JACKSON, Miss. (WXXV) — A new bill that would give Mississippi teachers a pay raise is one step closer to being signed into law. At the state capitol in Jackson, Mississippi state senators unanimously agreed Thursday morning to pass Senate…
The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) presented Alabama Power, Georgia Power and Mississippi Power with the Emergency Recovery Award during the EEI Winter Board and Chief Executives Meeting on January 14, 2021. The Emergency Recovery Award is given to select EEI member companies to…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) —The publishers and editors of ConventionSouth, a national multimedia resource for planning events held in the South, presented Mississippi Aquarium with a 2021 Top New or Renovated Meeting Site Award. “ConventionSouth readers are constantly seeking information on…
The Senate is now split 50-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris as a potential tie-breaking vote.
The rare suicide bombing attack hit the Bab al-Sharqi commercial area in central Baghdad amid heightened political tensions over planned early elections and a severe economic crisis.
Winning numbers for Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing were: 40-53-60-68-69 and a Powerball of 22.
Here are the winning numbers for tonight's Powerball draw. All numbers are unofficial until certified by the Mississippi Lottery Corporation.
Like many other cities and organizations, the City of Discovery has discovered a new way to celebrate carnival season. Ocean Springs business owners and residents are finding creative new ways to celebrate carnival season this year. Enter…
Huntington Ingalls Industries is helping the next generation of scientists and engineers by assisting schools in Mississippi and Alabama with funding for science, technology, engineering, and math initiatives. Science, technology, engineering, and math are coming alive in…
VANCLEAVE, Miss. (WXXV) — Charges have been dropped against one of six suspects in what authorities say appears to be a drug-related shooting that injured a 17-year-old teenager. 20-year-old Dequante Gillett of Moss Point was released from…
The Claiborne at Gulfport Highlands was letting the good times roll with a king cake pick up for the community. Forty king cakes were passed out in a drive-thru format for senior citizens in the community to…
Are you or your business still reeling from Hurricane Zeta? If so, you may want to check out a free webinar being offered by the Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce tomorrow morning. It’s called ‘Ask the…
The vaccinations are rolling out across the state, but COVID cases are still surging in Mississippi. With today’s latest report from the state health department making January the second deadliest month so far for coronavirus deaths in…
It takes a village to raise a child and the church mothers of Caleb Lett, a 19-year-old who was murdered Monday night in Moss Point, speak out. Nineteen-year-old Caleb Lett was a student at Mississippi Gulf Coast…
Pass Christian Health and Rehabilitation Center residents and staff got their second round of the Pfizer COVID vaccine today. More than 50 residents live at the nursing home. Around 40 of those residents and a number of…
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation released new information on the officer-involved shooting that happened Friday, January 15th at the Harrison County Courthouse. A deputy with the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department responded to a disturbance outside the Harrison…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - One of the people pardoned during Donald Trump's final hours as president is a Mississippi physician who pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge in 2012. Dr. Robert S. Corkern led Batesville Hospital Management, which handled…
PASCAGOULA, Miss., Jan. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has awarded $99,890 in grants to 26 schools and educational organizations in Mississippi and Alabama for science, technology, engineering and math initiatives. “The educators…
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - His term at an end, President Donald Trump has said farewell to Washington. Trump has arrived in Florida in the last hour of his presidency, skipping Joe Biden's inauguration.…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Joe Biden has taken the helm as the 46th president of the United States, summoning the tradition of American resilience to confront a historic confluence of crises. He used his inaugural address to urge people to come…
On January 20, 2021, the Gulfport Police Department arrested 36-year-old John William Anderson on one count of Homicide. On January 12, 2021, at approximately 12:45 p.m., the Gulfport Police Department responded to a stabbing in the 2400 block of Demaret…
(WXXV) — The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting an additional 1,227 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 19 deaths as of Monday, January 11, 2021. One death was reported in Harrison County. In the southernmost six counties of Mississippi, the numbers of COVID-19 cases were as follows: George — 1,897 (17 new) Hancock […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – One name missing in President Donald Trump’s flurry of pardons is “Tiger King” Joe Exotic. The zookeeper-turned-reality-TV-star is now serving a 22-year federal prison sentence in Texas. His backers were so confident in a pardon that they readied a limousine and a hair and wardrobe team for Joe Exotic, whose real […]
Here are tonight's winning Mega Millions numbers. All numbers are unofficial until certified by the Mississippi Lottery Corporation.