GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) — Every Monday, WXXV features children from Mississippi hoping to get adopted. Today you will meet Kaylee and Carlee, a 12-year-old and a 6-year-old. We caught up with the sisters at Jones Park in Gulfport. Here’s what…
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV) — Biloxi’s Premiere LUX Cinema is reopening August 28 after five months of being closed, and staff is thrilled to be showing brand new movies again just released from Hollywood studios, the first new movies to hit…
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The Pascagoula Gautier School District is announcing reported COVID-19 as well. According to the district on their Twitter account, three students and one teacher and two staff members tested positive this week. The district says contact tracing has been conducted…
Over in Jackson County, emergency declarations are being issued ahead of the anticipated storm. Earlier this afternoon, the Jackson County Board of Supervisors issued a proclamation declaring a local emergency within the county and the cities of Moss Point and…
While quarantine ended for many back in May, residents of the Pillars in Biloxi have been in quarantine for nearly five months. This afternoon, residents and their friends and families reconnected during a ‘wave parade.’ Residents gathered in the parking…
As the anniversary for Hurricane Katrina approaches next week, the hurricane museum in Waveland is now known as ‘Waveland’s Lili Stahler Murphy Ground Zero Museum’ honoring one of their founders. Lili Stahler Murphy opened the doors to the museum on…
Dr. John Fleming is the assistant to the president of the United States for Planning and Implementation and also serves as a deputy chief of staff. Today, the Ole Miss graduate took time in Washington, D.C. to speak with News…
Emergency management officials throughout South Mississippi are continuously monitoring the tropics. News 25’s Toni Miles checked in with Rupert Lacy, director of Harrison County Emergency Management Agency and shows us how the overall plan has somewhat changed this year. It…
The Harrison County Sheriff’s Office has arrested one man on a felony charge of sexual battery. Sheriff Troy Peterson announced the arrest of 79-year-old Westley Andrew Gervais in Saucier. According to the sheriff, deputies received information that Gervais engaged in…
Eleven students and staff at Biloxi High School have tested positive for COVID-19. According to our media partner the Sun Herald, School District Spokeswoman Jennifer Pyron said contact tracing has identified 185 people who may have been exposed and are…
(Jackson, Miss.) – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued two water contact advisories Friday for Station 11A (Edgewater Beach) and Station 12A (Biloxi West Central Beach). Four other advisories remain in effect. The advisories…
State troopers are on the scene of a head-on two vehicle collision on Highway 57 and Bear Ridge Road in Vancleave that has claimed the life of one individual. News 25 will have more information as it becomes available.
As we await the possibility of two tropical systems in the Gulf of Mexico next week, the Harrison County Board of Supervisors, EMA, and Harrison County Road Department are pushing for early preparation. The following self-serve sandbag locations are open…
Harrah’s Gulf Coast and The Blind Tiger Biloxi Beach are partnering to bring a fireworks celebration to Biloxi on Friday, September 4. The dynamic display will kick off Labor Day weekend celebrations and begin promptly at 8 p.m. in front…
CSX railroad is planning a two-day closure for the crossing at Hanley Road in Ocean Springs next week. Ray Porter with Benchmark Consulting said the production team is working on the rail and repaving each crossing as they go. While…
The Mississippi State Department of Health will be hosting drive-through COVID-19 testing sites for Mississippi teachers and staff at various county health departments over the next few weeks. Any K-12 teacher, staff or administrator can be tested for free at…
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, one St. Martin High School student has volunteered his time to help others and that’s just what he did tonight. The life of a high school senior can be a very busy one, but for St.…
With Labor Day around the corner, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Gulfport Police Department are reminding drivers of the dangers of drinking and driving. The ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ campaign runs…
As the COVID-19 pandemic has now made wearing masks the norm, many people have developed ‘maskne.’ The term ‘maskne’ refers to the acne like bumps that show up in the distribution area where masks sit on the face. Masks already…
August 22nd will be the first National Day of Freedom and Justice. To spread awareness of the day, the Parchman Project is hosting a rally in Gulfport. The Parchman Project is an organization that focuses on prison reform by providing…
As a number of employers have been forced to cut jobs, Jackson Hewitt Tax Service is adding jobs to the payroll at its locations in South Mississippi. Victoria Fraiser was born and raised in South Mississippi. Fifteen years ago, she…
Workers at the IP Casino and Beau Rivage testified this morning to the Mississippi Gaming Commission. The casino workers union, Unite Here Local 23, reported that 10 workers from the Beau Rivage and five workers from the IP Casino tested…
After months of planning by the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College staff and administration, students were finally welcomed back to campus today. In years past, the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College campus in Jackson County would be a bustling scene…