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‘Tis the season to shop local

Tis the season to shop local! South Mississippi businesses and business leaders are stocking up and looking forward to Christmas shopping season. 2020 has been packed with challenges, but you and yours don’t have to have a…

Christmas City Shopping Extravaganza kicked off at the Coast Coliseum

COVID-19 hasn’t frightened Christmas shoppers from one the biggest holiday shopping events of the year on the Coast. Shoppers decked the socially distanced aisles of this year’s Christmas City Shoppers’ Extravaganza at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum Convention…

Mermaids Arts and Crafts Show

This weekend, the fifth annual Mermaids Arts and Craft Show will be rolling into the Bay St. Louis Train Depot. Craftsmen will be selling items that are 50 percent handmade. The show is ideal to give you…

Climb CDC hosting community cleanup Saturday

South Mississippi continues to put on cleanup efforts to restore the community after the effects of Hurricane Zeta. Climb CDC is a prime example as they’re hosting a community united cleanup event tomorrow from 9 a.m. to…

Update on officer-involved shooting in Gulfport

Now to an update on the officer-involved shooting first reported yesterday in Gulfport. The victim, now identified as Henry Frankowski III, died after being sent to the hospital Thursday evening. The shooting happened outside a Dollar Tree…

Suspect pleads guilty to 2018 murder charge

Gulfport, MS - District Attorney Joel Smith announced today that Dannie Bergeron Jr., age 22, plead guilty this week to First-Degree Murder for the killing of Tiffany Goodman. The defendant’s trial was scheduled to begin Tuesday and jurors were summoned…

Davis Bayou area reopens following Hurricane Zeta

Gulf Islands National Seashore has completed storm damage assessments and debris cleanup in the Davis Bayou Area and the area will reopen on Saturday under normal operating hours. The Davis Bayou campground will reopen at 10 a.m.  Reservations will be…

Bay St. Louis attorney and judge Walter Gex dies

A prominent attorney and federal judge from Bay St. Louis died Thursday. Walter J. Gex III, 81,  died at his Diamondhead home on Thursday night. He attended the University of Mississippi, earning a bachelor of arts degree before obtaining his…

Zeta debris cleanup continues in Biloxi

The City of Biloxi began removing Hurricane Zeta debris from the curbside of homes just over a week ago and the debris pick up process continues. Debris teams have been on Biloxi streets for eight days now.…

Gulf Coast Mental Health Center changes regions

The Harrison County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution this week requesting a change in region for the Gulf Coast Mental Health Center. The board is allowing the mental health center to join the Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources Area.…

Live Local: French Colonial Memorial Garden

Lace up your shoes and take a stroll with News 25’s Lorraine Weiskopf in today’s edition of Live Local, a series you can catch on News 25 on Thursdays. For this week, we visit the French colonial…