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New artwork at Fishbone Alley

If you would like to enjoy the outdoors while appreciating some great art work, Fishbone Alley in downtown Gulfport might be the spot to check out. The alley recently received four new colorful additions all created by Mississippi Gulf Coast…

MGCCC Commencement Ceremony

Caps and gowns were present at the Coast Coliseum tonight for Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s 2018 commencement ceremony. MGCCC graduated over 125 students in the adult education, MIBEST, and EDGE programs. All of these programs are used for students…

Rustic Old to Rustic New art exhibit

Rod Hedgecock is an artist known for making something out of nothing with his art. This will be showcased tomorrow at the Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum. Hedgecock turns ordinary, salvaged materials into masterpieces. The inspiration for his paintings is…

Another big road project will impact Biloxi residents

There’s another big road project underway in Biloxi. If you’re driving along Highway 90 you may see construction in action. Workers are installing a 16 inch water line along the north side of the highway between downtown and Seashore Methodist.…

Mother of the Year Award

With Mother’s Day approaching this weekend, the Biloxi Lions Club hosted their 64th annual Biloxi’s Mother of the Year award presentation. It turns out the nominations were so nice, they gave the award out twice. A mother’s love will last…

Possible zoning map change near planned RV park

An RV park is waiting for the final go-ahead to start plans for construction in a Long Beach neighborhood. Now, the residents living in the neighborhood where the RV park is planned to go are concerned more commercial business will…

Drunk driver leaves car in pond in Pascagoula

This morning a vehicle driven by a drunk driver in Pascagoula ended up in the IG Levy Park pond. No one was injured, but Pascagoula police stated on their Facebook page that “this is the harsh reality of drinking and…

Coffee with a Cop

This morning, for the first time this year, residents in Jackson County had a chance to meet some of the faces behind the blue line. A handful of Jackson County deputies came together at the Flooring Mart Home Design Center…

Mayor Quave on the State of D’Iberville

At this morning’s State of the City Address in D’Iberville, Mayor Rusty Quave touched on several projects that all point towards progress. Mayor Quave gave updates on several ongoing and upcoming infrastructure projects and highlighted the recent construction of a…

Golf cart use on public streets in Ocean Springs

Golf carts are not just being used on the course anymore. Yesterday, Ocean Springs City Council approved an ordinance allowing the operation of golf carts on public streets within city limits starting May 31st. Golf carts may be operated only…

Star travels to Coast to support Salvation Army

The Salvation Army helps hundreds of people in our community every year. Tonight was all about giving back to the organization at a big fundraiser in Jackson County. It’s the Salvation Army’s mission to help change lives for the better…

Cheer Zone Athletics heads to D2 Summit

Cheer Zone Athletics from Saucier is flipping themselves into the nation’s most prestigious cheerleading competition for small gyms, making history on the Gulf Coast as the first Mississippi Gulf Coast team to head to the D2 Summit. This competition is…

Appeals court upholds sexual abuse verdict of former coach

A state appeals court says it won’t overturn the conviction of a former Mississippi high school basketball coach for molesting a player. The Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled today that Leslie Dewitt’s convictions for touching a child for lustful purposes…

2018 Post Legislature Briefing

This morning, the Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce hosted a Post Legislative Briefing at the Golden Nugget. Senator Joel Carter, Senator Michael Watson, and Representative Manly Baton were on hand to answer questions in regards to the 2018 legislative…

Stone County celebrates National Travel and Tourism Day

Wiggins and Stone County are all in a class of their own and they have no problem branding themselves this way. People, pickles, paper and pines all laid the groundwork for Stone County’s development nearly 102 years ago. Stone County…

Salvation Army Fundraiser

County singer Jimmy Wayne is warming up to play at the Salvation Army’s Fundraiser tonight. News 25’s Gina Tomlinson has more.

U.S. Army shipments at the Port of Gulfport

Today, for the first time ever, the U.S. Army is shipping military vehicles out of the Port of Gulfport. “The story today is that instead of using another port in Texas or South Carolina or Florida, the Army has decided…

Singing for the Salvation Army

The Salvation Army provides more than one million services each year to residents in South Mississippi. Tonight, country music singer Jimmy Wayne will take center stage to entertain and serve as keynote speaker at one of the nonprofit’s biggest fundraisers…

Charged with felony embezzlement

Biloxi police arrested 69-year-old Erastus Thompson Jr. on a warrant for felony embezzlement of a vehicle. Police say Thompson was arrested during a traffic stop by Gulfport police. The complaint leading to the arrest of Thompson was made in February…

Charged with grand larceny

D’Iberville police arrested two Saucier residents after a report of items stolen out of a vehicle parked in the Scarlet Pearl Casino parking garage. Police say 49-year-old Billy Bradley and 29-year-old Kerrie Kilduff were seen on video surveillance taking property…

Charged with accessory after the fact

Octavia Williams-Biggs was arrested by the Pascagoula Police Department. A warrant was issued for her arrest for her involvement in the homicide of Lorenzo Biggs. She’s been charged with accessory after the fact. Those charges may be upgraded in the…

Cars collide, truck flips on HWY 49

Just after 8 this morning, an accident halted traffic on Highway 49 just south of Harrison Central High School. The driver of a GMC Sonoma was southbound when they attempted to make a U-turn into the northbound lane. Another vehicle…

Police investigate overnight shooting in Gulfport

Gulfport police are investigating an overnight shooting. Around 4 a.m., officers responded to Memorial Hospital in reference to a 25-year-old male suffering from a gunshot wound to his abdomen. Police say the victim was walking in the 1700 block of…