Man convicted of charges in Wiggins church vandalism
WIGGINS, Miss. (WXXV)- A federal jury has convicted a man of vandalizing and setting fire to a church in Wiggins last year. According to our media partner the…
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Official identifies the suspect in the fatal shooting of 3 Pennsylvania police officers
By MARYCLAIRE DALE, MARC LEVY and MARK SCOLFORO NORTH CODORUS, Pa. (AP) — The man who fatally shot three Pennsylvania officers and injured two before he was killed by police has been identified as 24-year-old Matthew James Ruth, according to a law enforcement official.…
ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely over his remarks about Charlie Kirk’s death
By DAVID BAUDER NEW YORK (AP) — ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely beginning Wednesday after comments that he made about Charlie Kirk’s killing led a group of ABC-affiliated stations to say it would not air the show and provoked some…
MHP working incident involving a motorcycle on Highway 49
Saucier, Miss. (WXXV)- Mississippi Highway Patrol Troop K sharing that troopers are on the scene of a two-vehicle crash. The area affected is Highway 49 in Saucier,…
TRAFFIC ALERT: Eastbound lane of I-10 near Exit 38 experiencing delays
Harrison County (WXXV)- I-10 heading east is affected by a crash, that happening just after the Woolmarket exit at Mile Marker 38. Debris is said to be on the roadway and all lanes heading east are blocked. Drivers are asked…
US stocks churn amid uncertainty about how many more rate cuts are coming from the Fed
By STAN CHOE NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks churned between gains and losses on Wednesday but ultimately remained near their record levels. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% and hung near its all-time high set at the start of the week. The…
Mississippi Songwriters Festival kicks off Thursday
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WXXV)- On Thursday, The Mississippi Songwriters Festival gets underway in South Mississippi. Things kick off Thursday night with the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Mary…
Old Highway 49 road closure extended in Gulfport
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- The City of Gulfport issued an extended lane closure for Old Highway 49. This closure affects the westbound lane of the area between Clark Road…
Harrison County Development Commission receives 2025 Spark Award
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)-The Harrison County Development Commission has received Cooperative Energy’s 2025 Spark Award. Specifically, the commission’s work in bringing Mississippi’s first Buc-ee’s Travel Center to life…
Bear attack on hiker closes trail in Yellowstone
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — A Yellowstone National Park trail remained closed Wednesday after a possible grizzly bear attacked a hiker, leaving him with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The 29-year-old man suffered injuries to his chest and arm in…
New global entry enrollment center opens in Moss Point
MOSS POINT, Miss. (WXXV)- U.S. Customs and Border Protection is opening a new global entry enrollment center in South Mississippi. This new center will be located at…
Republican leaders reject Democratic health care demands for bill to avoid shutdown
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and JOEY CAPPELLETTI WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders in the House and Senate said Wednesday that they will reject Democratic demands for an immediate extension of health care subsidies, challenging Democrats to vote against a stopgap spending bill that doesn’t include…
3 police officers killed and 2 injured in rural Pennsylvania shooting
By MARK SCOLFORO and PATRICK WHITTLE NORTH CODORUS, Pa. (AP) — Three police officers were killed and two were injured in a shooting Wednesday in the southern part of Pennsylvania, state police said. “We grieve for the loss of life of three precious…
D’Iberville High School demonstrates new robotic dog
D’IBERVILLE, Miss. (WXXV)- There’s a new best friend at D’Iberville High School that is making a positive impact on students and staff. The school recently used donated funds to…
Community gathers in Picayune for candlelight vigil honoring violence victims
PICAYUNE, Miss. (WXXV)- Community members in Picayune gathered Tuesday night to mourn the loss of Americans killed in recent acts of violence. A candlelight vigil took…
Students make a somber return to Utah campus where Charlie Kirk was assassinated
By JESSE BEDAYN, HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and JOHN SEEWER OREM, Utah (AP) — Utah Valley University students returning to campus Wednesday clustered silently, staring down at the barricaded courtyard where an assassin struck down conservative activist Charlie Kirk in an attack that upended the nation. Care…
Federal Reserve cuts key rate for first time this year
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point Wednesday and projected it would do so twice more this year as concern grows at the central bank about the health of the nation’s…
A look at the charges against the man accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk
The man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk faces seven counts in state court in connection with the fatal shooting at a Utah Valley University campus event last week. Prosecutors submitted the charges against 22-year-old Tyler Robinson to the court Tuesday, and…
Jerry quits Ben & Jerry’s, saying its independence on social issues has been stifled
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield is leaving the ice cream brand after 47 years, saying that the independence it once had to speak up on social issues has been stifled by parent company Unilever. In a letter that co-founder…
Upcoming events at Ground Zero Blues Club
Mick Steele from the Ground Zero Blues Club joins us in studio. He’s here to tell us about events happening the rest of the month. For more information, click…
Update on Long Beach Gateway Project
LONG BEACH, Miss. (WXXV)- The City of Long Beach is sharing progress on their gateway project. Officials say the concrete and rebar platform for the tower, the central focal point…
Prosecutors already have dropped nearly a dozen cases from Trump’s DC crime surge, judge says
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 50 people have faced federal charges in Washington, D.C., since President Donald Trump’s emergency law-and-order surge began last month. Already, prosecutors have dropped at least 11 of those cases, an unusually high collapse rate that judges…
Suspect in custody after driver rams car into FBI building gate in Pittsburgh
By PETER SMITH PITTSBURGH (AP) — A suspect has been taken into custody after a driver rammed a car into a security gate at the FBI building in Pittsburgh early Wednesday, then removed an American flag from the back seat and…
2025 Gold Star Families Remembrance Week
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith and Georgia Senator Rev. Raphael Warnock introduced a resolution to honor the sacrifices made by families of military service members. The measure established September 21 through the…