No bill in the Mississippi Legislature Soley deals with a state lottery, but there are multiple ways one could come out of the legislative session. Three bills have been amended to add a state lottery two dealing with gambling in…
Lawmakers have agreed that any new education funding formula won't raise the share that local districts must pay but still no word yet on when we could see a proposal. Placeholder bills could be amended with details as lawmakers consider…
Buckle up and drive right: the Mississippi House advances two bills to further regulate behavior on the roads. The house voted Tuesday to Pass House Bill 539, requiring all back-seat passengers to wear seat belts. Current state law requires seatbelts…
Jury selection in the trial of a former Ocean Springs school bus driver begins today. Sergio Sandoval is facing four counts of touching a child for lustful purposes and one count of sexual battery. Sandoval is accused of sexually assaulting…
Members of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Sisters Solidarity group left for Jackson this morning to speak with state lawmakers about proposed legislation. About 20 men and women loaded on a bus from Biloxi and Gulfport to spend the day voicing…
Mississippi celebrates its 200th birthday this year and three major events are planned across the state one of them scheduled for April in Gulfport at Centennial Plaza. Today city leaders will lay out some of the plans for the celebration…
News 25's Katarina Luketich interviews Rex Bridges and Leanna Hamburg about the American Girl Doll Checkout at the Pascagoula Public Library.
D’Iberville police are looking for the man responsible for stealing wheels off new vehicles at the newly opened Mandal Buick/g-mc dealership on Tuesday. The value of the stolen items is in excess of seven thousand dollars. Surveillance footage showed the…
A St. Martin man is dead after a late night single car accident in Jackson County. Deputies found 55 year old "Derrick Van Rainey's" car in a ditch on walker road right off Rose Farm Road around 11:30 last night.…
News 25's Laurene Callander interviews Jeanne Lebow about the politics issues that concerns the people of Mississippi.
The trial for the former Ocean Springs School District bus driver accused of inappropriately touching a student back in 2014 began today. Sergio Sandoval is accused of sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl on multiple occasions in 2014 while other children…
Dozens of people along the Coast stood in solidarity to show support for both immigrants and refugees during a demonstration in Long Beach this evening. The travel ban and the wall: two very controversial executive actions that have thousands across…
The trial for the former Ocean Springs school bus driver accused of inappropriately touching a student was temporarily postponed this morning after Sergio Sandoval suffered a medical emergency. Sergio Sandoval passed out before proceedings got underway this morning and he…
Hundreds of people along the Coast plan to speak out against President Trump’s actions to build a wall and ban travel. University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Park campus will host a rally tomorrow evening as a way for residents to…
There’s a chance that Biloxi could see big money in the future as Mayor Andrew ‘FoFo’ Gilich made a special presentation to City Council members this afternoon. The mayor pitched a partnership that may lead to hundreds of jobs in…
The Gulf Coast plays host for the very first International Inbound Tour Association. ITTA is a marketplace for inbound tour operators and United States suppliers to plan travel for international visitors. The four day event is being held at the…
Those without health insurance often go without getting the medical attention they need. That’s where the Bethel Free Health Clinic in Biloxi steps in, seeing about 1,400 uninsured patients each year. But the clinic, which runs on donations, is in…
West Harrison High School students are back from their trip to help the tornado victims in Hattiesburg and Petal. They say it was a life changing experience. West Harrison High students were able to deliver two busloads of donations for…
Last year more than 80,000 people passed through the Gulfport Sportsplex. The City of Gulfport is hoping some new improvements to the facility will draw even more guests in this year. Today, the Gulfport City Council voted to open up…
The trial for former Ocean Springs bus driver Sergio Sandoval is underway. Jury selection took place yesterday in George County. Sandoval is facing four counts of touching a child for lustful purposes and one count of sexual battery. Sandoval is…
This afternoon in Biloxi, Mayor Andrew ‘FoFo’ Gilich called a special meeting to present his pitch to establish the Biloxi Biometrics and Cybersecurity Center, a community based corporation. City officials say this will bring hundreds of ‘new collar’ high-paying jobs…
Authorities now say William Boyette, the man accused of killing three women including a Biloxi native, is now dead. Sheriff’s deputies say Boyette shot and killed himself. His accomplice, Mary Rice, surrendered herself to authorities. Earlier today deputies spotted the…
Two men involved in the video of a cat being tortured were sentenced in Jackson County this morning. Both will do jail time, pay fines and serve community service hours at the animal shelter. This report contains video that some…
Waveland Police are searching for a runaway teenager and need your help. Carrie Payne, 16, was reported as a runaway on 2-1-2017 and was last seen wearing a white shirt and blue jeans. She is 4’11” tall and weighs approx…
