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"The Passion" Play at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church

Students at St. Alphonsus Catholic School in Ocean Springs remembered Good Friday today by acting out “The Passion of the Christ.” This is an annual tradition that the school puts on each year. Students in third through sixth grade portray…

Shooting in Pascagoula

At 6:48 p.m. the Pascagoula Police Department responded to a call of a fight and shots fired at 3453 Denny Ave. Witnesses stated multiple black males in two separate vehicles approached a white male and started assaulting him. They were…

Pets Meet the Easter Bunny

Would your pet get along with the Easter Bunny? A fundraiser at the Humane Society in Gulfport put that question to the test. The Humane Society of South Mississippi was allowing every member of the family to take a picture…

Boys and Girls Club Night at MGM Park

The Shuckers aren’t back just yet but things are busy in MGM Park. Tonight, in between Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s double header, Planet Fitness donated a total of $2,000 to the Boys and Girls Club. Gulf Coast Planet Fitness…

Car Accident Sends Three to the Hospital in Gulfport

Shortly after 5:40 this afternoon in Gulfport, two cars were involved in an accident that sent three people to a local hospital. The Gulfport Police Department says the wreck was a result of a light colored Cadillac attempting to turn…

Numbers Rise at Reserve Wing at Keesler Air Force Base

Keesler Air Force Base is used to seeing Flying Jennies soar in the sky and the Hurricane Hunters rush into storms. Now, they will see a rise in man power in the 403rd Reserve Wing. News 25’s Laurene Callander has…

Special Needs Egg Hunt

The annual Special Needs Egg Hunt will take place in Biloxi tomorrow starting at 11 a.m. The City of Biloxi will be providing free lunch, games, pictures with the Easter Bunny and an egg hunt from 11a.m to 2 p.m.…

ChandyFest is Saturday March 26

This weekend, one Coast brewery will be celebrating one year of serving up cold ones to the Gulf Coast. A little over a year ago, Chandeleur Brewery cut the ribbon on their new business in downtown Gulfport. Today, brewery representatives…

Plans Unveiled for Mississippi Aquarium

The Mississippi Aquarium in Gulfport is a legacy project that future generations of Coast residents and tourists will enjoy. That was the message from city leaders and Governor Phil Bryant as the plans for the city’s new aquarium were unveiled.…

Johnston to Remain in Jail

The woman charged with capital murder in the death of a Biloxi man will remain in jail without bond. This was the judge’s decision as Rita Johnston made her initial court appearance at the Jackson County Jail today. The other…

Ocean Springs Man Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud

Eduardo Guillermo Diaz, 58, of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, pled guilty on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, before U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr., to one count of mail fraud, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced today. Diaz admitted that, while operating…

Paving Phase Wraps Up

Biloxi paving and striping is set to resume this morning and hopefully finish by the end of the day. Crews from warren paving are planning to wrap up paving work on Hopkins Boulevard. Striping is expected to be finished on…

Appointed Superintendent Bill Passes

Elected officials will soon be a thing of the past the Mississippi house sends a bill to Governor Bryant’s desk that will require all Mississippi school superintendents be appointed after January 1, 2019. This issue has been debated for more…

Jazz & Blues Festival: March 26

Bryan Kennedy interviews Dr. Casey Maugh Funderburk about the Jazz & Blues Festival on March 26 at USM Gulf Park 10 am - 6 pm.

Second case of Zika reported in Mississippi

The Mississippi Department of Health reports a second confirmed case of Zika.  The report comes from Noxubee County, where the person infected recently traveled to Haiti. In the case reported from Madison County on Thursday, the infected individual also recently travel…

Design Unveiling For Mississippi Aquarium

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Delays In The State Legislature

The Mississippi Supreme Court is tossing out a temporary restraining order that a circuit judge had issued against the Mississippi house speaker. Hinds County Circuit Judge Winston Kidd issued an order Wednesday telling house speaker Philip Gunn to stop using…

Third Annual Maritime Museum Meeting

Celebrating Mississippi’s maritime heritage is why folks gathered tonight at the maritime museum’s third annual membership meeting. Governor Phil Bryant delivered the key note address and attendees heard the annual report of Mississippi’s Maritime Museum that’s in the works. Right…

Charter Bank Ribbon Cutting in Ocean Springs

The weather wasn’t great today but that didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of Charter Bank as they celebrated the opening of their fourth location on the Coast. This new branch is located at the corner of Bienville and Hanley Road in…

Second Man Pleads Guilty in Oxford

A second man has pleaded guilty in connection to a rope being tied around the neck of the James Meredith statue at the University of Mississippi. Former Ole Miss student Austin Reed Edenfield pleaded guilty to one count of using…

Child Dies in Jackson County Crash

A three-year-old Ocean Springs girl died today as a result of injuries she sustained in a single car accident in Jackson County, according to Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell. Emma Lynn Lee was a passenger in a vehicle that struck…