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Annual Kickball Tournament

News 25's Katarina Luketich interviews about the Annual Kickball Tournament to help rise funds for Hiller Park happening Saturday October 1st. You can find more information at this link; http://www.biloxi.ms.us/kickball-tournament-sign-up/

NFRW Makes A Stop On Gulf Coast

Twenty three million women in the United States don't vote, but one woman is making sure that number begins to drop drastically. National Federation of Republican Women President Carrie Almond and her bus, nicknamed Rosie, made a stop in Gulfport…

New Voter Technology

Technology that will make voting quicker and easier for voters and poll workers has arrived to Jackson County. One hundred and twenty five Toshiba tablets for about $1,000 a piece recently dropped in the hands of members of the Jackson…

Kim Savant Seeks Early Release

Former Harrison County Supervisor Kim Savant, serving five years for bribery, is asking President Barack Obama to let him out of prison. This according to e-mails Savant shared with the Sun Herald. Savant pleaded guilty without indictment to taking $1,500…

Police Searching For Purse Thief

Ocean Springs Police are looking for a man who is believed to have stolen a purse out of a woman's purse at the CVS on Highway 90 over the weekend. The man is said to have freckles on his face…

Accused Nun Killer Confesses

The man accused of killing two Mississippi nuns confesses this according to a state investigator. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation officer testified Friday during a preliminary hearing for 46 year old Rodney Earl Sanders. According to the officer, Sanders confessed…

Rescue Goes Wrong For Good Samaritans

Six people are in the hospital after a rescue took a wrong turn last night in Jackson County. A vehicle was on fire around 8:30 am on Seaman Road about a mile west of Antioch Road. Five people tried to…

Babypalooza Baby and Maternity Expo

Out in thousands of expectant moms, babies, parents, grandparents the and more flooded the coast coliseum convention center Saturday for the 2016 Babypalooza Baby and maternity expo. There was plenty to do at this one stop coast wide baby show…

Charged With DUI Causing Death

The George County Sheriff's office have arrested a man and charged him with a DUI causing death. Fifty five year old David Allen Gibson was driving an ATV with an unidentified 48 year old female on the railroad tracks near…

The Fight For Photos At Inmate Visits

Mississippi Prisons do not allow photos to be taken during an inmate's visitation hours and one local woman is trying to change that. A Photoshop picture is the closest thing to picayune resident Jennifer Bynum’s has to a real photograph…

Charged With DUI Causing Death

A deadly two vehicle accident in Jackson County early last Sunday morning, 23 year old Julio Cesar Chavez is booked into the Jackson County jail under a felony charge of DUI causing death. According to Mississippi highway patrol the accident…

Gulfport Teen Wanted for Murder

The search continues for the suspect wanted in last week’s shooting death in Gulfport. Nineteen-year-old Deandre Deshawn-Antonio Ball is wanted by police on a murder charge. Ball is accused of shooting and killing 20-year-old Trevues Martin just hours before his…

Mississippi Songwriter Festival

Free entertainment is just a stroll away in Ocean Springs this weekend. Starting tonight until Sunday, 11 downtown venues will play host to live music from some of the best songwriters in the world for the fourth annual Mississippi Songwriters…

Self-Protection and Survival Store Opens in Ocean Springs

A local family takes survival of the fittest to the next level. Overwatch Supply opened this morning with a ribbon cutting ceremony in Ocean Springs. The store offers numerous survival and camping materials, along with self-protection supplies. Owner David Skelton…

Babypalooza Set for Tomorrow

Are you expecting a baby? If so, Babypalooza is the place you want to be Saturday. Thousands of people attended last year’s Babypalooza, an annual baby and maternity expo held at the Coast Coliseum Convention Center in Biloxi. This year’s…

WXXV Baby Pictures

In honor of this weekend’s Babypalooza, here’s a look at some of our own grown up babies here at WXXV.

Mississippi Songwriters Festival

It’s a feast for the ears in Ocean Springs this weekend as music lovers tune up for a big weekend festival. Songwriters from Nashville and all over will line the downtown streets, playing and singing their music and it’s all…

Gulf Coast Rescue Mission Cleanup

The Gulf Coast Rescue Mission has taken it upon themselves to start cleaning up after a fire destroyed their main building and thrift store, but they need help. Starting this Saturday, the Gulf Coast Rescue Mission is asking members of…

Lemonade for Law Enforcement

Two sisters from Biloxi use the profits from their lemonade stand to do something special for local law enforcement. News 25’s Kendra Turley introduces us to the girls behind Delicious Diva’s Lemonade. With a little bit of water and just…

Family Reunion History Fair

A group of Coast elementary school students are prepared to give Gulfport residents a history lesson. Tomorrow from 9 until noon, Pass Road Elementary will be putting on a Gulfport family reunion. The fair will be packed with over 25…

Fireman's Day Parade Heats Up City

Streets in Biloxi are heating up this weekend for the annual Fireman's Day Parade. The parade has flooded downtown Biloxi since 1890 and once rivaled the city's Mardi Gras Parades. It will feature antique and present day relics from the…

New School Grading System

There will be a new way the state board of education assign grades to schools and school districts. The board voted to approve the new scoring level system Thursday. Last month the board discussed a potential plan to assign A's…

Man Accused Of Killing Nuns in Court

The man accused of killing two nuns in central Mississippi will appear in court this afternoon. 46 year old "Rodney Earl Sanders" is charged with capita murder in the death two Nuns "Margaret Held" and "Paula Merrill" the sisters were…