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…
D’IBERVILLE, Miss. (WXXV)- There will be two temporary power outages in D’Iberville early Friday morning. Coast Electric crews will begin utility work at 3 a.m. Friday morning in…
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Updated 3:35 PM CDT, August 28, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say Luigi Mangione, accused of killing the CEO of UnitedHealthcare on a Manhattan sidewalk, has inspired others to embrace violence over reasoned debate. As evidence of Mangione’s growing influence,…
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WXXV)- The City of Ocean Springs is hosting their annual artwalk in the downtown area this weekend. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Cynthia Sutton joins us in studio…
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Updated 3:19 PM CDT, August 28, 2025 People from all over the world are expected to pay tribute to Frank Caprio, a retired municipal judge who found online fame as an empathetic jurist and host of “ Caught in…
LONG BEACH, Miss. (WXXV)-The Long Beach Police Department arrested 54-year-old Juan A. Evans and charged him with one count of trafficking cocaine and one count of possession with intent to distribute: marijuana. The arrest was the result of a narcotics…
By ANDREW DEMILLO Updated 2:47 PM CDT, August 28, 2025 Former Major League Baseball star Mark Teixeira announced Thursday that he’s running for the Republican nomination for a House seat in Texas. The former slugger for the Texas Rangers and New…
By MIKE STOBBE, AMANDA SEITZ and CHRIS MEGERIAN Updated 2:51 PM CDT, August 28, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s top public health agency was left reeling and leaderless as the White House works to expel its handpicked director from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and three…
PICAYUNE, Miss. (WXXV)- A Picayune man was arrested on the offense of possession of child pornography. Officers of the Picayune Police Department responded to a business on Frontage Road on August 27. Upon arrival, the officers made contact with members…
One event happening in September is benefiting the friends of the Jackson County Animal Shelter. Natalie Coupe and Jamie Locknane join us in studio with more on Paddle…
By PAUL WISEMAN Updated 8:31 AM CDT, August 28, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy rebounded this spring from a first-quarter downturn due to fallout from President Donald Trump’s trade wars. In an upgrade from its first estimate in July, the Commerce Department said…
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Updated 7:57 AM CDT, August 28, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans sought unemployment benefits last week as employers appear to be holding onto their workers even as the economy has slowed. Applications for unemployment benefits for the week…
MOSS POINT, Miss. (WXXV)- Earlier this week, a very lucky lottery player in South Mississippi hit it big. According to the Mississippi Lottery Corporation, a Mississippi player won $2 million on a Mega Million ticket. That winning ticket was purchased…
PEARL RIVER COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- Mississippi Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly crash in Pearl River County. The incident happened around 6 a.m. Wednesday morning on Highway…
By MIKE SCHNEIDER and KATE PAYNE Updated 9:27 AM CDT, August 28, 2025 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” must keep moving toward shutting down operations by late October, a judge has ruled, even as…
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, STEVE KARNOWSKI, MARK VANCLEAVE and HALLIE GOLDEN Updated 9:26 AM CDT, August 28, 2025 RICHFIELD, Minn. (AP) — Investigators were examining the videos, writings and movements of the shooter who fired through the windows of a Catholic church in Minneapolis, killing two children and…
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WXXV) -- City leaders in Ocean Springs passed an order affecting bars and restaurants over the holiday weekend, in response to recent…
The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture is set to visit Starkville and Jackson Thursday as part of a Mississippi tour. Secretary Brooke Rollins will make a major announcement at MSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine and meet with university administrators as well.…