Community holds candlelight prayer for safe return of missing Gulfport woman
Seventy-five-year-old Gulfport woman Dorothy Jean Burks has been missing for five days. As the sun set on Jones Park, the Gulfport community came together for…
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Installation of local artist’s sculpture in Downtown Gulfport
If you’re in Downtown Gulfport, off 14th Street you’ll notice a new sculpture installation. The finished project will represent a piece of South Mississippi. In Downtown Gulfport, Gail…
Groundbreaking for pedestrian bridge project in Gulfport
Gulfport officials and architects broke ground on a major infrastructure project that will take place over Highway 90 connecting Jones Park to the Mississippi Aquarium. What started off as…
Battle at the Beach: Gulfport vs. Faith Academy (AL)
As a part of the fifth annual Battle at the Beach, ten different locations are being used to host 112 games. Only one of those parks is…
Car hits guardrail, flips on Washington Avenue in Bayou View
A driver hit the guardrail on the bridge over Brickyard Bayou and flipped before landing on the grassy area south of the bayou. The crash happened about 12:30 p.m. Thursday. Gulfport Police spokesman Jason Ducre' said the driver, who was…
Wayne Payne Day honors former police chief
Gulfport Mayor Billy Hewes has proclaimed March 12th as Wayne Payne Day. The city honored the former police chief Saturday afternoon during his retirement ceremony. Chief Payne served as…
Gulfport man charged with aggravated assault after argument ends in gunfire
A man in Gulfport was injured Sunday after a shooting on East Railroad Street near Owen T Palmer Park. The target of the attack, who wished to remain anonymous, told News 25 she…
Teen charged with DUI after hitting three parked cars in Gulfport
We have an update on that truck that slammed into some parked cars in a Harrison County neighborhood. Gulfport police tell News 25 it was…
Private plane crash lands at Gulfport-Biloxi airport
A private plane made an emergency landing at Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport overnight, causing some flight cancellations and delays.…
Gulfport police chief stepping down
Gulfport Police Chief Chris Ryle is stepping down . The chief is retiring in two months. Gulfport Police spokesman confirmed that Ryle is leaving the department. Ryle is leaving the force to take a job with the Mississippi Aquarium as…
Gemini tops off Mardi Gras with Gulfport night parade
The Krewe of Gemini will round out the Carnival season on Fat Tuesday with the final parade of the season. And WXXV's own Meggan Gray has been asked to serve as grand marshal of the Gemini's Night Parade on Mardi…
5 indicted, arrested in connection with fires set at Walmarts in Mississippi, Alabama
Five men indicted by an Alabama grand jury have been arrested in connection with fires set at Walmarts in Alabama and Mississippi. The indictment, issued under seal, was released Thursday after the men were arrested in Gulf Shores, Ala. The…
City of Gulfport considering short-term rental amendment
The City of Gulfport is considering adding a short-term rental policy to its comprehensive zoning ordinance. Right now, the city has no regulations on short-term rentals. With us today…
Allegiant to offer air service from Gulfport to Florida this summer
Allegiant air service announces new nonstop flights to Sanford, Florida via Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport beginning May 18, 2022, and operating through the summer. Orlando Sanford International Airport is about a 45-minute drive from Disney World in Orlando and Universal Studios…
Local handyman plans to rebuild his home after fire
A Gulfport family is fully motivated to get back on their feet after watching flames and smoke engulf their home. Local handyman Michael Davison plans to ‘build…
Navy to rename fitness center in honor of fallen Seabee
Chief Petty Officer Raymond J. BorderThe fitness center at the Seabee base in Gulfport will be named for a chief who died by an improvised explosive device while deployed to Afghanistan in 2011. The Chief of Naval Operations has approved…
Cold weather shelters in Hancock, Harrison counties open tonight
Cold weather shelters are opening in Hancock and Harrison counties tonight in anticipation of cold-weather conditions. Hancock County is opening its cold weather shelter in the Kiln tonight. Kiln – Hancock County Storm Prep Building, 6 pm to 8 am. 18335…
Harrison County man charged in peeping Tom case
A Harrison County man was jailed Monday after Harrison County deputies responded to a call about someone setting up a camera outside a bathroom window. Gary Rhoads, 67, was charged with peeping Tom, a felony and taken to the Harrison…
24-year-old charged in Gulfport hit-and-run death
Gulfport Police on Friday arrested a 24-year-old man and charged him in connection with a January, 31, 2022, hit and run that claimed the life of a pedestrian. Mickel Anthony Stewart is charged with leaving the scene of an accident…
Coast man killed during World War II officially accounted for
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Thursday that a Harrison County man killed during World War II was accounted for on July 9, 2021. U.S. Army Pvt. Andrew J. Ladner, 30, of Lizana, Mississippi, was in the military for 14…
Cold weather shelters opening tonight through the weekend
Cold weather shelters are opening in Hancock and Harrison counties this weekend in anticipation of cold-weather conditions. Hancock County is opening its cold weather shelter in the Kiln tonight and it will be open through Monday. Kiln - Hancock County…
Gulfport Police charge two more in New Year's Eve shooting case
Gulfport Police have made two more arrests in relation to the New Year's Eve shooting in Gaston Point that left four dead. Last week, police arrested Isavian O’Terry Rayshun Preston, 23 on charges of 1st Degree Murder and 2nd Degree…
Father of man arrested on child sex charges now faces child porn charges
The father of a man who was arrested on child sex charges earlier this month has been charged with possession of child pornography. Gulfport Police said Ricky Lynn Cripps, 62, was…
Four teens charged in alleged drug deal gone bad in Gulfport
An 18-year-old is in custody, charged by Gulfport Police with leaving the scene of an accident causing death or injury in an incident on Wednesday afternoon near Hendry Road in Orange Grove. Tyson Caden…