The countdown begins to the annual Krewe of Neptune Mardi Gras Parade. We have a sneak peek of the floats that will be on display. Sixteen Neptune floats rolled on to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, stopping at the Coast Coliseum…
Keesler Medical Center will not be part of the defense department’s plan to restructure 50 military hospitals across the nation. The defense department’s authorization act is focused on restructuring and realigning military treatment facilities for only active-duty personnel. These clinics…
Patients at the Singing River Health System in Pascagoula had their chance today to take part in the Mardi Gras festivities. The hospital’s lobby was transformed into a parade route for patients of the system and comprehensive rehab center and…
Four elementary schools in the Gulfport School District are getting ready to welcome toddlers to the classroom! The district is working with MSU’s Head Start Program to allow Gulfport parents and their young kids the opportunity to attend a preschool…
As carnival season rolls on, the Krewe of Neptune prepares for a celebration in a major way. The annual Krewe of Neptune Parade is this weekend and News 25’s Victoria Bailey is in Biloxi with the details on the preparations.
School transportation directors from across the state were on the Coast today to learn about new school bus technologies. A school bus safety technology demonstration was held today the Scarlet Pearl as a part of the Mississippi Association of Pupil…
We continue to cast a light on prominent African-Americans here on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. In this week’s ‘Soul of the Coast,’ News 25’s Victoria Bailey talks with Gulfport native Carlis Denials-Hinton. She says her experience growing up on the…
It was a big day for one community leader in Biloxi. Gregory Crapo was honored as the ‘2019 Biloxi Outstanding Citizen of the Year’ at a reception hosted by the Biloxi Lions Club. Crapo is a member of numerous local…
One teacher and her students in Long Beach are making money moves and business decisions with a $2,000 grant from the Leo W. Seal Teacher Recognition Award Fund. Congratulations to Long Beach High School teacher Demetria Brown who will use…
The Gulf Coast Winter Classics have been a staple on the Coast for the last 22 years. The horse competition brings the best of the best right to our own backyard. This seven week event began on February 13th and…
The blue-green algae bloom devastated businesses across the Gulf Coast, especially local fishermen. There is help on the way. Today, the Small Business Administration met with members of the fishing community to provide a workshop on available disaster loans. Those…
Severe Weather Preparedness Week continues across the state ahead of the spring season, as declared by Governor Tate Reeves. Today’s focus is on tornado safety. In 2019, Mississippi saw 78 tornadoes between February and May with 67 in April alone.…
We have new details this afternoon in the St. Martin murder case that happened on February 14th. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office says 29-year-old Sarah Jane Willard was found buried in the backyard on Sweetbriar Street. Willard was last seen…
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao announced today that the Department of Transportation will award $7.7 million in airport safety and infrastructure grants to a dozen airports in the Magnolia State. Out of the 12 airports selected to receive funding…
STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. (WXXV) — Dorothy Brown readily acknowledges that she loves a challenge. The fact that she is continuing to build on a two-decade career of work at Stennis Space Center is clear evidence of her determination to…
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The annual Black History program kicked off tonight in Biloxi. The community gathered to celebrate the 15th amendment’s 150th anniversary and other landmark achievements. During tonight’s program, there was a performance from the Infinity Church youth choir, several guest speakers…
The Gulfport City Council held its regularly scheduled meeting today. Among the items on the agenda, discussion began over the controversial doll thrown from one of the floats during the Krewe of Nereids Parade over the weekend. During today’s meeting,…
The Harlem Globetrotters made a pit stop in Biloxi to teach some elementary school students a very important lesson. The Globetrotters pride themselves on being the ambassadors of goodwill. Today, a Harlem Globetrotter visited Popp’s Ferry Elementary School to teach…
An autopsy has been performed on a woman whose body was found last Friday in someone’s backyard in St. Martin. The unknown woman has been missing since October of last year and local authorities began working with an FBI task…
A man on the Coast will spend more than 60 years behind bars for killing an Ingalls employee two years ago. Twenty-nine year-old Luis Soto Jr. is facing charges of second-degree murder and two counts of aggravated assault as well…
A mother is speaking out following a controversial parade throw her daughter received in Hancock County this past weekend. For Nicole Fairconeture and her 12-year-old daughter, it’s been a long few days after her daughter allegedly received a black doll…
This marks the 150th year anniversary of the passing of the 15th Amendment securing African-Americans the right to vote. News 25’s Victoria Bailey joins us from Biloxi where a local event is getting underway to celebrate this landmark anniversary.
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 100 million U.S. adults are now living with diabetes or pre-diabetes. At the Mississippi Gulf Coast YMCA in Ocean Springs, they are trying to lower that number with their…