Recap of Spring Break weekend on the coast
BILOXI, Miss (WXXV) - Spring break weekend has come and gone here on our Mississippi Coast, and Biloxi police say the number of spring breakers that came to our beaches was…
Black Spring Break
Biloxi Police Department responds to backlash after Black Spring Break
We’ve been providing updates on the aftermath of a big event on the co ast – Black Spring Break. Following the event, many visitors left the coast displease with law enforcement.…
Some believe over-policing at Black Spring Break makes visitors feel unwelcome
Now that Spring Break Weekend is in the rearview mirror, promoters of the annual Coast event are speaking out on how the weekend played out for visitors.…
Gulf Coast visitors celebrate last day of Spring Break Event
“The Spring Break weekend here along Beach Blvd. We’re at Beach Blvd in Brierfield here in Biloxi. You can see the folks are enjoying their final day of celebration. Some folks…
Biloxi City Council upholds denial of one Black Spring Break permit
While visitors coming in for Black Spring Break are welcome to use the beaches, the Biloxi City Council on Tuesday night upheld the denial of a permit for a special event. The Biloxi City Council voted 5 to 2 to…
Harrison County also denies permits for Spring Break events
Permits for activities on the beach during Black Spring Break Weekend next month may not happen. Harrison County Sand Beach and the sheriff’s office sent an email…
Biloxi council delays Black Spring Break permit decision amid safety concerns
The Biloxi City Council was set to meet to take up an appeal on a permit request for a plot of land during Black Spring Break, which…
Public hearing today over lot usage for a Black Spring Break event
The Biloxi City Council will hear an appeal from Black Spring Break organizers after the Biloxi Special Events Committee rejected their request to use…
Biloxi City Council considers ordinance change that would charge RV lots
The Biloxi City Council is still amending ordinances following the shooting that took place during Black Spring Break last year. When this happened it began a conversation around how many…
Biloxi City Council to hear proposed ordinance changes for special events
The Biloxi City Council will hear changes Tuesday to several ordinances designed to keep events from getting out of hand. The changes, which will have their first readings Tuesday, were made in response to the violence that broke out during…
Spring Break shooting suspect in custody in Harrison County
The suspect in the Black Spring Break shooting is now in custody in Harrison County. Twenty-two-year-old Dontavis Magee of Gulfport was captured in Covington County yesterday. He’s…
Marshals, Biloxi Police seeking suspect in Black Spring Break shooting
The U.S. Marshals task force is working with Biloxi Police to locate a suspect in connection with the Black Spring Break shooting that left an officer and four other people injured. The Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force has…
City of Biloxi’s plan for Black Spring Break
In the aftermath of Black Spring Break and the shootings over the weekend, many residents asked, both on social media and at Tuesday’s city council meeting, why the…
Biloxi City Council discusses future of Black Spring Break
The Biloxi City Council met today to discuss the future of Black Spring Break and the events that unfolded over the weekend. Throughout the weekend, city police received…
Biloxi police need help identifying alleged suspect in shooting that left five injured
On April 16th 2023 at approximately 5:33 PM, Biloxi Police Officers responded to several areas in the 2400 Block of Beach Boulevard for reports of gunshots. Four civilians and a Biloxi Police Officer were struck by projectiles. The pictured individual…
Biloxi police investigating shooting that left five injured
Police are investigating an officer involved shooting that left five injured Sunday night in Biloxi as well as looking for a shooter. A weekend of fun came to…
Five people recovering from Sunday night shooting at Black Spring Break
Biloxi Police said today that five people -- including a Biloxi officer -- were shot at two locations in Biloxi during Black Spring Break. Officers responded to a call about a shooting at 5:33 p.m. Sunday near a Motel 6.…
Biloxi Police Department getting traffic plans ready for Black Spring Break
Biloxi police are preparing traffic plans for Black Spring Break that starts Thursday. The police department has been getting traffic plans in place, especially for…
Beach rentals getting ready for Black Spring Break
One of the biggest annual events in the south is returning to the Coast next Thursday. Black Spring Break will be taking over Biloxi from the 13th of…
Black Spring Break returns to the Coast in April
Biloxi is getting ready for Black Spring Break coming up next month. Biloxi is expecting to have more visitors back for the event now that COVID outbreaks…
Black Spring Break wraps up along the Gulf Coast
Black Spring Break made a roaring return to Biloxi over the weekend. Since 2010, people from all over the country have flocked to the Mississippi coast for…
Lil Boosie ordered to pay $200,000 to Biloxi security guard
Baton Rouge rapper Lil Boosie has been ordered to pay more than $230,000 to a security guard at Edgewater Mall in Biloxi after a fight broke out during Black Spring Break in 2017. U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola entered a…
What to expect for Spring Break in Biloxi
Spring break is upon us, which means thousands of people will be flocking to the beaches here on the Gulf Coast. News 25's Kristen Anzuini tells us what you can expect on the roads with all of the extra people…
Were spring breakers welcomed properly on the Coast?
The thousands of spring breakers that came to Biloxi have been gone for two weeks, but how the crowds were treated is still on the minds of Civil Rights activists on the Coast. Black Spring Break draws thousands of guests…