For the past three days, fire crews have been battling massive woods fires in Hancock County. It is estimated that between 1,800 and 2,000 acres were burned during this fire. Winds played a huge factor in this fire that started…
Wood fires are raging through Harrison and Hancock County threatening everyone in their path. Along with the threat of COVID-19 some families in Hancock and Harrison County are faced with losing their homes to woods fire. Hancock County resident Donna…
Fire officials are back at the location of a Hancock County woods fire after thick heavy smoke was at the scene. Fire crews spent most of today battling the large woods fire near the Springwood neighborhood on Highway 90 in…
Crews are battling a huge woods fire in the Springwood neighborhood on Highway 90 in Hancock County. Bayside, West Hancock, and Clermont Fire in Hancock County responded to the scene earlier this evening. Mississippi Forestry is also on scene helping…
The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating a single victim shooting. Just after 7 p.m. yesterday, deputies responded to Road 372 where they found a victim laying on the ground with a single gunshot wound to the chest. The…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) — The number of coronvirus cases in Mississippi continues to rise as the COVID-19 pandemic worsens around the world. Wednesday, the Mississippi State Department of Health announced 13 new cases of coronavirus in the Magnolia State, with…
MISSISSIPPI (WXXV) — The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) announced two new cases of coronavirus within the Magnolia State late Monday morning. Two new COVID-19 cases, one in Pearl River County and one in Monroe County, have been identified…
(WXXV) — Deputies involved in the shooting death of a wanted felon in Bay St. Louis last year have been cleared of any criminal conduct. A Grand Jury ruling Tuesday says that Hancock County deputies acted appropriately when they fatally…
One person is dead after a camper trailer went up in flames Wednesday morning in north Hancock County. The fire ignited around 6:35 a.m. in the small trailer located on Cuevas Town Road. By the time firefighters arrived, flames and…
A man is behind bars in connection with a shooting in the parking lot of an apartment complex Wednesday.
Three Texas residents were killed in a single vehicle accident late Friday night in Hancock County. Mississippi Highway Patrol identified them as Arturo Delagarza, Alfredo Arjona, and Alejandro Almeida. The two others in the car, Agustin Arjona and Allison Yharra,…
While there was tons of ‘Cruisin’ action all across the Mississippi Gulf Coast this weekend, Cruisers packed Hancock County for a fun time. Downtown Bay St. Louis was packed with hundreds of ‘Cruisin’ vehicles along with visitors and locals to…
Infinity Science Center celebrated the anniversary of Apollo 11 in booming fashion. Children visited the center today to learn more about space, even shooting off a rocket or two! NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said, “Fifty years ago this week, Neil…
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…
After more than two days a missing man from Hancock County has been found alive. The Hancock County Sheriff’s Department, Hancock Search and Rescue, Hancock EMA, and Bayside Fire Department, alongside Gulf Coast Search and Rescue and Harrison County Fire…
The sunshine may be here to stay, but we were off to a rocky start yesterday when an EF-1 tornado with winds up to 90 MPH moved through Hancock County. The National Weather Service surveyed the damage from yesterday’s storms.…
In Hancock County, residents are seeing some damage following the severe weather that moved through earlier. Around noon today, we had reports of a possible tornado touching down in the area. You can see tree limbs littering the streets and…
A small tour bus en route from New Orleans, carrying 30 people, crashed on I-10 Eastbound, near the Louisiana-Mississippi state line Friday.
Two people are dead following an early morning car accident in Hancock County. The accident occurred just before 3 a.m. on Interstate 10 near mile marker 7 close to the Louisiana state line. According to the Mississippi Highway Patrol, a…
Hancock County is the first coastal county to earn the Work Ready Community Accreditation from the ACT Company. For two years, the Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission teamed with school districts and board of supervisors to earn the Work…
Art's alive ... and well in Hancock County. More colorful than ever these thirteen plus years since Hurricane Katrina. News 25's Toni Miles takes us to the art scene in Hancock County where artists, performers and businesses are priming their…
Back in late November, Judge Margaret Alfonso won the runoff election for chancery court judge serving Harrison, Stone, and Hancock counties. Today, at the Gulfport Courthouse, friends and family gathered as Judge Alfonso was sworn into her new chancery court…
A camper fire held up traffic last night on Interstate 10 in Hancock County. West Hancock Fire Rescue arrived to the scene of the camper engulfed in flames at around 9:30 last night on I-10 east bound near exit 2.…
A two vehicle crash sent three people to the hospital today in Bay St. Louis. The accident happened this evening on Highway 603 near the Kiln Waveland cutoff road. Bay St. Louis Fire Department reports one of the vehicles ran…