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Trench rescue training in Gulfport

Firefighters in South Mississippi are brushing up on their trench rescue skills right here in Gulfport. Trench rescue involves sides caving in or a person becoming stuck during an infrastructure project like laying ditches, pipes or wires below grade. Firefighters…

Special session wraps up

After working into the night, state lawmakers wrap up a special session in just one day, an effort to save taxpayers what can cost up to $100,000 a day when legislators are working in the capitol. Budgets were worked out…

Biloxi police search for fraud suspect

The Biloxi Police Department is asking for help identifying a fraud suspect. Police say the white male is likely involved with a credit card fraud that took place at the Walmart in Biloxi. The suspect was last seen driving a…

General Election today

South Mississippi voters headed to the polls this morning, many weighing in on their mayoral candidates. In Biloxi, Incumbent Mayor Andrew ‘FoFo’ Gilich faces off against Democrat Sugar Stallings. In Bay St. Louis, Democrat Mike Favre and Republican Jeff Harding…

Jimmy's Journey Bingo Fundraiser

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Mayoral Candidates: Live Report

News 25's Laurene Callander tells us today about the Election happening today. For more information please be sure to follow us on air and online on News 25!

Bacot Park to have splash pad this summer

Bacot Park will be closed for construction until mid-June. According to Gautier city officials, what workers are building will be worth the wait. A new 25 foot circular splash pad will soon be a part of Bacot Park for children…

Teams arrive for Billfish Classic in Biloxi

Boats are rolling into Point Cadet Marina in Biloxi and preparing for one of the top fishing tournaments in the Gulf of Mexico. The Mississippi Gulf Coast Billfish Classic has grown into one of the premier fishing tournaments in the…

Why you should vote in tomorrow’s general election

Cities all over the Coast are gearing up for the general election tomorrow. City officials and candidates are encouraging all residents to vote and make sure their voice is known for their community. The polls will be open from 7…

Latest at Kemper County Plant

The Mississippi Power Company announced there will be no rate increase as of now for the Kemper County Power Plant. The Rate Review Proceedings only pertain to the portion of the facility that is burning natural gas. It does not…

Interstate construction on Jackson County

If you travel through Jackson County regularly, you can expect slower traffic along I-10 over the next month. From now on, Sunday through Thursday, I-10 will move from three lanes down to one lane as crews begin paving work. East…

Suspects in Ocean Springs armed robbery arrested

The couple wanted in the June 3 armed robbery of a St. Martin business are in the Jackson County Adult Detention Center. Sheriff Mike Ezell says acting on a tip, U.S. Marshals arrested 23-year old Erin Elizabeth Diaz and 33-year…

Dr. Terry Millette opens new clinic in Pascagoula

Many people were upset after Singing River Health System cut ties with longtime neurologist Dr. Terry Millette last November. Today, those same people showed relief as he opened new private practices in Pascagoula and Lucedale. News 25 sat down with…

U.S. Senator Roger Wicker on health care

U.S. Senator Roger Wicker says congress is determined to make our country’s health care system better by replacing the ObamaCare program that he says is ‘crashing and burning.’ He says congress is working on a plan that lowers premiums and…

Special session convenes in Jackson

State lawmakers were in Jackson today for a special session expected to last one or two days. The session convened at 10 a.m. to finish budgets for the Mississippi Department of Transportation and the Attorney General’s Office. Attorney General Jim…

Local bomb squad prepped for emergencies

We are seeing terror attacks targeting cities around the world. The face of terrorism is changing, which is why it must be addressed on a local level. Here on the Coast, the Biloxi Police Department Bomb Squad is a big…

$1.2 million in marijuana seized in Hancock County

A man who deputies say attempted to traffic 181 pounds of marijuana to the Coast from Texas was stopped in Hancock County. According to Hancock County sheriff deputies and narcotics agents, 26-year-old Danny Guzman of Laredo, Texas was arrested after…

Three fatal car wrecks along the Coast

Three separate car wrecks along the Coast over the weekend took the lives of two adults and one teenager. Thirty-nine year-old Harold Slitcher died in Gulfport after hitting a pole near the intersection of Highway 49 and Highway 53 around…

Interstate construction in Jackson County

If you drive on interstate 10 in Jackson County, we have information you need to know to avoid sitting in traffic. News 25’s Kendra Turley joins us with details on the changes that you will notice starting tonight. Construction will…

Political fish fry in Ocean Springs

Local elections are winding down all along the Coast. Ocean Springs residents had one last chance to mingle with their candidates. An old fashioned fish fry hosted by the Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Center gives candidates a last word before…

Benefit for kids with spina bifida

One local biker group is riding around town in support of a good cause. The Little River Run took place Saturday morning in Vancleave to benefit kids with spina bifida, a rare birth defect that causes problems with the central…

Red, White and Blueberry Festival

It was a tasty and patriotic sight in Ocean Springs on Saturday as dozens of people flocked to the L&N Depot Plaza for the Red, White, and Blueberry Festival. The event offered a variety of blueberry products, fresh produce, crafts,…

Fais Do Do and Shrimp Festival

Boiled shrimp, fried shrimp, shrimp on a stick: you name it and it was in Biloxi this weekend. Seafood lovers from all over flocked to the Point Cadet Plaza Pavilion in Biloxi on Saturday for the annual Fais Do Do…