Tryouts for Shoreline Shakers coming up
The Biloxi Breakers revealed the name of the official dance team performing at their games. The Shoreline Shakers will be on the sidelines bringing cheer and hype for all in…
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Sweetening soft drinks: What to know about sugar, high-fructose corn syrup and their alternatives
By DEE-ANN DURBIN and JONEL ALECCIA Updated 2:18 PM CDT, July 22, 2025 President Donald Trump teased the announcement last week, but the Coca-Cola Co. confirmed it Tuesday: a cane sugar-sweetened version of the beverage maker’s trademark soda will be released in the U.S. this fall. For…
A look at megafires as an Oregon wildfire approaches the 100,000-acre mark
By ISABELLA O’MALLEY and SARAH BRUMFIELD Updated 2:22 PM CDT, July 22, 2025 A wildfire burning in a sparsely populated region of central Oregon has become the largest fire this year and is on the verge of surpassing 100,000 acres to become what’s…
City officials come to the Coast for the Mississippi Municipal League Convention
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV)- Day two of the Mississippi Municipal League Conference in Biloxi finished up Tuesday. Mayors and city council members from cities across…
Justice Department wants to interview Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell
By ERIC TUCKER Updated 12:01 PM CDT, July 22, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Justice wants to interview Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of helping the financier sexually abuse underage girls and is now serving a lengthy prison…
House ending session early as Republicans clash over Epstein vote
By STEPHEN GROVES and LISA MASCARO Updated 1:58 PM CDT, July 22, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is rebuffing pressure to act on the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, instead sending members home early for a month-long break from Washington after the…
Resurrection Catholic School holds their day of service
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WXXV)- Resurrection Catholic School holding a day of service where students helped clean up their campus ahead of their return to school in just over a…
Pentagon tightens rules on getting medical waivers to join the military
By DAVID KLEPPER Updated 12:15 PM CDT, July 22, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — People with congestive heart failure, undergoing treatment for schizophrenia or who have a history of paraphilic disorders will no longer be eligible for a medical waiver to serve…
Harrison County Sheriff’s Office warning of scam
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- The Harrison County Sheriff’s Office wants to make the public aware of another scam alert. Multiple complaints have been made of scams using the Harrison…
Vermont engineer revives pay phones for free calls in areas with poor cell service
By AMANDA SWINHART Updated 11:03 AM CDT, July 22, 2025 TUNBRIDGE, Vt. (AP) — An electrical engineer by trade, Patrick Schlott has spent countless hours tinkering with new and old technology. But it wasn’t until he found himself living in rural…
Ozzy Osbourne dies at 76
By MARK KENNEDY Updated 1:50 PM CDT, July 22, 2025 Ozzy Osbourne, the gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling voice — and drug-and-alcohol ravaged id — of heavy metal, died Tuesday, just weeks…
US stocks hang around their records as GM and others show how tariffs are impacting them
By STAN CHOE, ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT Updated 10:03 AM CDT, July 22, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is hanging near its records on Tuesday following some mixed profit reports, as General Motors and other big U.S. companies give updates on how much President Donald Trump’s…
Relatives, authorities ask for public’s help with investigation of Ole Miss player’s fatal shooting
By ADRIAN SAINZ Updated 6:09 PM CDT, July 21, 2025 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities on Monday asked for members of the public to provide surveillance footage and details from eyewitnesses as they investigate the fatal shooting of an Ole Miss freshman football…
CBL Properties Announces Sale of The Promenade in D’Iberville, MS
D'IBERVILLE, Miss. (WXXV) -- CBL Properties announced that it has closed on the $83.1 million sale of The Promenade, a 621,000-square-foot open-air center in D’Iberville. It is unclear who the buyer is, but D’Iberville City Manager Bobby Weaver says the…
Trump’s Labor Department proposes more than 60 rule changes in a push to deregulate workplaces
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ Updated 7:57 AM CDT, July 22, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Department of Labor is aiming to rewrite or repeal more than 60 “obsolete” workplace regulations, ranging from minimum wage requirements for home health care workers and people with…
Bay St. Louis warning of fraudulent rezoning fee requests
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (WXXV)- The Bay St. Louis Police Department is asking the public to be aware of a scam. The scam, targeting residents, contracts, and…
Coca-Cola confirms a cane-sugar version of its trademark cola is coming to the US this fall
By DEE-ANN DURBIN Updated 8:05 AM CDT, July 22, 2025 Coca-Cola said Tuesday it will add a cane-sugar version of its trademark cola to its U.S. lineup this fall, confirming a recent announcement by President Donald Trump. Trump said in a…
First of four public meetings for Jackson County Resiliency Plan held in Moss Point
MOSS POINT, Miss. (WXXV) -- Public meetings began on Monday for the Jackson County Resiliency Plan -- aimed at improving countless…
Southern Miss launches new marine aquaculture initiative
The University of Southern Miss is launching the Marine Aquaculture Demonstration Initiative. All will be funded through GOMESA. The initiative will accelerate innovation as well as workforce development and…
A pilot made sharp turn to avoid a B-52 bomber over North Dakota, then took to the mic to explain
By JACK DURA and MARGERY A. BECK Updated 3:39 PM CDT, July 21, 2025 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The pilot of a regional airliner flying over North Dakota made an unexpected sharp turn to avoid a possible midair collision with a military B-52…
MGCCC awarded Gable Grant
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is receiving a Gable Grant from the Lowe’s Foundation. The school is one of 12 institutions nationwide to receive the award. MGCCC is receiving a $700,000 investment…
Junior Auxiliary of Gulfport hosts Back to School Bonanza
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- Back to school season is here and some students are getting a head start thanks to the Junior Auxiliary of Gulfport. The organization is…
Jimmy Buffett’s widow accuses financial adviser of breaching fiduciary duty in $275M trust battle
By FREIDA FRISARO Updated 1:57 PM CDT, July 21, 2025 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Jimmy Buffett ’s widow has accused her late husband’s financial adviser of failing to administer the singer’s multimillion-dollar trust in good faith and ignoring what she believed were…
US stocks inch to more records ahead of a big week of earnings reports
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer U.S. stock indexes inched to more records to kick off a week full of profit updates from big U.S. companies. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% and squeaked past its prior all-time high set on…