According to District Attorney Joel Smith, a former Stone County preacher will face charges after a jury found him guilty of sexual battery of a child today. Testimony against 55-year-old Carlos Smith of Saucier revealed that he and the victim…
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is taking its cheerleading team to the next step, entering the world of competition. The school is moving the team into the athletic department to support the squad. The number of Gulf Coast cheerleaders moving…
As temperatures continue to drop here on the Coast and overnight temperatures are expected to be at or below freezing the next few nights, cold weather shelters again will be opening their doors to those in need. If you’re looking…
News 25's Laurene Callander interviews Acie Campbell about PCA Rodeo Finals, the greatest show on dirt!
The Ocean Springs Elks Mardi Gras parade rolls at one o’clock Saturday afternoon through downtown Ocean Springs. The parade draws around 10,000 people. This weekend, the 13th annual Lizana Parade will start Sunday at 1 p.m. The parade route begins…
There’s no such thing as being too prepared when it comes to our law enforcement officers. For the past three days, agencies from all over the state have been at the IP Casino for the Mississippi State Crime Stoppers Convention.…
A man who is believed to have broken in and burglarized a Papa John’s in Ocean Springs is still on the loose. According to police,the suspect, 45-year-old Chad Brewster, apparently used a key to enter the business and appeared to…
An overnight fire ripped through an Ocean Springs home, leaving the three residents with little to no belongings. News 25’s Laurene Callander was on the scene and has the details. Carina Guzman thought she heard sirens around her home early…
Mississippi Power is sending crews today to North Carolina to assist Duke Energy with outages from the icy winter storm. A crew of 90 linemen and support personnel left early this morning from staging areas across the company’s service territory.
Last night’s storm that moved through Lamar County has been confirmed as a tornado. The National Weather Service confirmed that an EF-2 tornado touched down. A lot of the damage was reported on Rocky Branch Road, Old Salt Road and…
USM’s Gulf Park campus commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Pulitzer Award by hosting several prize winners for a panel discussion. The panel featured former editor of the Sun Herald Stan Tiner, Gulfport native Natasha Tretheway and journalism professor and…
Climb CDC’s Family Enrichment Program and Goodwill of South Mississippi are teaming up to fight illiteracy on the Coast. The United State Department of Education found 29 percent of adults over the age of 16 read at an eighth grade…
Severe weather has hit the Coast. Emergency Management Director in Harrison County Rupert Lacy says to make sure to be paying attention to the weather because high winds, heavy rain and possible tornado watches could be in effect. If possible,…
Police have now identified the gunman in the Waveland shooting that took place earlier this afternoon at a barber college. News 25’s Kendra Turley brings us the latest from that investigation. What was supposed to be a typical day of…
If you need motivation to run that extra mile at the gym, we have some motivation for you. A 92-year-old veteran is running cross country to raise money to reserve a World War II vessel that he helped bring back…
As many of our Coast military families know, deployments are tough, especially when it comes to children. Help and encouragement is on the way, thanks to a traveling USO tour group who stopped in South Mississippi today. News 25’s Kristen…
The Veteran’s Affairs System is notorious for long wait times. By his own admission, the director of the Gulf Coast Veteran’s Health Care System says 2015 was a rough year. As Katarina Luketich reports, in today’s State of the System…
A Jackson County family is celebrating life today, the life of their 13-day-old infant who nearly choked to death just a few days ago. Until three Jackson County sheriff deputies and her older sister came to the rescue. Today, the…
The Mississippi Supreme Court, in an order filed Tuesday, called for responses to a motion for emergency omnibus relief in the case of Cynthia N. Almond v. Singing River Health System Employee’s Retirement Plan and Trust.
News 25's Laurene Callander interviews Ernie Andrus about his run coast to coast to raise money for the LST 325 Ship Memorial fund.
Saddle up Gulf Coast, the Professional Cowboy Association is hosting the rodeo finals at the Coast Coliseum starting tonight at 6 p.m.
The Professional Cowboy Association is hosting the rodeo finals at the Coast Coliseum.
While pitch black cemeteries are perfect for a good scare, they’re not as great when you’re trying to host events in them. That’s the problem that Beauvoir has been facing for years.