Controversial House Bill 1523 goes into effect July 1st, but some locals who work in the film industry here on the Coast are putting a plan in motion to try to stop it. News 25’s Shelby Myers joins us from…
Mississippi’s state board of education has decided to switch its stance on transgender restroom use. Just a few weeks ago, Superintendent Dr. Carey Wright announced the department would abide by federal guidelines ordering all public schools in the U.S. to…
Murder charges have been dropped for a father who was jailed for leaving his daughter in a hot car, resulting in her death. Joshua Blunt was jailed and originally charged with second-degree murder after he said he forgot his daughter…
The U.S.S. Portland was christened at Ingalls shipbuilding, but one key city leader was missing. Portland Mayor Charlie Hales was missing from the ceremony. The Portland City Council recently banned city sponsored travel to Mississippi because of House Bill 1523,…
The Mississippi Department of Education has called a special teleconference with all board members to discuss the recent Title IX federal guidance that calls on all public schools in the country to allow transgender students to use restrooms and locker…
Mississippi State Superintendent Dr. Carey Wright has now sent out a response to the letter she received yesterday from a concerned group of state representatives. That letter asked her to not adhere to a policy handed down by the department…
Authorities in Mississippi are looking for two thieves following a brazen smash and grab in a small town and it all caught on tape. The two suspects used a stolen truck to ram their way through the front wall of…
A statewide request from the Panola County Sheriff's Department is asking for your help finding two small girls and their father. 35 year old "Samuel Dowden Junior," and his daughters, four year old "Bayley" and two year old "Madeline," were…
Four people are dead after a plane crash this morning in Tupelo. Officials say the small private plane was headed for Virginia and fell from the sky shortly after taking off from the tupelo airport. A total of four people…
The second-ranking leader of the Mississippi Senate has been charged with DUI after a one-vehicle wreck. Republican Sen. Terry Burton of Newton was charged after running a sport utility vehicle off of Interstate 20 and hitting a sign Saturday night…
Texas law enforcement arrested a boyfriend in the case of a Pascagoula native who went missing last weekend. Twenty-seven year-old Jessie Bardwell lived in a town north of Dallas. She had been missing since Sunday. Her parents, who still live…
In a statement today, the Mississippi Department of Education says: “A safe and caring school environment is critical to a student’s ability to learn and achieve” and that it “will adhere to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972,…
A woman who grew up in Pascagoula is now missing in Texas and authorities are actively looking for her. 27 year old Jessie Bardwell who now lives in a town north of Dallas has been missing since Sunday. Her parents…
A larger share of Mississippi third graders passed the state’s reading test on the first try this year. The Mississippi Department of Education says 87 percent of 41,000 public school third graders passed the 50 question computerized test. That leaves…
Governor Phil Bryant signs a bill to ban Medicaid from spending money with any facility that performs elective abortions. It’s aimed at blocking state tax dollars from going to Planned Parenthood. The organization’s only Mississippi clinic does not perform abortions…
Eating at a Coast restaurant and wanting to take your beer to go? Soon you’ll be able to. This morning, Governor Phil Bryant signed off on HB 1223 allowing Coast cities to set up entertainment districts where people can walk…
State lawmakers now face a $56.8 million challenge after a staff error over-projected the state budget. News 25’s Kristen Durand asked Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves about the shortfall. A $56.8 million mistake now looms over the state Legislature, a mistake…
House Bill 1523 and the removal of the Mississippi flag are just two of the hot topics discussed during an anti-discrimination forum in Biloxi this evening. The event served as the first of many stops around the state on the…
Because of state budget cuts, Mississippi will lose all of its state operated programs to help people break an addiction to drugs and alcohol. The State Department of Mental Health will close two chemical dependency units for men, one with…
Mississippi legislative leaders say they overestimated how much money the state could collect during the coming budget year, a nearly $60 million shortfall to be exact. News 25’s Shelby Myers has more. In a statement, Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves and…
House Bill 1523 and the removal of the current Mississippi flag are just two of the hot topics members of the ACLU and the Steps Coalition will discuss this evening during an anti-discrimination forum. News 25’s Kendra Turley joins us…
Statement of Legislative Leadership "Late last week, we were made aware of a staff error that led to expected general fund revenues to be overestimated by $56.8 million during the FY2017 budget negotiations,” said Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves and Speaker…
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Mississippi filed a federal lawsuit today to challenge House Bill 1523, also known as the Religious Accommodations Act. The lawsuit targets the registrar of vital records and was filed on behalf…
A New Jersey court case could pave the way for sports gambling in casinos nationwide, including Mississippi. This was just one of the topics of discussion at the Southern Gaming Summit today at the Mississippi Coast Convention Center in Biloxi.…