By JEFF AMY Updated 9:52 AM CDT, August 4, 2025 ATLANTA (AP) — Former University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley on Monday announced his 2026 Republican bid for the U.S. Senate in Georgia against Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff. The 57-year-old Dooley…
By CHRISTINA LARSON Updated 10:00 AM CDT, August 4, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars off the Pacific coast of North America in a decade-long epidemic. Sea stars –…
By CORA LEWIS and LINLEY SANDERS Updated 8:56 AM CDT, August 4, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — The vast majority of U.S. adults are at least somewhat stressed about the cost of groceries, a new poll finds, as prices continue to rise and concerns about…
GEORGE COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)-A man wanted for murder in Laurel, MS was captured in George County over the weekend. On Sunday, August 3, George County sheriff’s deputies were performing a routine traffic stop that led to the arrest of Benjamin…
SOUTH MISS. (WXXV)- South Mississippians are rallying around the family of a Mississippi Highway Patrol trooper seriously injured in an on-duty accident here on the Coast over…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- a Gulfport woman pled guilty to manslaughter in Harrison County Circuit Court. Thirty-eight-year-old Rose Madison pled guilty to manslaughter for the shooting death of Antoine Johnson. The investigation began on the July 8, 2021 when Madison called…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) - As the new school year begins, student-athletes are back on the field, but the summer heat isn't letting up. In…
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ Updated 9:41 AM CDT, August 4, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — Several thousand workers at three Midwest manufacturing plants where Boeing develops military aircraft and weapons went on strike early Monday, potentially complicating the aerospace company’s progress in regaining its financial…
GAUTIER, Miss. (WXXV)-The Sound Amphitheater has announced another musical act coming to Gautier! Legendary country band Alabama will be coming to the Sound on October 2. Gates open at 5 p.m. and the doors open at 5:30. The band will…
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and ANDREW DEMILLO Updated 6:56 AM CDT, August 4, 2025 Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will begin trying to remove Democratic lawmakers from office Monday if they don’t return after dozens of them left the state in a last-resort…
Gulfport, Miss. – Mississippi Power announced that Pedro Cherry has been elected chairman and CEO by the company’s board of directors. Cherry was named president of Mississippi Power in March, becoming the company’s 14th president in its 100-year history. Cherry…
PERKINSTON, Miss. (WXXV)- Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College officially stepped onto the volleyball court for the first time, holding its inaugural practice and marking the beginning of a brand-new era in…
Miss. Gulf Coast – Singing River Weight Loss Center has partnered with Singing River Federal Credit Union (SRFCU) to offer patients flexible financing and saving options for weight loss surgeries at its accredited weight loss centers along the Mississippi Gulf…
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WXXV)- The Pascagoula Public Library is set to celebrate a soft reopening this month. This comes after a 14-month renovation, totaling a cost of $4.2 million. Changes to the library include a complete roof replacement, a new elevator,…
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Updated 2:10 PM CDT, August 1, 2025 A baby boy born last week to an Ohio couple developed from an embryo that had been frozen for more than 30 years in what is believed to be the longest…
Senator Cindy Hyde Smith announced the reintroduction of the College Transparency Act. Hyde-Smith joins Senator Bill Casidy in initiating this piece of legislation requiring colleges and universities to provide students and families…
By JAMES POLLARD Updated 1:11 PM CDT, August 1, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — Online creators from dozens of countries, led by MrBeast and popular science YouTuber Mark Rober, are launching a $40 million fundraiser to build water quality projects around the world. The…
By DAN GELSTON Updated 11:42 AM CDT, August 1, 2025 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The first 5K held in the memory of John and Matt Gaudreau helped raise more than $500,000, enough to break ground later this year on an accessible playground…
JACKSON, Miss. (WXXV)- A bill aimed at providing funding for health, education, and jobs throughout the state has advanced. The FY2026 Appropriations Bill has advanced to…
SHREWSBURY, Pa. (AP) — A truckload of hot dogs spilled across a Pennsylvania interstate Friday after a crash that briefly clogged the heavily traveled artery in both directions. Crews were stuck with a job they did not relish — rolling…
By TERESA M. WALKER Updated 2:51 PM CDT, August 1, 2025 BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Bristol Motor Speedway is ready to make history by hosting the first Major League Baseball game in Tennessee. The stage, or in this case the racetrack, has been…
D’IBERVILLE, Miss. (WXXV)- Sacred Heart Catholic Church hosted a blue mass to honor first responders from the D’Iberville police and fire departments as well as the Jackson…
By DEE-ANN DURBIN and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO Updated 10:31 AM CDT, August 1, 2025 American businesses and consumers woke up Friday to find the contours of President Donald Trump’s foreign trade agenda taking shape but without much more clarity on how import taxes on goods from dozens of…
The U.S. Senate has approved a resolution observing the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina later this month. Senate Resolution 344 was approved in the upper chamber unanimously and co-sponsored by Senator Roger Wicker and other southern senators. After the resolution’s…