A Jackson County man will serve 30 years day-for-day for the sexual assault of a girl waiting for the school bus. 37-year-old Jimmy David Williams was found guilty after a two-day trial of assaulting a 15-year-old girl on her way…
A 12-year-old boy is dead after playing Russian Roulette with peers in Jackson, Mississippi, police say. Jackson’s Deputy Police Chief Deric Hearn identified the boy as Markell Noah, according to…
A Harrison County man will spend more than 20 years in prison after impregnating a 13-year-old girl. District Attorney Crosby Parker said 40-year-old- Antonio Cantrell Owens pleaded guilty last week to sexual battery and was sentenced to 22 years day-for-day,…
The father of a little girl found wandering alone in Pearl River County has been arrested. The father has been identified as Brian Davis…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is seeking the public’s assistance with obtaining information regarding an unknown male who may have critical information pertaining to the identity of a child victim in an ongoing sexual exploitation investigation. Photographs and an informational…
GEISMAR, La. (AP) — Authorities say a 6-year-old boy died after he and two siblings, ages 9 and 4, were playing with fire in a “fort” made from a concrete stairway on a flatbed trailer. The children used a lighter…
A nightmare today for parents of a two-year-old boy at a D’Iberville daycare facility. According to D’Iberville police, the boy was found a block away from the facility…
George County Sheriff's Department have arrested a Lucedale man in a case regarding the sexual abuse of a child. Sheriff's deputies responded to a report of possible sexual abuse of a child on Monday night in the area of Walters…
A Gulfport man will serve 25 years day-for-day without possibility of early release or parole after he was convicted of sexual battery on a 5-year-old child. Circuit Judge Christopher Schmidt sentenced Clyde Fitzgerald Blocton, 35, on Friday. He was convicted…
HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. (AP/WXXV) — A 12-year-old-girl received a black doll with beads forming a noose around its neck at a Mississippi Gulf Coast Mardi Gras parade. Officials said Monday police are investigating the incident as a hate crime. Nicole…
News 25's Hank Davis interviews Brittany Simmons about the Babypalooza Maternity Expo happening on Sept 16th from 10 am to 2 pm.
News 25's Hank Davis interviews Ernest Taylor Sr. about the National Night Out Expo to help bring the community and law enforcement together at the Bay St. Louis community center on August 1st at 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm.
Mississippi officials and child advocates have reached another set of agreements in continuing attempts to improve the performance of the state's child welfare system. The two agreements approved Monday by Senior U.S. District Judge Tom Lee are at least the…
News 25's Katarina Luketich interviews Angelia Grandberry about Holiday Kroc Camp happening November 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 25th. at the The Salvation Army.
Biloxi man, Fabio Fernando Joaquin Mateos was taken into custody today for touching a child for lustful purposes. Police arrested Joaquin Mateos during a traffic stop when they learned he had an arrest warrant. Back in July police first responded…
An autopsy for the child who was found dead after being left alone in a parked car in Hancock County on Friday. Three year old "Chyenn Hyer's," body was found in a parked car with the engine running in the…
In 2014, 451 children under the age of eight were killed in motor vehicle crashes. Of those 116 of those children were not properly restrained. Officials are using this week's child passenger safety week in an effort to help educate…
Fifty nine year old Phillip Spear will be held without bond, pending a trial, on charges of producing and distributing child pornography out of his home. This was decided at his preliminary hearing at the Gulfport Courthouse this morning. According…
News 25's Bryan Kennedy interviews Cecilia Pearson about BabyPalooza Tour this Saturday, September 17th 10:00 am - 2:00 pm at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum Convention Center.
News 25's Katarina Luketich interviews Jenn Simmons and Anna Kate Shurley about Vacation Bible Schools for children, free summer programs. Gulfport-area churches begin scheduling summer Vacation Bible Schools --Churches across city sponsor traditional summer camps for children,…