A Harrison County Sheriff's deputy drowned while canoeing at a lake at Windance this morning. Adams Lake lies between Windance and Lake Village Estates subdivisions in Harrison County. Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson identified the deputy as Leroy Barnes, a…
Biloxi Police were called to the small craft harbor behind Hard Rock Casino early Tuesday after receiving a call about a person who fell in the water. Capt. Milton Houseman said the call came in about 1:41 a.m. He said…
Chief Shannon Nobles announces the tragic drowning of a 13-year-old D’Iberville Middle School student on May 8, 2022 at a local waterway adjacent to Hwy 15 in the area Old Hwy 15 and Dodson Road. Chief Shannon Nobles said D…
A Carriere man who planned a day out on the water has died. Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer said Wesley Goode, 53, was at the boat launch at the Small Craft Harbor in Gulfport on Wednesday with a friend to…
A teen’s body was recovered from a pond at a dirt pit in the Kiln last night. The victim has been identified as 18-year-old Aydin Stallings, per our media partner…
An Alabama man taking video while Hurricane Zeta came ashore in Biloxi has been identified as the person who drowned near the Broadwater Marina. Fifty-eight-year-old Leslie Richardson had been watching the storm Wednesday evening. Richardson called for…
PENSACOLA, Fla. (WXXV) — Two people are dead after drowning in rip currents at beaches in Northwest Florida over the weekend. Red or double-red warning flags were flying along the coast throughout the Florida Panhandle, signaling the waters were closed…
A two-year-old child died Wednesday morning after being found in a pond by relatives. Sheriff Mike Ezell says the child wandered out of a home on Ann Road in Escatawpa. The pond was on the same property. When deputies and…
News 25’s Lorraine Weiskopf is at Wolf River checking on conditions after the body of man who drowned in the river was found this morning.
According to the CDC, drowning is responsible for more deaths among children age one through four than any other cause except birth defects. Here in the United States, drowning causes around 10 deaths per day. With the summer months quickly…
BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — Authorities said they've found the body of a Mississippi man who drowned after helping his child out of the water. Justin Perkins’ body was recovered on Wednesday afternoon after he drowned in the Rankin County side…
A little after 4:15 p.m., the Biloxi Police and Fire Departments responded to Hiller Park, just west of the boat launch on Atkinson Road for a report of a possible drowning. When officers arrived the male, in his 50’s, had…
A heartbreaking scene tonight as the community mourns the loss of three young boys who drowned earlier this evening. This happened at Dedeaux Park on the Biloxi River around 4 p.m. News 25 was told by onlookers that the names…
Just last night, a man drowned at a Bay St. Louis Apartment Complex swimming pool during a Fourth of July party. Fifty-nine year-old Paul Treutel passed away around 9 p.m. according to Hancock County Coroner Jim Faulk. News 25 will…
Just in the past four days we have lost two South Mississippi residents due to drowning after being pulled under by currents. Thursday night, the body of Long Beach High School senior Peyton Henson was pulled from Wolf River and…
A Gulfport man was swept away while trying to help some kids swimming in the Biloxi River. According to Gulfport Fire Chief Mike Beyerstedt, emergency workers were called out to a section of the Biloxi River near River Road just…
A seven-year-old child drowned in George County after falling into a pond in the Howell Community. Emergency personnel were called to the scene at about 2:15 Tuesday afternoon. The child was non-responsive upon arrival and was taken to George Regional…
The Fourth of July turned tragic for one Jackson County family. They are now mourning the loss of their two-year-old son. “It’s really scary. I just really don’t know what I would do.” Sherri Gill is a grandmother and says…
Tragic news out of Jackson County today as a community mourns the loss of a two-year-old boy. A family was swimming in a pond on their property yesterday and went inside for lunch. At one point, the parents of two-year-old…
Investigators are trying to find out what led to the death of a 13-year-old boy whose body was found in an apartment pool Sunday. “He does know how to swim. That’s the one thing that’s getting the whole family is…
The child that was found dead in a pool at the Quarters Apartments located in Gulfport has been identified as 13-year-old Ashton Cole. According to Gulfport police, Cole was reported missing from home while officers were looking for family. Officers…
Authorities have recovered the body of a man who drowned in east Biloxi Saturday night. According to Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove, 49-year-old Biloxi resident Chin Phan fell off a boat into the water behind Boomtown Casino Saturday night. Crews…
A Woolmarket family tries their best to move forward after the tragic loss of a one-year-old boy. The toddler fell into a swimming pool at his grandmother’s house in Harrison County. When emergency officials arrived on the scene, the boy…
A DMR team recovered the body of a male victim in the Biloxi Small Craft Harbor this morning. Shrimp boaters called the DMR around 4:45 after they saw a man walk into the water, splash and never resurface. Members of…