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Seabees And Sailors Talk Stem Fields

And the navy's community outreach continues as Seabees and sailors spoke with Popp's Ferry Elementary students this morning about stem fields. Subjects included welding, weapons, and construction work. Students asked questions about the career fields and some already expressed interest…

Navy Band Southeast Performance

Residents at the seashore highlands were toe tapping and clapping along as the navy band southeast performed earlier this morning. Four members of the woodwind quartet played many pieces for the residents including the songs from each branch of the…

Tornado Touches Down Brookhaven

A tornado did in fact touch down this week in Mississippi. A survey showed that a twister with top winds of 110 mph (175 kph) touched down just inside Franklin County at 12:57 a.m. on Monday. It moved 17.5 miles…

Witness Protection Bill Signed Into Law

If someone threatened your life if you testified against them in court, would you do it? Prosecutors are hoping a new law signed by Governor Phil Bryant will encourage more witnesses to take the stand. House Bill 13-67 stiffens penalties…

Missing Biloxi Man: Marvin Jones Jr.

The Biloxi police are asking for your help in finding a missing person. Marvin jones junior was last seen at the Food Giant Grocery Store on Porter Avenue in Biloxi on February 17th. Jones is six foot one and weighs…

Man Charged With Robbery

Today, Gulfport police have arrested a man and charged him with robbery. A little after two this morning, the victim told police they gave an unknown black male a ride to the area of 7th Avenue and 31st Street. That…

Benefit For The Towe Family

News 25's Katarina Luketich interviews Randy and Judy Mann about the benefit for the Towe family cancer fund. Happening Saturday, April 8th at Noon at Vintage Auctions for more information please call 228-380-0829

Students design underwater gliders

Gifted Woolmarket students put their projects to the test this morning at the Biloxi Natatorium. The students spent the last month in groups building underwater gliders which collect temperature and pressure data as they move through the water. Groups tested…

Marlinspike II exercise

Thirty-one federal and state agencies took part in the Mississippi National Guard Marlinspike II this afternoon. This exercise is designed to integrate, task and deploy composite interagency teams in response to weapons of mass destruction threats. Lt. Col. Anthony Smith…

Man wanted for sexual assault in Wiggins

The Wiggins Police Department is currently seeking information on the whereabouts of a man wanted for allegedly molesting and sexually assaulting a five-year-old. Dale McInnis is wanted for the molestation and sexual assault of the female child back in 2016.…

Do you know what happened to this vehicle?

The St. Martin girls’ softball league is asking for help to figure out what happened to a valuable piece of field maintenance equipment. The softball league found their once missing John Deere Gator, except it’s nowhere near the condition it…

70-Year-Old linked to series of armed robberies in Gulfport

A 70-year-old man is behind bars, being held on a $100,000 bond and charged in connection with a recent armed robbery at a tobacco store in Gulfport. As News 25’s Gina Tomlinson shows us, this is the fourth armed robbery…

Monitoring students’ online activity

Recent reports from the state auditor’s office found a significant amount of students accessing explicit material on school computers. News 25’s Kendra Turley caught up with officials in the Jackson County School District to see how they monitor online activity…

Help feed the homeless

Around this time of year, the Salvation Army starts to see a shortage in food donations for their food pantry, leaving homeless people with little to no food to survive for the weekend. Every Friday, the Salvation Army provides a…

Navy sailors fix up Salvation Army

The Salvation Army’s Command Center in Gulfport got a little facelift today thanks to a group of Navy sailors, all part of Mississippi Gulf Coast Navy Week. Today, 16 sailors who serve our country were out serving the community, fixing…

Navy Band Southeast performs at Gulfport High School

Two hundred students at Gulfport High School listened to Navy Band Southeast’s performance as part of Mississippi Gulf Coast Navy Week. Twenty five Navy band musicians came all the way from Jacksonville, Florida to spread the message of the Navy…

Volunteers install smoke detectors after fire

American Red Cross and U.S. Navy volunteers are teaming up to make sure residents have smoke detectors and that they’re working properly. The volunteers were installing free smoke alarms at homes in the Gaston Point community this morning. The smoke…

April is National Donate Life Month

Just one organ donor can save the lives of up to eight different people and enhance the lives of up to 50 through tissue donation. In Mississippi, thousands of people are waiting on that lifesaving organ transplant. Today, News 25’s…

Casino development appeals

Developers are appealing denials of two casino sites on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Jacobs Entertainment wants to build a casino in Diamondhead, while RW Development seeks to build one in Biloxi. The Mississippi Gaming Commission rejected both sites on March…

Man arrested in connection to Gulfport shooting

Authorities are now releasing the name of a Gulfport man who was killed yesterday evening. According to Harrison Country Coroner Gary Hargrove, 48-year-old Robert Walters of Gulfport died from a gunshot wound to the chest. Thirty-four year-old Stephen Redmond was…

Police needs assistance locating missing Biloxi man

The Biloxi Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in locating Missing Person, Marvin Anthony Jones Jr. Jones was last seen at the Food Giant Grocery Store on Porter Av. in Biloxi on the morning of 17 February 2017. He…

Armed Robbery Arrest in Gulfport

Gulfport police arrest one out of the two suspects wanted in connection to a residential burglary and armed robbery on Second Street. Officers arrested 26-year-old Ray Devon Fairly of Gulfport on the charge of armed robbery. Fairly and another individual…

Fourth annual One Loud Voice Conference

Hundreds of Mississippians are gathering at the Golden Nugget this week, all trying to help children dealing with abuse. “One Loud Voice: A Multi-Disciplinary Team Approach to Responding to Child Abuse Cases” is a conference now in its fourth year.…

Charter School Lawsuit

A Hinds County judge will let three groups that favor charter schools intervene in a lawsuit challenging whether such schools can legally receive Mississippi education money. Mike Hurst, representing a group of parents from Midtown Charter School, says Chancery Judge…