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BP Oil Spill Money Mississippi Gulf Coast

The fate of more than 700 million dollars in BP damages money is still up in the air. A six-person committee of state house and senate members had a deadline of Monday at 8 pm to create a bill but…

Residents Upset Over Infrastructure Project

Earlier this month News 25 brought you a story about the Biloxi Infrastructure Project, and how more man power has been added to help speed up the construction. Weeks later it was standing room only at the Biloxi City Council…

Jackson County Master Plan Workshop

Tuesday Jackson County held a workshop to further discuss the master plan for walking, bicycling, and paddling throughout the urbanized areas of the county. The public was invited to the Fontainebleau Community Center in Ocean Springs, to view and discuss…

FBI Task Force Makes Drug Arrest

The FBI's "Safe Streets" task force arrested 37-year-old Edward Bridges of Moss Point on charges of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The task force seized approximately 4.5 pounds of crystal methamphetamine, 2 ounces of cocaine, 46 dosage units of…

Loaded Gun Found In Backpack, No Charges Yet

A five year old brought a loaded gun to school Tuesday in Ocean Springs. As of now there are no charges against the guardian of the child who's back-pack had a loaded hand-gun inside it. Authorities were called to Oak…

OS Robbery Suspect Spotted Again

Police believe this suspect caught on surveillance video at the Travelodge on highway 90 in ocean springs Sunday night is the same person that robbed a chevron and held a clerk at gun-point. The security footage shows the suspect in…

Woman Beaten At Hard Rock Parking Lot

A Louisiana woman made her way to Biloxi Friday night for her friend’s bachelorette party, but what was supposed to be a night of fun landed her with a bruised face and a traumatic story. News 25's Veronica Bayona brings…

Easter Egg Hunt

Are you ready for some Easter fun? Well, the city of Gulfport’s Easter Egg Hunt will kick off this weekend in Jones Park. Saturday starting at 9 am children will be able to visit with the Easter bunny and take…

Spring Arts Festival Takes Over Downtown

The Spring Arts Festival is set to hit the streets of Downtown Ocean Springs this weekend. More than 100 artists, crafters and plant vendors will celebrate spring... Offering paintings pottery, jewelry and more. The event takes place Saturday and Sunday.…

Rapiscan Systems

Starting today 78 PGA Tour Champion players take aim on the Rapiscan Systems Classic Championship. The featured grouping drawing lots of attention to the competition on Friday is the 11:40 a.m. matchup between Miguel Angel Jimenez, Bernhard Langer, and Vijay…

It's Never Too Late To Learn MGCCC

If you're considering going back to school, or you just feel like you missed the window to get a college education, this weekend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College wants you to see that you’ve still got plenty of options. Designed…

USM Marine Research Center will open soon

In late 2016, the Port of Gulfport broke ground on their property to build a $12.2 million marine research center for the University of Southern Mississippi. Now they are just weeks away from completing the project. School of Ocean Science…

Who is egging houses in Long Beach?

Prom season is quickly approaching sometimes a time when authorities see a rise in student mischief and high school pranks. One prank has gone a little too far in Long Beach lately and neighbors aren’t happy about it. Old East…

Operational Coastal Cleanup

Operation Coastal Cleanup has wrapped and the results are in. The two day operation, carried out on Monday and Tuesday, was a joint law enforcement effort to ensure registration compliance of convicted sex offenders throughout Harrison County. Two hundred and…

Sick raccoons still a hazard for pet owners in Long Beach

The total number of raccoons carrying the viral disease that has recently broke out in Long Beach keeps growing. Long Beach Animal Control has now collected more than one hundred raccoons with distemper throughout the city. Animal control officers were…

BP legislation update: House Bill 1185

BP settlement legislation, House Bill 1185, heads to conference committee of the Mississippi House and Senate. Six business organizations like the Mississippi Chamber of Commerce and the Gulf Coast Business Council approved a letter with the business community’s desired outcomes…

National Youth Violence Awareness Week

Today students at Gulfport High School expressed themselves in the form of crazy socks, recognizing that everyone is different and that’s okay. It’s part of how Gulfport is honoring National Youth Violence Awareness Week. Each day the students are doing…

Rapiscan Systems

This year marks the first year Rapiscan Systems has been named the title sponsor for the golf tournament previously known as the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic. Rapiscan has signed on to sponsor the event for at least the next three…

Arrests made in Harrison County card skimmers

On Thursday, March 22nd, 2018 Sheriff Troy Peterson announced the arrest of 29-year-old Luis Alberto Jiminez, 31-year-old Alejandro Lorene Martinez, and 28-year-old Yaudel Pina, all of Texas, on four felony counts of possession of a scanning device. On March 21,…

Former gang member sentenced to ten years

Today, former Simon City Royal 32-year-old John Wayne Clark of Biloxi was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised released for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. On May 7th 2015, DEA…