One man is now in custody in connection to the St. Martin stabbing that left one transgender woman dead in a hotel Saturday night. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department arrested 20-year-old Dwanya Hickerson of New Orleans at Keesler Air Force…
The City of Gulfport is now missing thousands of dollars of Christmas lights. According to Sergeant Damon McDaniel, an East Railroad Street building, which housed the lights, was burglarized three times this week. The suspect or suspects have stolen up…
An arrest has been made in connection to the St. Martin stabbing that left one transgender woman, Dee Whigham dead in a hotel Saturday night. Today, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department arrested Dwanya Hickerson of New Orleans. News 25’s Kenda…
An arrest was made in the stabbing death of a transgender person. Sheriff Mike Ezell with the Jackson County Sheriff's Office tells News 25 the suspect is being taken to the Jackson County Adult Detention Center. News 25 has a…
Sentencing has been set for the Mississippi couple who pleaded guilty to planning to travel to Syria and join ISIS last year. Sentencing will be on August 11th for Jaelyn Young, the then 20-year-old who left her parents a note…
Jackson County authorities are continuing their investigation into a homicide at a hotel over the weekend. They are looking for a man wanted for questioning in regard to the stabbing death of a transgender woman at the Best Western in…
One of the former Ole Miss students accused of placing a noose around the statue of James Meredith learned his fate today. Austin Reed Edenfield was sentenced to one year probation, along with 50 hours of community service. He was…
The death of an inmate in Green County is being treated as a homicide. Inmate Howard Payton died in the South Mississippi Correctional Institution around 8 p.m. last night. Payton was in prison for kidnapping and three counts of rape…
A Gulfport woman pleads guilty to robbing a bank back in 2014. Thirty-six year-old Lacritia Summerlin entered her plea in court this week after admitting to robbing the First Bank on Highway 49 on September 19th, 2014. A bank teller…
Miranda Duke of Pascagoula pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual battery from 2013. The victim was 13-years-old at the time. Judge Kathy Jackson sentenced Duke on each of the three counts of sexual battery to serve 12 years. District…
The Biloxi Police Department is requesting your assistance in identifying a person who is wanted for questioning. The Biloxi man is wanted in connection to a credit card fraud that occurred on July 10th at the Edgewater Mall. Anyone who…
The man charged of burning Panola County resident Jessica Chambers to death pleads not guilty. Quinton Tellis faces capital murder charges for Chambers’ murder two years ago. This morning he entered a not guilty plea in court. Detectives say Tellis…
A court date has been delayed for the state senator charged with aggravated assault after being accused of hitting someone with a shovel in a fight last week. Senator Chris Massey of Nesbit was scheduled to appear in court Thursday,…
An arrest has been made in the death of Hancock County resident Jeremy Fountain. Drew Bourgeois was arrested in Metairie, Louisiana last night and is being held there on numerous charges including Waveland PD’s warrant for murder. Jeremy Fountain’s body…
After almost two years, members of a Gulfport community are still reeling and authorities are still seeking justice for a five-year-old girl raped and killed in their neighborhood. Saturday marks the two year anniversary of Janaya Thompson’s tragic death. News…
The Hancock County Sheriff's Department is on the lookout for four black men in a silver or gray sedan with dark tint on the window after they allegedly threatened a roadside business owner to take down his American flag. Early…
The victim of an early morning shooting in Pascagoula is in the hospital in stable condition. Police found a man suffering from a gunshot wound to the body after responding to a call about a shooting around 1:30 a.m. in…
Nineteen people are indicted and a Los Angeles woman is convicted in a global cybercrime scam first reported in Biloxi. Forty-four year-old Genoveva Farfan received eight years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States and…
Hours of negotiation ends peacefully in Gulfport after a man shot his gun inside of his home off 25th Street this morning. News 25’s Laurene Callander has the details. It was a scary sight as neighbors watched on the sidewalk…
Today a Latin Kings gang member pleaded guilty to the murder of a transgender teen. Josh Vallum appeared in George County Circuit Court today, entering a guilty plea in the beating death of Mercedes Williamson of Theodore back in 2015.…
Former D’Iberville High School quarterback Jacquelle Green was arrested today on four counts of armed robbery and four counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Eighteen-year-old Green was wanted by Pensacola, Florida police and will be transported to the…
Biloxi police are asking for the public’s help identifying a man wanted for questioning in connection with a burglary. Police say the crime happened on July 3rd at the M and N Casino Mart on Oak Street. If you have…
Ocean Springs police need your help locating two men caught on camera robbing a wireless phone store. Surveillance video shows two males entering the Cricket Wireless building and then taking several items off of the shelves and some on display.…
A Gulfport woman and her daughter are behind bars, charged with embezzling money using a casino player’s card. Forty-two year-old Alicia Harrison was arrested after the Golden Nugget’s security team’s investigation showed she had been altering player’s cards and giving…