Agreement reached for Jim Simpson Pier in Long Beach
LONG BEACH, Miss. (WXXV)-Since Hurricane Zeta in 2020, Harrison County has been going back and forth with FEMA over money and design for the Jim Simpson Pier…
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Former Picayune Mayor Gregory Mitchell Sr. dies
PICAYUNE, Miss. (WXXV)- The City of Picayune is mourning the loss of a former mayor. Gregory Mitchell Sr. was laid to rest today. He was 84-years-old and is survived by his wife, two children, and three grandchildren. Mitchell served four…
Wall Street soars on hopes for lower interest rates as the Dow surges 846 points to a record
By STAN CHOE, TERESA CEROJANO and MATT OTT Updated 3:34 PM CDT, August 22, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rallied to its best day in months on Friday after the head of the Federal Reserve hinted that cuts to interest rates may be…
Rollover crash involving tour bus on the New York Thruway leaves multiple dead, others injured
PEMBROKE, N.Y. (AP) — A tour bus returning to New York City from Niagara Falls with 51 passengers crashed and rolled Friday on an interstate highway, killing and injuring multiple people, police said. The bus apparently lost control on I-90…
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has been indicted — what comes next?
By ALIANA MEDIRATTA/Verite News Updated 12:59 PM CDT, August 22, 2025 Mayor LaToya Cantrell made history — becoming the first New Orleans mayor to be indicted while in office — after federal prosecutors on Friday charged her with multiple counts of…
Gulfport Councilman Ron Roland moved out of ICU
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- Some good news related to the health of a Gulfport city councilman. The family of Ward 2 Councilman Ron Roland said in a Facebook post Friday afternoon that Roland is now out of the ICU and that…
Canada will match US tariff exemptions under USMCA trade pact, Prime Minister Carney says
By ROB GILLIES Updated 12:07 PM CDT, August 22, 2025 TORONTO (AP) — Canada is dropping retaliatory tariffs to match U.S. tariff exemptions for goods covered under the United States-Mexico-Canada trade pact, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Friday. Carney said Canada will include…
Victim identified in fatal shooting at Ingalls
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WXXV)-The victim in the deadly shooting at Ingalls Shipbuilding on Friday has been identified. Jackson County Deputy Coroner identified the victim as 27-year-old Tahj Johnson of Pritchard, Alabama. The suspect, identified as Curtis James Jr. of Mobile, is…
WXXV Friday Night Showcase returns
Many South Mississippi High School football programs are participating in jamboree games tonight. That means our High School Football Showcase returns to WXXV NBC tonight at 10. Join Sports Director Ansley…
Trump says he’ll keep extending TikTok shutdown deadline
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated 11:47 AM CDT, August 22, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is calling national security and privacy concerns related to TikTok and its Chinese parent company “highly overrated” and said Friday he’ll keep extending the…
SEC approves 9-game conference schedule beginning in 2026, joining Big Ten and Big 12
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference is moving to a nine-game conference schedule beginning in 2026, ending a yearslong debate and potentially easing a path toward another expansion of the College Football Playoff. The change was approved by conference…
WOW Women of Wisdom honors first responders
The WOW Women of Wisdom organization is hosting a lunch for first responders on September 11. Myranda Bermudez and Julia Lloyd with WOW are in studio with more. For…
Florida must stop expanding ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration center, judge says
By DAVID FISCHER, MIKE SCHNEIDER and FREIDA FRISARO Updated 10:05 PM CDT, August 21, 2025 MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Thursday halting further expansion and ordering the winding down of an immigration detention center built in the middle of the…
National Guard troops on DC streets for Trump’s crackdown will start carrying guns
By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and CHRIS MEGERIAN Updated 11:02 AM CDT, August 22, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that National Guard troops patrolling the streets of Washington for President Donald Trump’s law enforcement crackdown will start carrying firearms, the Pentagon…
Harrison County working to curb drug related crime in county; multiple arrests made
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV) -- Multiple people are behind bars after several drug busts in Harrison County. We spoke with Sheriff Matt Haley…
Gulfport man sentenced to 30 years for manslaughter
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- A Gulfport man will serve 30 years behind bars after pleading guilty to manslaughter. Fifty-one-year-old Octavius Louis Benton Sr. stabbed 44-year-old Damien Lindsey to death in August 2023. The stabbing happened after Lindsey hit Benton’s wheelchair bound…
Fifth-annual Citizen's Police Academy kicks off in Biloxi
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV) -- The fifth-annual Biloxi Police Department Citizen's Police Academy kicked off on Thursday night, and participants will spend the next few weeks working closely with…
Powerball Jackpot increases after no winner announced
The Powerball Jackpot has increased after there was no winner in Wednesday night’s drawing. The jackpot surges to an estimated $700 million. No ticket matched all the winning Powerball numbers, leaving the prize pool to grow even larger ahead of…
California Legislature approves special election on new congressional map favoring Democrats
By TRÂN NGUYỄN and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press California lawmakers have passed legislation advancing a partisan redistricting plan that could help Democrats win five more U.S. House seats in 2026. Lawmakers voted mostly along party lines Thursday. Republicans have sued…
Zebra foul born at Hattiesburg Zoo
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WXXV)- Some cute news out of the Hattiesburg Zoo from this week. Safara the Zebra gave birth to her second foal on Tuesday. This is Safara’s second foal…
Wall Street slips as Walmart helps pull S&P 500 to another loss
By STAN CHOE, TERESA CEROJANO and MATT OTT NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes lost ground. The S&P 500 fell 0.4% Thursday, its fifth straight modest loss since setting an all-time high last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 0.3%, and the…
82 Counties in 82 Days: Traveling the state to hear concerns
Mississippi Department of Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell has launched a new campaign called 82 Counties in 82 Days. Tindell plans to visit law enforcement…
Orlando officials denounce removal of rainbow crosswalk near Pulse nightclub mass shooting site
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Updated 3:26 PM CDT, August 21, 2025 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Orlando officials on Thursday denounced the overnight removal of a rainbow-colored crosswalk outside the Pulse nightclub where 49 people were gunned down, saying it was part of an attack…
Trump administration reviewing all 55M people with US visas for potential deportable violations
By MATTHEW LEE WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department said Thursday that it’s reviewing the records of more than 55 million foreigners who hold valid U.S. visas for potential revocation or deportable violations of immigration rules. In a written answer to a question posed by…