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…
By JOSH BOAK Updated 4:37 PM CDT, August 7, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump unexpectedly summoned reporters to the Oval Office on Thursday to present them with charts that he says show the U.S. economy is solid following a jobs report…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- Gulfport Behavioral Health System hosted their military, veterans, and first responders unit open house Thursday morning. The Gulfport Behavioral Health Services Patriot Support programs provide treatment for…
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and DEE-ANN DURBIN Updated 1:39 PM CDT, August 7, 2025 American businesses and consumers soon will have a better idea of how President Donald Trump’s foreign trade agenda might affect them now that the United States has imposed higher tariffs on products from dozens…
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Updated 10:22 AM CDT, August 7, 2025 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The man charged with killing the top Democrat in the Minnesota House and her husband, and wounding a state senator and his wife, pleaded not guilty Thursday in federal court.…
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV) -- The National Association of Secretaries of State wrapped up its annual conference at the Beau Rivage today, capping off the…
By ALEXA ST. JOHN Updated 4:56 PM CDT, August 6, 2025 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will hire as many as 450 people to shore up the National Weather Service after deep cuts this spring raised concern about dangerous understaffing,…
By ERIC TUCKER Updated 11:17 AM CDT, August 7, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior FBI official who served as acting director in the first weeks of the Trump administration and resisted demands to turn over the names of agents who participated in the Jan.…
EAST ALTON, Ill. (AP) — A helicopter flying over the Mississippi River ran into a powerline Thursday, then crashed into a barge and sparked a fire, killing two people, officials said. The two dead were flying in the helicopter and…
MOSS POINT, Miss. (WXXV)-Moss Point city leaders are temporarily suspending Police Chief Brandon Ashley. The suspension comes at the request of Mayor Billy Knight. Chief Ashley is suspended for five days. The reason for suspension has not been released, officials…
GEORGE COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)-The George County School District shared the middle school campus entered shelter-in-place this afternoon due to a call in the area. Officials say it was a high priority call in the local neighborhood. There was never a…
By BARBARA ORTUTAY Updated 7:16 AM CDT, August 7, 2025 Roblox, the online gaming platform wildly popular with children and teenagers, is rolling out an open-source version of an artificial intelligence system it says can help preemptively detect predatory language in game…
GAUTIER, Miss. (WXXV)- Gautier’s Mullet and Music Fest is not for a few more months, but Coast artists are invited to submit their artwork right now. That artwork…
By RUSS BYNUM and JEFF MARTIN Updated 10:29 AM CDT, August 7, 2025 FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) — A half-dozen soldiers at a Georgia Army base are being hailed as heroes for tackling an armed assailant accused of shooting five people and then…
By MATT OTT Updated 8:15 AM CDT, August 7, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits rose modestly last week, a sign that employers still retaining workers despite economic uncertainty related to U.S. trade policy. Jobless…
Amtrak service will be returning to South Mississippi later this month. Several cities, especially those along the route, will be holding celebration ceremonies before the big day. In Bay St. Louis, the train is expected to pass by the station…
By DASHA LITVINOVA, BARRY HATTON and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX Updated 8:43 AM CDT, August 7, 2025 Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he hopes to meet next week with U.S. President Donald Trump, possibly in the United Arab Emirates. The news came on the eve…
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV) -- Experts from all across the state are gathering at a Juvenile Justice Symposium in Biloxi to learn how to help kids have successful futures. Juvenile…
By JACK BROOK and LISA BAUMANN Updated 9:05 AM CDT, August 7, 2025 A disruption to a system housing United Airlines’ flight information that caused more than 1,000 delays has been resolved, but delays continued into Thursday. The impacted system, called Unimatic, houses flight information…
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WXXV) -- Day two of WXXV and Huntington Learning Center's Back to School Blitz is here, and…