A lawsuit filed this week seeks to block charter schools in Mississippi, arguing they violate the state constitution by making school districts share property taxes with schools they don’t control. The suit was filed in Hinds County Court on behalf…
For some families it may be harder to purchase school supplies than others. The United Way of South Mississippi has started the Fill the Bus Drive to help with school supplies cost. Donations can be dropped off at participating Wal-Marts…
One Coast county is trying to do its part to keep people with serious mental illnesses out of jail and get the help they need. The Harrison County Board of Supervisors recently agreed to join the Steppin’ Up Initiative. Each…
News 25's Bryan Kennedy interviews Kevin Cuttill about the upcoming Inagural Freedom Ball 2016 at the Golden Nugget this Saturday July 16. [mappress mapid="3114"]
News 25's Laurene Callander interviews Erin Lavey about Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-Fil-a in Gulfport. Cow Appreciation event continues till 7 pm 7/12/2016. [mappress mapid="3115"]
It was a night of prayer and unity in Wiggins tonight. City officials, first responders, pastors and hundreds of residents gathered on the Blaylock Park lawn to pray for first responders and for the families of the two men recently…
School may not be back in session for about a month, but it is once again time to fill the bus. The United Way of South Mississippi is asking community members to head to their nearest Wal-Mart to donate school…
The owner of the convenience store where Alton Sterling was fatally shot by a police officer has filed a lawsuit against Baton Rouge police. News 25’s Kendra Turley caught up with the store owner this afternoon in Baton Rouge and…
It looks like Poké-mania has found its way to the Gulf Coast. Users of the new augmented reality app “Pokémon Go” surrounded the Biloxi Lighthouse this afternoon. The game uses GPS technology to spread collectable creatures called Pokémon across the…
A county united amidst social unrest, that’s what one Wiggins man is praying for. A prayer vigil for first responders will commence tonight in Stone County. News 25’s Shelby Myers has the details.
Former D’Iberville High School quarterback Jacquelle Green was arrested today on four counts of armed robbery and four counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Eighteen-year-old Green was wanted by Pensacola, Florida police and will be transported to the…
This morning, Waveland police discovered a man’s partially decomposed body hidden in the woods. The body was found in the Shoreline Park community in a secluded wooded area near the corner of Coral Street and Chesapeake Street. Hancock County Coroner…
Authorities in Mobile, Alabama are investigating the deaths of dozens of bull sharks that washed up along Dauphin Island Parkway over the weekend. Officials say 57 juvenile bull sharks were found dead. The sharks were found by vacationers along the…
Today the Mississippi State Department of Health reports three new cases of Zika virus. This brings the 2016 total to eight. The cases were in residents from Chickasaw, Hinds and Rankin counties who recently traveled to St. Thomas, Nicaragua and…
As long as NASA needs engines tested to launch rockets into space, there’s no better place to test them than at Stennis Space Center. News 25’s Kristen Durand shows us how Aerojet Rocketdyne is expanding to assemble and test a…
Earlier this afternoon, drivers heading west on I-10 experienced a delay. According to Mississippi Highway Patrol, at 12:53 p.m. an ambulance with ASAP EMS services was traveling from Mobile, Alabama to Louisiana when it rolled over onto the shoulder just…
A sinkhole is forming on Canal Road and it hasn’t gone unnoticed as authorities are now looking into it. A concerned viewer who is a delivery driver contacted News 25 saying he spotted the sinkhole last week while driving his…
While prayers are going up for our law enforcement officers, eight people are being trained for and by the Biloxi Police Department. An elite group with diverse backgrounds, News 25’s Gina Tomlinson takes us to their first day of training…
At least one man in Gulfport is trying to bring hope to the community in the wake of the nation’s recent unrest. This morning, David Johnson stood at the intersection of Highway 49 and Dedeaux Road holding a sign that…
This afternoon Waveland police discovered a body in a wooded area. Waveland Police Chief David Allen says the body was discovered in the Shoreline Park area off Highway 603. Details are limited at this time, but Chief Allen tells News…
The protests continue in Baton Rouge over the officer-involved killing of Alton Sterling nearly a week ago. Over the weekend, police arrested more than 200 protestors in the city. Police in full riot gear were blocking one group of protestors…
Waveland Police Chief David Allen confirms officers are on the scene at Shoreline Park where a body was found. Details are limited. News 25 will have more information as it becomes available.
You can run, but you can’t hide. Dog the Bounty Hunter and his team are here in Biloxi for the Professional Bail Agents of the U.S. Conference. The TV stars join the Professional Bail Agents of the United States (P.B.U.S.)…
A remembrance ceremony for the lives lost across the country this past week is happening tonight. The ceremony will honor the five officers lost in Dallas as well as Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, the two men shot and killed…