By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL Updated 5:12 PM CDT, August 8, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — William H. Webster, the former FBI and CIA director whose troubleshooting skills and integrity helped restore public confidence in those federal agencies, has died, his family announced…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)-New leadership down at Gulfport City Hall, Hugh Keating took office as mayor back in June and he’s busy running day to day operations…
Cruisin’ the Coast organizers are alerting the public about social media scams popping up. On social media, Cruisin’ the Coast shares that social media pages are using the event name…
ATLANTA (AP) — Police were responding Friday to a report of an active shooter on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta, near the entrance to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Atlanta police did not immediately say whether…
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WXXV)- The Government Street Paving Project is scheduled to begin on Monday, August 11 in Ocean Springs. Starting at 7 a.m. that morning, the westbound lane of Government Street from Washington Avenue to Martin Luther King Jr.…
By DON BABWIN Updated 2:52 PM CDT, August 8, 2025 CHICAGO (AP) — James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97. Lovell died…
By DAMIAN J. TROISE, ALEX VEIGA and TERESA CEROJANO Updated 3:34 PM CDT, August 8, 2025 U.S. stocks closed higher Friday, capping a choppy week of trading with the market’s third winning week in the last four and another milestone. The S&P 500 rose…
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Updated 2:52 PM CDT, August 8, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has removed former U.S. Rep. Billy Long as IRS commissioner less than two months after his confirmation, a White House official said Friday. The official,…
LONG BEACH, Miss. (WXXV)- Plans for a casino that have long been in the works in Long Beach have once again been changed as the…
By MARK SCOLFORO, PATRICK WHITTLE and HOLLY RAMER Updated 11:15 AM CDT, August 8, 2025 A man fatally shot his neighbor in rural Pennsylvania and then unleashed a hail of gunfire on first responders, wounding two state troopers, running an EMT off the road…
Katie King with the Humane Society of South Mississippi joins us to discuss their upcoming Rock N Rollover fundraiser. The Wicked Rock n Rollover 2025…
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV)-Memorial Hospital Biloxi will no longer offer labor and delivery services beginning next month. Starting September 1, Memorial Hospital Biloxi will consolidate their obstetric services, including labor and delivery, mother/baby, and nursery from Memorial Hospital. Those services will…
By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Updated 11:36 AM CDT, August 8, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has subpoenaed New York Attorney General Letitia James as part of an investigation into whether she violated President Donald Trump’s civil rights, according to two…
By JENNIFER PELTZ Updated 12:19 PM CDT, August 8, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — Three 9/11 victims’ remains have newly been identified, officials said this week, as evolving DNA technology keeps making gradual gains in the nearly quarter-century-long effort to return the…
The State Department of Health has confirmed the first death from the West Nile Virus for 2025. The death occurred in Washington County. The Department of Health does not…
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Updated 9:45 AM CDT, August 8, 2025 Under President Donald Trump’s leadership, the United States has withdrawn from international negotiations and commitments, particularly around climate. But the U.S. is very much involved in treaty talks for a global…
GEORGE COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- An off-duty George County sheriff’s deputy was arrested Thursday. Lucedale Police saw the deputy driving under the influence within city limits. The deputy has been identified as Braxton Keebler. He was taken into custody without incident.…
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and TERESA CEROJANO Updated 10:04 AM CDT, August 8, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose in morning trading on Wall Street Friday, keeping the market on track for its third weekly gain in the last four. The S&P…
By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY Updated 5:08 AM CDT, August 8, 2025 A big increase in the tax on university endowments is adding to financial uncertainty for the wealthiest colleges in the U.S., leading several already to lay off staff or implement hiring…
The state Supreme Court announced a child sexual assault case dating back to 2014 has been sent back to Circuit Court. The case, involving an eight-year-old student who was sexually assaulted by her bus driver, Sergio Sandoval, has been sent…
VANCLEAVE, Miss. (WXXV)- Crews have been working on Highway 57 in Jackson County as part of the project to widen nine miles from I-10 to Vancleave.…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) -- A few popular chains are set to open in the near future at Crossroads in Gulfport, joining a busy shopping center…
By ALEXA ST. JOHN and MATTHEW DALY Updated 3:17 PM CDT, August 7, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday terminated a $7 billion grant program intended to help pay for residential solar projects for more than 900,000 lower-income U.S.…
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV) - Back in 2018, Back Bay Mission served around 230 people experiencing homelessness. Fast forward to 2025, with a few months still left in the year, that…