The search is on for an armed and dangerous escapee from Alabama. Coosa County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. marshals are searching for 27-year-old Shane Anthony Vernon. He escaped from county jail on Sunday around 2:30 p.m. Authorities say Vernon was…
Jackson County officials are canvassing the waters after reports of a man jumping off the Highway 63 Bridge in Escatawpa. According to Moss Point Chief of Police Calvin Hutchins, a passerby called in claiming to see a black male wearing…
The West Harrison High School marching band rolled out of Gulfport early Saturday morning on their way to the Big Apple. The band will march down the streets of New York City in this year’s 91st annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day…
West Harrison’s first ever choir had the chance of a lifetime Friday night. The small, but mighty seven person choir joined the world famous band Foreigner during a live performance of the song ‘I want to know what love is”…
Now students in the Orange Grove area will never run out of books to dive into. That is all thanks to the Rotary Club of Gulfport-Orange Grove. The Rotary Club donated the very first Little Free Library that is located…
Sunday, the Mobile Bay Vintage Motorcycle Club hosted hundreds of motorcycle aficionados at the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art. The museum’s plaza was filled with around one hundred vintage motorcycles. This is the third annual event that the Mobile Bay Vintage…
Two people have died after a head-on collision on Interstate 10 in Jackson County that occurred Sunday evening. The Mississippi Highway Patrol reported a 78-year-old male was driving eastward in the westbound lane, about a half-mile west of Exit 50…
Authorities have positively identified a body found wrapped in carpet near I-10 in New Orleans as 54-year-old Philip Whitaker from Hancock County. Orleans Parish Coroner Dr. Jeffrey Rouse released his identity today. Whitaker's body was found near an on-ramp last…
This morning the West Harrison High School band had a cameo on The Today Show on NBC 25 to tease their appearance in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade this Thursday, November 23rd beginning at 9 a.m. on WXXV NBC 25.
News 25's Hank Davis interviews Tiffany Neves about free Thanksgiving meals through the Feed the Needy Program. You can call your local police department for more information.
According to the March of Dimes, the leading cause of death in children under the age of five is premature birth. Today, they spread awareness of pre-term births with World Prematurity Day. For babies in Mississippi, premature birth is on…
Students with the D’Iberville High School yearbook staff put together a community project to help students affected by Hurricane Harvey. They adopted a different staff in Texas called the West Orange Stark High School. The care packages consisted of candy,…
Biloxi firefighters are battling a house fire on Cove Drive. Fire Chief Joe Boney tells News 25 two dogs were rescued from the home, but no one else was inside. He also says the fire is contained and crews are…
Today, the Bilingual Lending Library in Pascagoula opened up its doors for the first time to the public. The main goal for the library is to provide a more inclusive space to support the Hispanic population in the district. It…
Loved ones of World War II veteran and Pascagoula native Tommie Cecil Stork, better known as Cecil, laid him to rest today. News 25’s Caroline Eaker was on hand at Midway Methodist Church in Moss Point as family and friends…
United Healthcare Community Plan of Mississippi and Alcorn State University extension program distributed Thanksgiving turkeys and a full meal to people throughout the state through the Farm to Fork Program. Mississippi ranked 50th in the nation for overall health and…
Mississippi National Guardsmen highly trained in aircraft maintenance and repair are taking their skills to the Middle East in support of our military overseas. Today, the 1108th Aviation Group held a sendoff ceremony at First Baptist Church Biloxi. Approximately 80…
Three children are injured, one still in the hospital, after a car crash in Gulfport turned a family’s world upside down. The father of the children is blaming his ex-wife, who was at the wheel the day of the October…
Forty-one year-old George Ramp Jr. pled guilty to three counts of exploitation of a child and two counts of touching a child for lustful purposes. The events in question occurred between May 27th, 2015 and May 31st, 2015. Ramp briefly…
Authorities are ruling out foul play after a man was found dead in the Tchoutacabouffa River this morning. Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove says when 70-year-old Charles Landberg did not show up for breakfast, his friend went looking for him…
The Mississippi Supreme Court is siding with a newspaper in its longstanding effort to get documents from a state agency. In a decision Thursday, justices said a chancery judge ruled correctly that documents from the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources…
Earlier today in Long Beach, an 18-wheeler became stuck on the railroad tracks, something that seems to be a growing problem across South Mississippi. The semi-truck’s driver attempted to cross the tracks at Nicholson Avenue at around 8:45 this morning.…
News 25's interviews Cali Mitchell and Carter Lishen about the theater production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
News 25's Hank Davis interviews Jeffery Jenkins about Red Beans and Rice Day at Mt. Olive Lodge #83 in Gulfport from 11 am - until supplies end.