Workshop focuses on stranding season for dolphins, turtles
February through May is stranding season for dolphins and turtles here on the Coast The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies says an average of 50 dolphins and 100…
Mississippi prepares to tackle any voter fraud ahead of presidential election
Following the 2020 presidential election, many people raised concerns about the integrity of the election process. There was a surge in election legislation introduced after…
Governor Reeves Appoints Lisa Beech McGloflin As County Court Judge For Pearl River County
JACKSON, Miss. – Governor Tate Reeves today announced the appointment of Lisa Beech McGloflin as County Court Judge for Pearl River County. This appointment fills a vacancy created by the promotion of the Honorable Richelle Lumpkin, who was appointed Fifteenth…
Harrison County man indicted on multiple sex crime charges
A Harrison County man has been indicted on multiple sex crime charges by a grand jury. 36-year-old Michael Gilbert was arrested Monday on the indictments of two counts of sexual battery, three counts of touching a child for lustful purposes,…
Long Beach man sentenced to life for murder of wife
Gulfport, Mississippi – District Attorney W. Crosby Parker announced today that 39-year-old Robert John Oshinski, of Long Beach, pled guilty to murdering his wife, Ashley Barbara, on the morning of January 9, 2022. After accepting the guilty plea on the…
Boil water notice for parts of Gulfport
The City of Gulfport has issued a boil water notice due to a water main repair. Residents and businesses in the surrounding areas of East Taylor Road, extending from the Bridgewater Shopping Center east to the cul-de-sac are affected. This…
Stolen racehorse returned to Mississippi
The Mississippi Agriculture and Livestock Theft Bureau recovered a racehorse stolen from Mississippi The racehorse was found in Todd County, Kentucky. On February 23, the Terry Police Department - located in a small town just south of Jackson - received…
Conversation with Congressional Candidate Michael McGill
Monday, we heard from GOP Congressional Candidate Carl Boyanton, one of three Republicans running for the 4th Congressional District Seat in this year’s primary. Today, WXXV’s Grant Chighizola continues his…
Mississippi Power announces Gifford Ormes, Melvin Roland as vice presidents
Gulfport, Miss. – Mississippi Power recently announced the appointments of Gifford Ormes as Vice President of External Affairs and Customer Growth and Melvin Roland as Vice President of Power Delivery and Division Operations. “The addition of Gifford and Melvin to…
Republican candidates speak at Candidates Forum in Hancock County
Primary candidates for Mississippi’s 4th Congressional District and U.S. Senate seats made their pitch to voters with one week left to go until the state’s primary elections. The candidate’s…
Rescheduled: I-10 E to CLOSE overnight at Menge Ave. next week
HATTIESBURG, MISS. – An overnight closure of all lanes of I-10 eastbound at Menge Ave. originally scheduled for Thursday, March 7 has been rescheduled to Tuesday, March 12 from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. due to wet weather conditions. The closure…
Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads logins restored after widespread outage
A technical issue caused widespread login issues for a few hours across Meta's Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Messenger platforms Tuesday. Andy Stone, Meta’s head communications, acknowledged the issues on X, formerly known as Twitter, and said the company “resolved the…
Small plane crashes near Nashville interstate and 5 people aboard were killed, police say
Police in Nashville say that five people have died after a small plane crashed near an interstate highway, shutting down multiple lanes. The Metro Nashville Police Department says the single-engine plane crashed Monday night just off of Interstate 40 in…
Log truck overturns, blocking roadway in Harrison County
A log truck overturned Monday afternoon on Cemetery Road in Harrison County. The driver escaped with minor injuries, but the road was shut down while crews removed the truck and…
HII hosts naval leaders at Ingalls Shipbuilding
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (March 4, 2024) — HII announced that Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti and Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Christopher Mahoney joined U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss, for a visit to the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding…
Ingalls completes acceptance trials of LPD 29
The completion of acceptance trials for the Richard M. McCool Jr. were successful. The Richard M. McCool Jr. is an amphibious transport dock, also being the final Flight I…
State Senate bill would require driver's education program
An act is headed to the Mississippi State Senate that would require any school district that has a secondary school to establish and maintain driver education and training…
Who will the proposed Medicaid expansion help?
After nearly 100,000 people were dropped from Medicaid last year, the Mississippi senate will now see a bill that promotes expanding Medicaid. The new program will be known as…
Silver alert issued for missing Escatawpa man
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has issued a statewide Silver Alert and Jackson County deputies and investigators are looking for 63-year-old William Charles Brondum III of Escatawpa. Brondum goes by the name Bill and hasn’t been seen in more than…
Hattiesburg PD searching for runaway teenager
Hattiesburg police posted on Facebook that a 15-year-old was last seen on Monday, February 26th. Tamarcus Osbey was last seen on February 26th at the Hattiesburg High School, showing up for first period, but left shortly after. He reportedly ran…
Christian artist Lauren Daigle adds date in Gautier at The Sound
Contemporary Christian artist Lauren Daigle is coming to the Coast. The American Idol alum from Louisiana has been added to the lineup at The Sound Amphitheater in Gautier on August 16. The Grammy and Dove award winner added Gautier to…
Spring Blood Drive being hosted on March 5th
A Spring Blood Drive is being hosted by the Knights of Columbus on March 5th. The drive will be happening at Our Lady of Fatima in the Parish…
Applications are live for Stone County School District superintendent
In Stone County, the school district superintendent application is live and now accessible to every qualified candidate in the nation. The Mississippi School Board Association met with…
Hancock County Republican Women hosting Candidate Forum
In Hancock County, a chance to hear from congressional candidates ahead of next week’s primary elections in the Magnolia State. The candidate’s forum begins at 5:30 at American Legion…