Mardi Gras Parade Recap: Live Report
The Pass Christian Mardi Gras Parade welcomed thousands of spectators this weekend and ended successfully for the viewers and police department. News 25's Laurene Callander joins us live with a recap.
Missing Three Year Old Found Safe
The three year old Gulfport girl who went missing last night has been found safe Gulfport Police Public Information Officer Josh Bromen says officers obtained new information last night revealing the incident involving three year old Taniya Edwards was a…
Mayor To Address Utilities Department
This afternoon Moss Point Mayor Billy Broomfield will provide an update on the status of the city's utilities department. The mayor's update comes as the city is recovering from a three-point-four million dollar deficit due to unpaid water bills. According…
Ocean Springs Mardi Gras Night Parade
Hundreds of people cover the streets of Ocean Springs for the Mardi Gras night parade. The parade kicked off around 7 this evening on Front Beach near the Yacht Club. People of all ages lined the streets of Porter Avenue,…
Improved Moss Point baseball fields
Businesses and organizations along the Coast pitch in to help revamp baseball fields in the Moss Point area. Last year was the first year the city did not offer little league baseball. A group of concerned residents got together and…
Gulfport students’ project makes top ten
A group of Gulfport High School students are gaining national attention for a tool they invented to help homeless students. The ‘vending a hand’ project has been selected as one of the ten national finalists for the Samsung Solve for…
Bass fishing club reels in state championship
The West Harrison High School bass fishing team has caught a big one, reeling in a state championship. The bass fishing team won first place at the Mississippi High School Bass Masters State Championship in Jackson. Eighty-four teams from across…
California murder suspect arrested on the Coast
A California man wanted by Sacramento police for a triple homicide in October was arrested on the Gulf Coast today. Jerod Watson was arrested by Biloxi police and is being held in the Harrison County Adult Detention center. News 25…
Mario King announces mayor campaign for Moss Point
Another person enters the 2017 race for Moss Point mayor, hoping to revamp the River City and improve it's reputation. Twenty-nine year-old Moss Point native Mario King officially launched his campaign this afternoon at Trend Setters barber shop on Main…
Constituent driven town hall meeting
Angry voters are tired of not being able to get in touch with their elected representatives. Now they’re taking actions into their own hands. Frustrations are boiling over in the fourth congressional district of Mississippi where constituents say that they’ve…
Mississippi Region VI Science and Engineering Fair
One hypothesis that proved correct for anyone who took a visit to the regional science fair in Biloxi this morning was that the students in South Mississippi are pretty sharp. Seven hundred students and their science projects filled the Coast…
Lizana Elementary School Mardi Gras Parade
Mardi Gras is a time to celebrate. Kids at Lizana Elementary School know how to do it right. Today Lizana Elementary kindergartners rode home-made mini floats, dressed up in costumes, and threw beads at the school’s Mardi Gras parade. Students…
Pass Parade set to roll Sunday
The City of Pass Christian is putting the final touches on the annual St. Paul’s Carnival Association Parade, which is set to roll Sunday. This year’s parade will start at 11:30 a.m., a half hour earlier than in the past.…
Serviceman arrested for child sex crimes
A 403rd Wing member, assigned to the 403rd security forces squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, pleaded guilty on child sex crimes Wednesday and was convicted under the uniform code of military justice. Thirty-one year-old Staff Sergeant James McGriff was…
Town hall meeting at USM
Tonight at the University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Park campus, constituents have planned a town hall meeting for Mississippi’s fourth congressional district. Representative Steven Palazzo and Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker have been invited to attend the Q&A forum…
STEM Day for female students at Naval Construction Battalion Center
Over 50 female students from Gulfport and Long Beach High School spent the day at the Seabee Base. Their focus was learning about different career paths in the STEM fields. The students broke up into small groups and spoke with…
Lucedale man killed in George County crash today
The Mississippi Highway Patrol investigated a two-vehicle crash in George County that occurred on Highway 26, east of Highway 63, at approximately 05:00am. Upon arrival, it appeared Jeffery A. Scott, 42 year old white male of Lucedale, was traveling eastbound…
Black History program at Lyman Elementary School
Students at Lyman Elementary School put on a Black History play to educate their classmates on several Civil Rights leaders. The play featured three parts. The first part, “Yes, Black Americans Invented That,” featured a class of students being educated…
Man killed in Stone County Crash Identified
On 2-23-2017, The Mississippi Highway Patrol investigated a two-vehicle crash in Stone County that occurred on Highway 49 northbound, south of India Road, at approximately 12:00pm. Upon arriving it appeared Alejandro Pena, 38 year old white male of Long Beach,…
Mardi Gras night parade in Ocean Springs
Let the good times roll in the City of Discovery tonight for the annual Ocean Springs Carnival Association night parade. The floats will line up near the Ocean Springs Yacht Club at Front Beach, travel on Porter Avenue, Government Street,…
Town hall meeting this evening in Long Beach
Tonight in Long Beach a town hall meeting for Mississippi’s fourth congressional district will take place. It is hosted by a group of concerned citizens. The constituents who are hosting the meeting argue members of congress are not doing a…
Mardi Gras Parades Rolling In South Mississippi
Everyone has their fingers crossed for perfect weather this weekend for all of the Mardi Gras Parades rolling along the coast.
Suspect Named In Armed Robbery Case
We have an update to the Wiggins Armed Robbery that took place last month. Investigators with Wiggins Police along with the Harrison County Sheriif's Office, and the Biloxi Police Department identified Gordon McDonald as a suspect in the armed robbery…
Gautier students web-chat with Stennis engineer
For a group of students at Gautier Middle School, a virtual tour of the International Space Center turned into a web-cast Q&A session with an engineer from Stennis Space Center, but students were just as excited to learn about rockets…