By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House sent President Joe Biden the most wide-ranging gun violence bill Congress has passed in decades on Friday, a measured compromise that at once illustrates progress on the long-intractable issue and the deep-seated…
Three men and a juvenile are in custody today in Picyaune after a traffic stop led to finding a stolen vehicle, a cache of drugs and weapons. On Wednesday, Picayune officers with the…
School officials are praising students for their quick action after a boy brought a pistol to Gulfport Central Middle School today. District…
Illegal narcotics and firearms are off the streets of Gautier after police made two arrests Tuesday. Officers at the Gautier Police Department served a no-knock warrant…
There was another incident at Biloxi High School involving a weapon. This time, an unloaded gun was found after a tip concerning a weapon on campus. Biloxi Superintendent Marcus…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) in introducing legislation to reinstate the right of adults between the ages of 18 and 20 to purchase a handgun from a federally licensed dealer. The Second…
MOSS POINT, Miss. (WXXV) — Police are investigating after a homeowner shot and killed an armed intruder Sunday evening in Moss Point. Police say they received a call at around 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24, reporting, "shots fired" in the…
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV) — Three people are facing felony drug charges following one of the largest methamphetamine seizures in history on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Agents recovered more than 50 pounds of meth, two pounds of heroin, a .40…
Police say forty-year-old store manager Anthony Brown, and Supervisor Brandon Gales, were shot and killed by a disgruntled employee
Today, a federal ban on bump stocks has taken effect. Gulfport resident Robert Newman said, “It’s definitely moving in the wrong direction. I believe gun ownership is our second amendment right and anything to deny that definitely infringes on our…
Today a federal ban on bump stocks has taken effect. News 25’s Gabby Easterwood is at the ATF Office in Gulfport with more.
Dick’s Sporting Goods is no longer selling assault-style rifles after a gunmen killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. In a news release, Dick’s says it sold a shotgun to Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz in…
In the aftermath of the recent shootings, gun sales are on the rise according to a local pawn shop. Jay-Jay’s Pawn Shop on Highway 49 in Gulfport tells News 25 during the last couple months they’ve seen a lot more…
The recent mass shooting in Orlando has triggered debate over laws governing gun sales throughout the country. Avid gun owners stress that it is not the law abiding citizens who need to be controlled. The debate on stricter gun control…
A shooting this morning in Long Beach sent one man to the hospital. The shooting took place in the 300 block of White Harbor Road around 10:40am. The suspect was arrested in Gulfport. News 25 will have more details at…
There was no gun found on a school bus in Gulfport this morning. Police searched the bus after receiving a call from Harrison Central High School. School officials say a parent reported having heard a student had a gun. Police…
Governor Phil Bryant has signed into law a bill that allows some members of churches to undergo firearms training so they can provide armed security for their congregations. The Church Protection Act specifies that those designated can carry guns into…
A bill to allow some members of church congregations to carry guns inside is now law. Governor Phil Bryant signed the legislation this morning, allowing places of worship to designate members to undergo firearms training and carry guns to protect…
Doctors say a toddler will be fine after she was shot in the face inside a Jackson hospital on Wednesday. The two-year-old girl was with her mother at the hospital when the mother dropped her purse and the gun inside…
“Something significant was prohibited yesterday,” that’s what Gulfport Police Chief Leonard Papania had to say at a press conference today, addressing the questions of why a 14-year-old would bring a gun to school with over 100 rounds of ammunition and…
A bill to allow some members of church congregations to carry guns inside is sitting on Governor Bryant's desk for final approval. If approved, the new law would allow places of worship to designate members to undergo firearms training and…
In a challenge to federal law, state senators passed the Mississippi Church Protection Act which states that places of worship could nominate certain members of the church to undergo a firearms training course. This bill would also allow individuals to…
The Mississippi Legislature is coming closer to passing a law that would allow guns in church. A Senate committee has passed a bill that would allow places of worship to designate people with concealed carry permits as security and make…
Mississippi citizens with enhanced concealed-carry permits could soon be allowed to bring their guns into courthouses. This comes shortly after a man was sentenced to life in prison for shooting another man to death outside of a courthouse in Madison…