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Kroc Center hosting breakfast with Easter Bunny

If you are looking for something fun to do this weekend, the Kroc Center is hosting breakfast with the Easter Bunny. Waffle House will be catering the event for up to 150 guests. Breakfast with the bunny…

Fundraiser for Vancleave girl hit by car

Residents of Vancleave and the surrounding areas are coming together to lend a helping hand to eight-year-old Sa’Miya Buxton. Sa’Miya was hit by a vehicle while boarding a school busy on February 4th in Vancleave. She suffered…

‘Tasty Thursday’ food trucks return to Gautier

Tasty Thursday has returned to the Singing River Mall Property in Gautier. Local food trucks lined up in time for lunch, offering everything from kettle corn to vegan veggie wraps. Today local food truck favorites met up…

Keesler Air Force Base hosts 2021 Military Women Summit

The 2021 Military Women’s Summit started today in Biloxi, allowing women in uniform the chance to be heard. With over 25 years in the Air Force, Brigadier General Laura Lenderman flew from San Antonio, Texas to speak…

Mississippi suspends Hancock County coroner’s certification

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi medical examiner's office has suspended the license of a Gulf Coast coroner. Mississippi Forensics Laboratory Director Sam Howell wrote in a letter that Hancock County Coroner Jim…

Biloxi residents can now download free crime fighting app

The Biloxi Police Department is now a member of the Ring Doorbell community and they’re offering a free public safety service that Biloxi residents can take advantage of. When residents download the Neighbors app, they’re able to…

Mississippi to increase lowest welfare payments in the US

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is increasing the lowest monthly welfare payments in the  nation. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill into law Wednesday that means people who receive the payments could start seeing the increase in June or…

HIDTA and Homeland Security Investigations Awards

Today is the last day of the two-day law enforcement drug training at the Golden Nugget Casino and Resort and the officers ended it with an awards ceremony. Awards and honors went to officers and task force…

Gulf Coast HIDTA training took place in Biloxi

At the Golden Nugget Hotel and Resort today hundreds of local law enforcement partners trained for new ways to combat the opioid crisis. Over 300 drug law enforcement and highway officers from all across the south came…

Southern Shores Family Dental holds ribbon cutting

A Long Beach native decided to bring his knowledge of dentistry back to the Coast and open his own practice. Today, Dr. Jason Olaivar held a ribbon cutting to officially open Southern Shores Family Dental. Dr. Olaivar…

Story of WWII Veteran Thomas Dewey Adams Jr.

Today News 25’s Toni Miles shows us one WWII veteran here in South Mississippi with a sharp memory and heroic tales of his first-hand experience and participation in world-changing events now chronicled in an oral history by…

Jon Nass named new Port of Gulfport CEO

After an eight-month long process, the Mississippi State Port of Authority Board of Commissioners named Jon Nass as the new CEO and executive director of the Port of Gulfport. Nass comes from the Maine Port Authority where…

Harrison County EMA warns of flooding concerns

The Harrison County Emergency Management Agency warns residents that flooding is one of the biggest concerns during the rain event. The water from the rainfall has to go somewhere, meaning low-lying areas like rivers. All of the…

Gulfport man pleads guilty to second degree murder

Gulfport, MS – District Attorney W. Crosby Parker announced today that 30-year-old Wayne Claude Adams of Gulfport, MS, pled guilty yesterday to second-degree murder before Circuit Judge Christopher Schmidt at the Harrison County Courthouse in Gulfport, MS. Judge Schmidt sentenced…