Celebrating the life of Roland Weeks Jr.
The celebration of life for Roland Weeks Jr., a former Sun Herald publisher and long-time civic servant on the Coast, took place Tuesday morning in Biloxi. Family, friends, and…
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One dead after fatal accident in Harrison County
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- Mississippi Highway Patrol is sharing news about a fatal crash that happened on Monday. The wreck happened on Highway 15 in Harrison County. Around…
Swing for the Cause Golf Tournament benefits community causes in Hancock County
HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- The Swing for the Cause Golf Tournament, hosted by the Hancock County Community Development Foundation, raised money that will benefit…
Ocean Springs man indicted in 2009 disappearance of Massachusetts woman
WORCHESTER, Mass. (WXXV)- A murder indictment has been returned against an Ocean Springs man in the 2009 disappearance of a Worchester, Massachusetts woman. According to Worchester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr., 64-year-old Albert Carabba was indicted on one…
Cruisin' The Coast 2025 breaks record numbers; plans already in place for 2026 30th anniversary
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) -- The 29th edition of Cruisin' The Coast shattered registration numbers with over 10,000 classic cars taking over…
State Department of Revenue warning of phishing scam
The State Department of Revenue is warning the public about a phishing scam targeting taxpayers. These scams are being sent out via text message. The Department of Revenue…
Changes to Picayune Athletic events announced
PICAYUNE, Miss. (WXXV)- Picayune Athletics made a few announcements on social media on Tuesday. Due to the events around the state of Mississippi, Picayune School District has chosen to cancel all tailgating events on school district property for the 2025…
Biloxi PD searching for runaway teenager Eniya Davis
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV)- Biloxi police are asking the public for help finding a runaway teen. Fourteen-year-old Eniya Davis was last seen on October 5th in the area of Rodenberg Avenue.…
Annual Trinity Episcopal Pumpkin Patch returns to the Coast
PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. (WXXV)- It’s officially pumpkin season in Pass Christian and there’s no patch quite like the one at Trinity Episcopal Church. Volunteers unloaded a fresh…
Keesler Federal Credit Union offering paycheck relief for eligible federal employees
Keesler Federal Credit Union is offering immediate assistance for members facing payroll interruptions due to the government shutdown. The way paycheck relief works is Keesler…
MHP investigating fatal accident in George County
GEORGE COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- A Saturday night crash in George County left one person dead. According to the Mississippi Highway Patrol, at around 9 p.m. on Saturday, a 2019…
Democrat Helena Moreno wins New Orleans’ mayoral race
By JACK BROOK Updated 11:03 PM CDT, October 11, 2025 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans city councilmember Helena Moreno was elected mayor Saturday in the race to succeed LaToya Cantrell, who is ending a turbulent second term shadowed by federal…
MBI investigating shooting at Alcorn State
JACKSON, Miss., - The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has been requested to investigate a shooting that occurred at Alcorn State University. At approximately 6:30 p.m., officers responded to a call regarding shots fired in the area of the Industrial Technology…
Living hostages and Palestinian prisoners are released as part of ceasefire in Gaza
By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and MELANIE LIDMAN DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — All 20 remaining living hostages held in Gaza and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel walked free Monday as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that decimated the…
Mississippi school homecoming celebrations turn deadly as 8 people are killed in separate shootings
By KATIE ADKINS and JEFF MARTIN LELAND, Miss. (AP) — High school homecoming celebrations in Mississippi ended in gunfire, with two separate shootings on opposite sides of the state Friday night that left at least eight people dead and many more injured, authorities…
Jackson County Fire Protection Service reports September stats
JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- The Jackson County Fire Protection Service shared stats from last month. During September, the unit reports they received a total of 143 calls. The…
Ridership estimates for two months of Amtrak on the Coast
With the month of September now in the books for Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Service, the Southern Rail Commission has released a brief update on how the…
Singing River Health System to offer new wound care technology
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WXXV)- Singing River Health System is making big strides in the world of wound care. The health system is the first in Mississippi to…
Top of Long Beach lighthouse installed
LONG BEACH, Miss. (WXXV)- In Long Beach, they just installed the top of their lighthouse. It is positioned on Jeff Davis Avenue right by the Long Beach Harbor. This is…
Gulf Coast Bicycle Club17th annual Southern Magnolia 100
We are joined by Apryl Handy with the Gulf Coast Bicycle Club to talk about the upcoming 17th annual Southern Magnolia 100 happening later this month. The 17th annual Southern Magnolia 100 takes…
DeLisle man sentenced to 73 years for homicide and kidnapping
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)-Thirty-nine-year-old Alexis Dwight Preston has been sentenced in a 2022 murder in Delisle. Preston pled guilty to second-degree murder and kidnapping for the July 3, 2022 murder of 24-year-old Cody Smith. The Harrison County Sheriff’s Office received a…
George County Sheriff’s Office investigation early morning shooting
GEORGE COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- Deputies and investigators in George County are investigating an early morning shooting in the Tannertown Road area. On October 9 at 1:20 a.m., authorities responded to the area to reports of a shooting. Upon arrival, deputies…
Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics seizes fentanyl and cocaine in Jackson County
JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- On Thursday, October 9, the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics executed a search warrant at a home in Moss Point. Fourty-five-year-old Linquin Frank Reid was arrested and charged with three counts of sale of controlled substance-fentanyl, felon…
Narcotics search warrant leads to multiple arrests in Pearl River County
PEARL RIVER COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- The Pearl River County Sheriff’s Department announced that members of the narcotic division executed a search warrant for a residence in Picayune after a several-week investigation. During the search, investigators recovered 11 pounds of marijuana,…