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Jan and Pieper Niolen Teacher of the Year

Today, the Ocean Springs Education Foundation presented the Jan and Pieper Niolen Teacher of the Year award. Students and staff filled the Ocean Springs Middle School auditorium for what they thought would be a winter pep rally. A few minutes…

Ex-college student sentenced in hit and run

Nearly two years ago, Scott McGuire, a federal agent with the Homeland Security Investigation Unit in New Orleans and Gulfport native, was struck by a drunk driver in Miami just before getting into a taxi. The driver, then 21-year-old Jordana…

Lighting of The Biloxi Lighthouse

News 25's Bryan Kennedy interviews Bill Raymond about the lighting of The Biloxi Lighthouse, Thursday December 1st from 5:30 pm to 7 pm.

Arrested for taking away a motor vehicle

Twenty-four year-old Robert Petty of Magee, Mississippi was arrested on a charge of taking away a motor vehicle after a car was reported stolen from the Porter Avenue Service Drive. D’Iberville police located the vehicle within thirty minutes of the…

Cigarette shoplifter arrested

The so-called cigarette shoplifter in George County has been arrested. Twenty-four year-old Amos Rudolph Jr. of Mobile is currently in the Mobile Metro Jail awaiting extradition to George County on four felony shoplifting charges including one charge in Lucedale. This…

Biloxi students visit space through planetarium

A group of fifth graders from Biloxi Upper Elementary School took a field trip today without even leaving the building. The kids took a journey through the stars inside a hands-on planetarium. A big black object was sitting in Biloxi…

Mississippi Reading Association Conference

The Mississippi Reading Association is composed of educators who come together to fight illiteracy. This year, they’re huddling up on the Coast at the Beau Rivage. Before becoming a nationally syndicated cartoonist, Marshall Ramsey remembers the impact that one teacher…

Saline shortage

This year, hurricanes have wiped out a major portion of Puerto Rico. According to the FDA, Puerto Rico produces 40 billion dollars’ worth of pharmaceuticals like saline for the U.S. market. Since the storms, many hospitals have been feeling the…

The end of hurricane season

The 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season is finally coming to an end and it was a year of records. The 2017 hurricane season started early with Tropical Storm Arlene forming in April, soon followed by Tropical Storm Cindy in June. Cindy…

Burglary Arrest

A man is behind bars this afternoon...charged with breaking into a Gulfport Law Firm Office. 43-year-old Christopher Donnell Lee of Gulfport is charged with burglary of a business, in connection with the January 28th break in and burglary at Boyce…

Laying Wreaths To Honor The Fallen

News 25's Hank Davis interviews Kevin Cuttill about the Laying Wreaths To Honor The Fallen on December 1st Preparations at 9 am. These Wreaths will be placed at the Biloxi National Cemetery and the Beauvoir on December 2, 2017 starting…

Jackson County fatal crash victim identified

Mississippi Highway Patrol has identified the man killed in an accident in Jackson County Wednesday afternoon. Police say 66-year-old Larry Williams of Lucedale was killed in the crash that happened on Highway 63 southbound. Williams lost control of his 2017…

Make-A-Wish guests at Gulfport Harbor Lights

Today, the Harbor Lights Winter Festival lit up Jones Park once again, but this time it was a bit more special. The City of Gulfport partnered up with Make-A-Wish Foundation and had two of their children continue the tradition of…

Two car accident causes engine fire in Biloxi

The Biloxi Police Deparment received a call shortly before 9:30 about an accident causing a car to catch fire on Highway 90 in front of the Edgewater Mall. Here is footage of the scene at the 2600 block of Beach…

USM ranked top 20 in best for Veterans

For the second year in a row, the University of Southern Mississippi has been ranked by Military Times as one of the top 20 ‘best for vets’ universities across the United States. USM, the highest ranked university in Mississippi, is…

Mississippi Reading Association

The Mississippi Reading Association is being hosted at the Beau Rivage this week. Hundreds of teachers from across the Coast have come together to learn new teaching skills and hear from the top educators. DJ Batiste says he owes his…

Town hall meeting talks potential plans for East Biloxi

The Biloxi NAACP hosted a town hall meeting this evening to discuss potential projects for the purpose of bringing improvements to the East Biloxi community. Frustrations as citizens of Ward 2 voiced their concerns for their area at Wednesday night’s…

Backstage with Cirque Du Solei performers

Cirque Du Solei is swinging into Biloxi and bringing an acrobatic extravaganza right into the Coast Coliseum. It’s the first time the circus’ production of Varekai has come to Biloxi. It takes years of experience to do what is done…

Seized Goods Auction set for Saturday

Looking for a new car or maybe a holiday gift for that special someone? Whatever it is, the Seized Goods Auction in Biloxi might have that special something. More than three hundred items that the city has no use for…

Resident hit and killed in Gulfport

A 44-year-old man is pronounced dead on scene after being hit by a pick-up truck. The accident took place on Lorraine and Seaway Road. The driver of the truck was headed northbound on Lorraine when he hit the pedestrian. The…

Funding for tourism on the Coast

Nature based tourism businesses in South Mississippi now have a new way to get funding. This is all thanks to Gulf Coast Outpost, a new program which recognizes businesses that are involved in the Coast’s natural environment and takes steps…