Last year, Main Street Pascagoula awarded six main street businesses up to two thousand dollars to upgrade facades of buildings facing public streets. The second annual façade grant program is underway in Pascagoula. Main Street Pascagoula is a privately supported…
According to AAA, the nation is experiencing the highest spike in gas prices in a three year window. So, what’s driving the cost to go up? Economists say the hike is due to the rising price of crude oil overseas.…
A Biloxi woman was arrested for credit card fraud. Biloxi police arrested 34-year-old Desire Martinez from an investigation where the victim’s credit card number was used to make three transactions at the Walmart located on CT Switzer Drive, totaling nearly…
Forty-eight year-old Charles Harris of Saucier has been arrested on felony charges for burglary of a dwelling and burglary of a shop. According to Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson, on April 11th, the victim contacted authorities and reported her father’s…
A Long Beach woman was arrested for embezzlement at a Raising Cane’s. Gulfport police arrested 30-year-old Kacey Roggendorff for embezzlement at the Raising Cane’s located on Highway 49. It was reported that bank deposits were missing, valued at one thousand…
An investiture ceremony for Court of Appeals Judge Sean Tindell took place at the Hancock County Courthouse in Bay St. Louis. News 25’s Veronica Bayona has more.
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. In Mississippi, the highest rate of confirmed abuse cases take place along the Gulf Coast. In 2016, 1,024 cases occurred in just the three coastal counties alone. South Mississippi Child Advocacy Center gives those…
. On April 17, 2018 the Gulfport Police Department arrested 30 year old Kacey Shae Roggendorff, of Long…
A new much needed grocery store is coming to an area of East Biloxi. Ward 2 Councilman Felix Gines announced plans for the new project in this part of town. Gines told News 25 right now the area is considered…
A few months ago, the City of Biloxi entered into a lease agreement with a new downtown eatery with Le Café Beignet. The shop opened in the city-owned former Biloxi Public Library on Lameuse Street. After seeing the success of…
Biloxi’s casino market in March posted its best month of the six-month-old fiscal year. According to figures released by the city’s finance division, the casino market took in $75 million from gambling during the month of March. The city’s finance…
The annual deadline to file your taxes has now been moved to tomorrow because of IRS technical difficulties. By law, the IRS may assess penalties to taxpayers for both failing to file a tax return and for failing to pay…
A man will be spending his life behind bars after pleading guilty to molesting two children. Fifty-seven year-old Ernesto Martinez will serve a life sentence plus 15 years. Martinez pled guilty to one count of sexual battery and one count…
Concerned residents of Ocean Springs attended tonight’s board of aldermen meeting in hopes of receiving answers from the white supremacist flyers that were distributed last week. Dozens spoke up wanting answers as to what is being done when they received…
More than 1,400 Mississippians are in need of a life-saving transplant. On any given day, an average of 22 people die while waiting for a transplant. News 25’s Toni Miles takes us to Memorial Hospital in Gulfport, as the Mississippi…
Long Beach Harbor residents continue cleanup after Saturday’s storms. A waterspout that moved over the harbor caused damage to multiple vessels. Crews were out this afternoon using a crane on a barge to pull debris out of the water. There…
Biloxi police need help identifying two suspects involved with shoplifting at Footlocker in Edgewater Mall. The two suspects are described as black males. One is thin and wearing a white shirt, white-washed blue jeans, and blue shoes. The second suspect…
This afternoon, a gripping scene on Highway 90 at the intersection of Hanshaw Road in Ocean Springs where the jaws of life were needed to get two people out of an overturned vehicle. Ocean Springs Police Captain William Jackson said…
The doors of Jackson Elementary in Pascagoula will be closing for the upcoming school year. The school board agreed the school should close for the 2018 through 2019 school year because of flooding and drainage issues on the campus. Pascagoula-Gautier…
The minute spring break ended Sunday evening, the Mississippi Coast Coliseum team got right back to work prepping for the 26th annual Crawfish Music Festival. The five days of good old fashioned family entertainment, live music, and all the hot-boiled…
This morning, a group of women in Gulfport strapped on their hard hats and picked up their hammers to take part in Habitat for Humanity’s annual Women Build campaign. Habitat for Humanity is promoting the need for affordable housing with…
The City of Gulfport made an announcement today. Workers will be smoke testing the sewer lines in the area of Creel Circle and Raspberry Lane from April 23rd through the 24th. The tests will take place from 7:30 a.m. until…
Gulfport residents living along the Biloxi River are now facing the consequences of the weekend’s severe weather. “We are living on the water. We know we need to move, but everybody was like ok. Everything is ok. Nope, it wasn’t.…
District Attorney Joel Smith announced today that 53-year-old Melinda Rosetti-Spence pled guilty to one count of embezzlement from the Pink Hearts Foundation at the Harrison County Courthouse in Gulfport. Rosetti-Spence previously served as treasurer for the Pink Hearts Foundation, a…