The US Navy Has Made A 63 Million Dollar Contract With Ingalls Shipbuilding In Pascagoula To Begin Repairing The Damage On The USS Fitzgerald. And After A Long Trip, The US Navy Destroyer, Docked At Ingalls Today. News 25's Caroline…
The deadline for congress to come up with a budget compromise is midnight tonight - Based on what's happened in Washington in the last 24 hours, there's a very real possibility of a government shutdown. The House of Representatives passed…
Tomorrow, all Walmart locations across the state are hosting the first Walmart Wellness Day of 2018. The event will provide free health screenings and other valuable health information for Mississippians. From 10 am till 2 pm, the stores will offer…
The re-trial of a man charged with killing a north Mississippi woman by setting her on fire has been set. Panola county district attorney john champion said Thursday that the second trial in the death of 19-year-old Jessica Chambers has…
Mississippi’s corrections department says Edgar Ray Killen, a former Ku Klux Klan leader who was convicted in the 1964 ‘Mississippi Burning’ slayings of three Civil Rights workers, has died in prison at the age of 92. The part-time preacher and…
The Mississippi House intends to recommend a new education funding formula that would require the state to spend $107 million more than it is spending this year to aid K-12 schools. The legislature has fully funded the current education formula…
After two years of reductions, the Mississippi State Department of Health is requesting a modest budget increase for the coming year. The state health officer, Dr. Mary Currier, says the department has cut expenses by going from nine administrative districts…
Mississippi utility customers could see their power and gas bills reduced as a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The Mississippi Public Service Commission requested the public utilities staff to investigate possible rate reductions available to Mississippians due…
Phil Bryant is delivering his State of the State address for his second term as Mississippi’s governor. Governor Bryant is expected to address the state’s weakening infrastructure, education, and state tax structure. News 25’s Kendra Turley joins us live from…
When it comes to Mississippi’s economy and population growth, Lt. Governor Tate Reeves says things aren’t so bad. The Republican spoke Monday to the capitol press corps and Mississippi State University’s Stennis Institute of Government. He says he believes concerns…
This afternoon, Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant is set to discuss his legislative priorities for 2018. The Republican delivers his State of the State speech at 5 p.m. today at the Capitol. During his 2017 speech, Bryant said legislators should consider…
The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi is recommending a statewide policy meant to standardize the use of police body-worn cameras. The ACLU says there’s a lack of uniformity in the way law enforcement agencies across the state deploy body-worn…
It's day one of the 2018 Mississippi legislative session. Lawmakers from across the state have gathered at the state capitol for the beginning of this year's session. News 25's Toni Miles tells us more about the the legislative session in…
For the third year in a row, the Census Bureau estimates that Mississippi’s population fell, as more people again moved away from the magnolia state than moved in. Mississippi lost about 1,300 people from July 1, 2016, to July 1,…
Troubling news about the presence of harmful chemicals in the Gulf of Mexico this morning. Federal officials say they have found fresh evidence of an ongoing oil release at the site of a 13-year-old oil leak, where chronic sheens often…
Toyota Motor Corp. Say’s its Mississippi Plant has assembled its millionth corolla sedan. The company made the announcement Tuesday, a little more than six years after it started assembling cars at the 800-million-dollar Blue Springs Plant. The Japanese company marked…
A federal judge on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's request to further delay the ability of transgender people to enlist in the military. News 25 Reporter Veronica Bayona hit the streets and got locals reactions on the decision. "It makes…
Milton Segarra has been selected to become the face of tourism for the three coastal counties.. As the new executive director of visit Mississippi Gulf Coast. Today News 25 got a chance to speak to Segarra all the way from…
Two Mississippians take the oath of office in the House of Representatives this week. Cheikh Taylor will represent district 38 and Kevin Ford will represent District 54. Taylor was elected on November 8th in a special election to finish the…
Milton Segarra has been selected to become the face of tourism for the three coastal counties.. As the new executive director of visit Mississippi Gulf Coast. His appointment was made official after the board members of visit Mississippi Gulf Coast…
Police say at least four people were injured at a nightclub in Waynesboro Mississippi Sunday night. Waynesboro Police Chief Holt Rossy says one person was shot in the hand, one person was shot in the foot, and another person was…
News 25's Caroline Eaker spoke with a local who joined a group of other Mississippians as they decided to celebrate the birthday and the state in a special way. Sunday dozens of Mississippi photographers, like Gulfport native Tim Isbell, celebrated…
Mississippi's house speaker says a key legislator who resigned Sunday was facing sexual harassment allegations. Speaker Philip Gunn tells says multiple women had complained about John Moore, who resigned from a house seat in Rankin County. Moore had chaired the…
The president took part in the opening of a new civil rights museum today in Mississippi, where some of this country's biggest civil rights battles were fought. But the president's visit brought protests - and a boycott by a key…