Police have announced the person killed in a shooting in Memphis, Tennessee Tuesday night was from Mississippi. Memphis police say the 16-year-old girl who was shot and killed along with the five others wounded were all from Mississippi. They say…
A reward has been issued for anyone with information in connection to the Greenville Church that was set on fire. Police and fire department officials do believe this fire was the work of an arsonist, which is why they have…
Two Biloxi women are behind bars this afternoon, each charged with one count of residential burglary. Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell says Laura Brown and Amber Turnage took numerous items from a duplex in St. Martin. The person who lives…
Police are investigating an overnight shooting outside apartments on Rodenberg Avenue in Biloxi. Officers responded around 4:30 this morning to multiple shots fired in the neighborhood. Witnesses say three people were hit by bullets. Two are being treated and the…
Department received a call serve about a suicide threat Sunday afternoon. The deputy who first arrived on the scene became the target, as the suspect began firing a gun at the patrol vehicle. The deputy returned fire and police were…
One person is in the hospital after an overnight officer involved shooting. Details are limited at the moment but here's what we do know. Sometime after midnight, officers were called to a scene off of Sugar Gate Road in Vancleave.…
Police in Jackson have released video of suspect they believe is responsible for shooting and injuring 6 people last Friday. And be warned, this video is graphic. The video you see you here shows a man fall then fire his…
The search continues for the man who shot the cashier of a Pascagoula gas station during an attempted robbery last week. A masked man entered the Murphy Express gas station on Chicot Road early Thursday morning. Before attempting to take…
Jackson County officials are looking for a Simon City Royals gang member who missed his court date. Dillion Scott Odom failed to show up in court for his arraignment following his indictment on charges of conspiracy to commit kidnapping. He…
A Pascagoula man who sexually abused four child relatives was sentenced Tuesday to three life sentences in prison. After a two day trial, Spartacus Alford was found guilty of two counts of sexual battery, one count of attempted sexual battery…
The trial begins today for the teacher accused in the sexual abuse of a student at Hancock High School. Leslie Danielle Dewitt is charged with two counts of sexual battery while in a position of trust and three counts of…
A Pascagoula man is sentenced to three life sentences for sexually abusing a relative. According to the Jackson County District Attorney's Office, 45-year-old Spartacus Alford was found guilty of two counts of sexual battery, one count of attempted sexual battery,…
A first-term Mississippi lawmaker has been arrested on a misdemeanor charge of domestic violence. Lowndes County jail records show 43 year old state representative Kabir Karriem of Columbus was arrested Tuesday. He was released on his own recognizance, and is…
Former Long Beach Police Officer Cassie Barker is out on bond after turning herself in to authorities to answer manslaughter charges in the death of her three year old daughter Cheyene Hyer. Her bond just 50-thousand dollars is something that…
A Gulfport man pleads guilty to armed robbery. 29 year old "Juarez Jackson" will serve 15 years in prison for robbing the express check advance in long beach. The robbery happened on September 3, 2015. Jackson admitted to entering the…
Two men are behind bars after attempting to break into a construction trailer in downtown Biloxi. Officers observed Garnel Linwoof Curley and Charles Martel Oatis trying to break into a commercial trailer on the 100 block of Main Street Wednesday.…
Three women are behind bars this morning after a shoplifting incident. Princess Franklin, Yolanda Rene Green and Kristy Michelle Crosb stole several items from the Belk's store inside the Edgewater Shopping Center. Because the merchandise was over a thousand dollars,…
A Pass Christian man is behind bars on felony drug and gun charges. Rhett Raphael Peters was arrested on charges of conspiracy to possess and distribute meth. Peters was also in possession of a firearm as a felon. A search…
One woman is behind bars for armed robbery incident that too place the 700 block of Bell Circle in Long Beach. Theresa Celeste Northrup was also arrested on a warrant for failure to appear in court on a possession charge…
News 25's Laurene Callander tells us about the drive-by shooting that happened outside of the Cheveron and McDonalds off the Ocean Springs exit off of I-10 last night.
A south Mississippi man is charged with aggravated assault after allegedly dousing another man with gasoline and setting him on fire. Thirty-nine-year-old Kunta Kidd of Gulfport was arrested early today. He was booked into Forrest County Jail in Hattiesburg and…
Officials are currently investigating a bomb threat at St. Martin Middle School. Jackson County Superintendent Barry Amacker tells News 25, the school was evacuated shortly after 11 this morning when a threatening note was found posted in the bathroom. The…
Ocean Springs Police are looking for a man who is believed to have stolen a purse out of a woman's purse at the CVS on Highway 90 over the weekend. The man is said to have freckles on his face…
The man accused of killing two Mississippi nuns confesses this according to a state investigator. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation officer testified Friday during a preliminary hearing for 46 year old Rodney Earl Sanders. According to the officer, Sanders confessed…