By DAVID A. LIEB and ANDREW DEMILLO Updated 4:32 PM CDT, August 29, 2025 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (AP) — Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe is calling Missouri lawmakers into a special session to redraw the state’s U.S. House districts as part of a growing…
[Gulfport. MS] – The City of Gulfport's proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2026 was delivered to City Council members on Friday, August 29. This represents the Administration's final revision prior to the budget public hearing on September 2, 2025, at…
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated 4:34 PM CDT, August 29, 2025 Budget carrier Spirit Airlines said Friday that it has filed for fresh bankruptcy protection months after emerging from a Chapter 11 reorganization. The no-frills airline said it intends to conduct business…
Anyone who experienced Hurricane Katrina will never forget the worst natural disaster in U.S. history. When you look at the Coast today it is hard…
By ED WHITE and KENDRIA LaFLEUR Updated 1:32 PM CDT, August 29, 2025 DETROIT (AP) — This could buy a lot of Labor Day weekend sunblock: Saturday’s Powerball jackpot is estimated at $1 billion, the sixth-largest prize in the game’s history. Powerball, which costs $2…
Congressman Mike Ezell introduced a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives to honor the lives lost and the communities forever changed due to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The resolution also recognizes ongoing efforts to rebuild and strengthen the Gulf…
By JONEL ALECCIA Updated 12:12 PM CDT, August 29, 2025 More companies are recalling tens of thousands of packages of imported shrimp sold at Walmart, Kroger and other U.S. stores because they may contain radioactive contamination, according to federal notices. AquaStar USA Corp.…
By JANIE HAR Updated 11:42 AM CDT, August 29, 2025 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s plans to end protections for 600,000 people from Venezuela who have had permission to live and work…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- The Lynn Meadows Discovery Center will be hosting a special Hurricane Katrina commemoration on Saturday. This will honor the volunteers, staff, and local businesses that helped…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- August 29, 2005: a day that so many of us will never forget. It was 20 years ago on this day that Hurricane Katrina…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday signed into law a new congressional voting map designed to help Republicans gain more seats in the 2026 midterm elections, delivering a win for President Donald Trump and his desire to hold onto…
By SEUNG MIN KIM and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Updated 11:17 AM CDT, August 29, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has revoked former Vice President Kamala Harris’ Secret Service protection that otherwise would have ended next summer, senior Trump administration officials said Friday. Former vice…
A renowned photographer spent the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina taking pictures. John Noltner joins us via Zoom for a project commemorating the 20th anniversary of the storm.
By MAE ANDERSON Updated 9:50 AM CDT, August 29, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — Low-value imports lost their duty-free status in the United States on Friday as part of President Donald Trump’s agenda for making the nation less dependent on foreign goods and resetting global…
GAUTIER, Miss. (WXXV)- Thursday night at the Sound Amphitheater in Gautier, the community gathered for Celebrate K20. Celebrate K20 is an event to honor the 20th anniversary of…
By ALEX VEIGA Updated 9:07 AM CDT, August 29, 2025 Stocks are losing ground on Wall Street in early trading Friday, pulling the market down from its latest all-time highs, after a closely watched measure of inflation showed prices mostly held…
PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. (WXXV)- Acclaimed author Lisa Hatfield visited Pass Christian Middle and High School to share her story and insights with students ahead…
By REGINA GARCIA CANO and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN Updated 9:02 AM CDT, August 29, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is boosting its maritime force in the waters off Venezuela to combat threats from Latin American drug cartels with the expected arrival of more vessels next week,…
Today marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall. Residents across the Coast were affected. Power companies were working to restore power. Mississippi Power Storm Director Stephen…
Mississippi Highway Patrol announced their Labor Day Holiday Travel enforcement period starts Friday, August 29. From 6 a.m. Friday until Monday at midnight, more patrols and checkpoints…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- Singing River Hospital in Gulfport is now the first on the Mississippi Coast to offer a new groundbreaking technology. The revolutionary apex CT…
By STEVE KARNOWSKI, MARK VANCLEAVE and CLAUDIA LAUER Updated 3:37 PM CDT, August 28, 2025 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The shooter who killed two Catholic school students and wounded more than a dozen youngsters sitting in the pews of a Minneapolis church once attended the same…
By ALEX VEIGA Updated 3:31 PM CDT, August 28, 2025 Wall Street notched more milestones Thursday after gains in technology stocks helped push the market to another all-time high. The S&P 500 rose 0.3%, lifting the benchmark index to its second…
Thousands of homes were destroyed when Katrina slammed into the Coast on August 29, 2005. As we approach the 20th anniversary on Friday, WXXV has…
