Street. According to the police, a man was walking through the parking lot carrying what appeared to be a mortar shell. Police were not able to…
A person was shot after a high speed car chase in Jackson County ends in D’Iberville. The suspect hit several vehicles, sending multiple people to the hospital.
Nashville recording artists Daniel Thomas and Brea Sands took a powerful message about bullying to Biloxi Junior High. The duo kicked off their 2016 anti-bullying tour today by visiting with students and, as News 25’s Kristen Durand shows us, teaching…
Pass Christian has come a long way since Hurricane Katrina and they’re still gaining momentum. Three new businesses are getting ready to open in Pass Christian. A boutique hotel called Hotel Whiskey is scheduled to be finished in two weeks.…