Local News

IP Casino donates to United MSD Foundation

The IP Casino is investing in a worthy cause, donating $25,000 to the United Multiple Sulfatase Deficiency Foundation to help support the group’s efforts to find a cure for children suffering from MSD nationwide, including some youngsters who live right…

The Peoples Bank donates to local charities

The Peoples Bank in Biloxi presented over $10,000 in checks to two local charities as part of the company’s employees’ charity fund program. These lucky charities were the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the Mississippi Gulf Coast Multiple Sclerosis…

Debate between Lt. Gov. candidates televised on WXXV NBC

The two candidates for Mississippi lieutenant governor are taking part in a televised debate tonight. Democrat Jay Hughes of Oxford and Republican Delbert Hosemann of Jackson are competing in the November 5th General Election. Be sure to tune into WXXV…

Power restored in Downtown Biloxi

Multiple businesses and street lights lost power for over an hour this morning in downtown Biloxi. Howard Avenue from Reynoir to Caillavet Street was shut down and Biloxi police were directing traffic. A squirrel was messing with multiple fuses near…

Blessing of the Boots and Badges

On the morning of September 11th, 2001, terrorists wreaked havoc on our nation, devastating, but also uniting Americans across the nation. Eighteen years later, the City of Gulfport is looking to honor those who fought and died that day as…

Pink Pearls to Save the Girls Fashion Show

Tickets have officially gone on sale for the Scarlet Pearl’s annual breast cancer awareness fashion show. In partnership with the Susan G. Komen Foundation, the fourth annual ‘Pink Pearls to Save the Girls Fashion Show’ will take place on October…

Scarlet Pearl honors first responders

People from all across the Coast took some time to remember 9/11 and say thank you to our local first responders. The Scarlet Pearl Casino Resort remembered 9/11 with a tribute to D’Iberville’s first responders. Scarlet Pearl has been hosting…

Local firefighters climb 110 flights of stairs in tribute to 9/11

Hundreds of first responders lost their lives on September 11th, 2001. Today, local firefighters paid tribute to those brave men and women. Step by step, that’s how these two members of the Long Beach Fire Department chose to remember the…

Mississippi Highway Patrol warns about texting and driving

Mississippi Highway Patrol Troop K is offering a word to the wise. On the front lawn of the MHP Station is a severely damaged vehicle as a result of texting and driving along with a sign that reads “don’t text…

Victim identified in fatal crash on HWY 49

The Harrison County Coroner’s Office has confirmed the identity of the man who was killed in a two-car crash last night in Gulfport. Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer tells News 25 that 69-year-old Gulfport resident Chester Enriquez was pronounced dead…

Officers injured during I-10 wreck identified

On September 11, 2019, at approximately 08:42 a.m., Gulfport Police Officers were working a single-vehicle crash near the 35/36 mile-marker westbound Interstate 10 when a vehicle struck a parked Gulfport Police Department motorcycle. The motorcycle and debris struck a total…

Singing River K9 Campus Officer Swearing-In Ceremony

Jester has solemnly sworn in his oath to obey all laws as an official K-9 officer for Singing River Health System in Pascagoula. After about seven weeks of training, the Belgian Malinois raised his right paw in front of Judge…

Gulfport police officers injured while working crash

Two Gulfport police officers are in stable condition. According to Gulfport Police, at 8 this morning, two officers were working a single vehicle crash on I-10 westbound near mile marker 35. At about 8:40, a white Honda Pilot was traveling…

Biloxi Man Arrested and Facing Assault Charges

A Biloxi man has been arrested in North Mississippi after a fight caught on video this weekend. On Tuesday, the Starkville police department arrested 23-year-old Dakota Husser of Biloxi and charged him with simple assault. The arrest stems from a…