JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Senate is pushing forward with a plan to increase some of the lowest teacher salaries in the United States. Senators unanimously passed a bill Thursday to give most Mississippi teachers and teachers' assistants a $1,000 pay raise during…
On March 3, 2021, at approximately 4:00 p.m., the Gulfport Police Department responded to the 1200 block of Todd Avenue in reference to a drive-by shooting. Through the course of the investigation, Detectives discovered the suspect, later identified as Andre…
Friday night’s alright for fighting! It’s also the perfect night for the return of local MMA fighter Jason Knight. You can catch Jason making his mixed martial arts return tomorrow night at the Biloxi Civic Center and…
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr made a visit to Harrison County this morning. Mississippi Public Service Commission and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College teamed up to welcome Commissioner Carr. The main focus of the visit to the Coast…
HATTIESBURG, MISS. – The Mississippi Department of Transportation will close the Fort Bayou drawbridge in Ocean Springs on Sunday, March 14, at 10 p.m. The closure is part of an ongoing $20 million bridge repair project to rehabilitate and upgrade the…
Biloxi, MS – State Troopers responded to a fatal wreck involving a pedestrian in the early morning hours of Sunday, February 28, 2021, at 6:26 am on Highway 63 southbound near Plant Daniel Power Plant in Jackson County. When troopers…
An absolutely BEAUTIFUL afternoon ahead as high-pressure will begin to depart the area...
WIGGINS, Miss.(WXXV) — Highway 49 has reopened after being shut down in Wiggins due to a fallen power line. Wiggins Police Chief Jeff Thomas tells WXXV that all four lanes of Highway 49, including northbound and southbound lanes, closed from…
When the Bonnet Carre Spillway is opened, it can have impacts on marine life in the Mississippi Sound. Sixteen-year-old Emerson Morris, a St. Patrick Catholic High School student, is trying to improve water quality on the Coast.…
The Gulfport Police Department is currently investigating a multi-vehicle accident on the Kremer Marine Bridge on Cowan Road. Police say multiple people are hurt. Northbound and Southbound lanes are shut down. Please avoid the area and use an alternate route.…
Teachers and staff in the Harrison County School District are joining their fellow educators on the Coast in getting the COVID-19 vaccine. HCSD employees met at the district’s Center for Excellence in Gulfport this afternoon to get…
As more people get vaccinated, more public events and Coast traditions are slowly and safely coming back to life. They won’t be painting the town green like they have in the past, but on Thursday, they’ll be…
The Betsy Ann Riverboat set sail today for the first time in over six months. The riverboat had around $100,000 worth of damage due to Hurricane Zeta. The major storm bent the bow and stern and also…
After 35 years in education and five years as Harrison County School District Superintendent Roy Gill announces his retirement. Roy Gill says he can’t believe how fast the time has gone. He carries with him many memories…
Memorial Hospital is the first in Mississippi to acquire a new piece of technology that will help detect lung cancer at its earliest stages. Two years ago, Memorial Hospital acquired the Monarch Platform which is a robotic…
Teachers and staff from Gulfport High School and Bayou View Middle School were scheduled to have COVID vaccines on campus at their convenience. Every member from the Gulfport School District is eligible to receive their COVID vaccine.…
This morning, Singing River Health Systems received their first shipments of the Johnson and Johnson COVID vaccine. The Johnson and Johnson Vaccine is the newest on the market. The single dose vaccine was released this week after…
Clean up, repairs, and recovery still continue to this day, a little more than four months after Hurricane Zeta wreaked havoc here in South Mississippi. As of March, FEMA has approved more than $42.3 million in federal…
On March 3, 2021, at approximately 3:00 p.m., the Gulfport Police Department responded to the 3700 block of 19th Street, in reference to a shooting. Officers attempted to make contact with the occupants which yielded negative results.…
Those entering municipal buildings in Biloxi will continue to be required to wear face masks to help stem the spread of the coronavirus and the city is joining Gov. Tate Reeves is asking people to continue wearing face coverings when…
March is Dolphin Awareness Month and who better to talk about it than the Mississippi Aquarium? The Mississippi Aquarium will be sharing videos and contact all month long about their four bottlenose friends: Fin, Archer, Axel, and…
This Friday enjoy the City of Biloxi at the Downtown Biloxi Block Party on the District Green. The party starts at noon and there will be live music until 9:30 with local talent including the Blackwater Brass.…
Good news for educators in the state of Mississippi as the Senate Education Committee kept the pay raise issue alive by amending House Bill 852. It would give most teachers a $1,000 pay raise during the year…
Governor Tate Reeves signed an Executive Order eliminating the state-ordered mask mandates in every county starting March 3rd- Governor Reeves stated although not mandatory, all persons in Mississippi are encouraged to continue wearing face coverings while in public, avoid large indoor…