CASA, Court Appointed Special Advocates, works to provide abused and neglected children with quality advocacy in the court system and to secure a safe, permanent, and nurturing home for them. The Blind Tiger partnered with CASA of Hancock County for…
State Troopers responded to an early morning crash on Hwy 90 near Lake Shore Drive in Hancock County Wednesday at 5:45 am that claimed the life of a Bay St. Louis resident. The bicyclist has been identified as 18-year-old Dawson…
State Troopers responded to an early morning crash on Hwy 90 near Lake Shore Drive in Hancock County Wednesday at 5:45 am that claimed the life of a Bay St. Louis resident. Arriving Troopers reported that the now deceased was…
Ochsner Health has named Wilson Thomas as Chief Executive Officer for Ochsner Medical Center- Hancock and Hancock’s affiliated Health Centers on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Thomas, a native of Mobile, most recently served as Project CEO for Community Health Systems,…
State Troopers responded to an early morning single-vehicle traffic crash on Interstate 10 West in Hancock County at the 3-mile marker on Friday at 7:16 a.m. that claimed the life of a Louisiana resident and sent the passenger to the…
Bay St. Louis Police are investigating a woman's death as a homicide, Chief Gary Ponthieux said in a press release Monday. About 7:45 a.m., a report came in of a dead woman found on the 500 block of Washington Street.…
With continued power outages, five distribution centers will open in Hancock and Harrison Counties. Distribution Center Operating Hours: SATURDAY, October 31: 1 PM – 6 PM November 1-2, 2020: 8 AM – 6 PM Shelf-stable meals, water, tarps, hand sanitizer…
Michael Grimm, the Hancock County native who won "America's Got Talent" in 2010, has released his first Christmas album. “Michael Grimm - Sleigh Bells Not Included” will be released November 1 by Tinane Entertainment in cooperation with Mattikay Music. The…
PEARLINGTON, Miss. (WXXV) — The Mississippi Highway Patrol says one person is dead after a fatal accident on Hwy 607 near the intersection of Interstate 10. MHP says the accident involved a pickup and a motorcycle. According to the Mississippi…
The Mississippi Gaming Commission says casinos may reopen for business at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Casinos closed as Hurricane Sally headed toward the Gulf Coast, but now that it has moved over to the Alabama-Florida border, casinos are planning to reopen.…
HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV) — The Hancock County Emergency Management Agency has issued a mandatory evacuation order for some residents ahead of Sally. The order went into effect at 7 a.m. Monday, September 14 for residents living in low lying…
The Mississippi State Department of Health will be hosting drive-through COVID-19 testing sites for Mississippi teachers and staff at various county health departments over the next few weeks. Any K-12 teacher, staff or administrator can be tested for free at…
This morning the driver of a tanker was sent to the hospital with injuries and a section of Highway 603 in Hancock County was shut down as crews worked to contain a dangerous threat. An early morning commute on Highway…
(Jackson, Miss.) – MDEQ lifted a water contact advisory Friday for Station 4 (Bay St. Louis Beach) in Hancock County. Water samples at this station show the area has attained acceptable bacteria levels. Advisories remain in effect for Stations 7A,…
On July 21, 2020, the Biloxi Police Department responded to a complaint of a suspicious male in the Hard Rock Casino Parking Garage, located in the 700 block of Beach Boulevard. Officers arrived on scene and made contact with a…
On July 21, 2020, the Biloxi Police Department responded to a complaint of a suspicious male in the Hard Rock Casino Parking Garage, located in the 700 block of Beach Boulevard. Officers arrived on scene and made contact with a…
Over in Hancock County, community leaders are also making sure their residents are safe by giving out free masks. The Hancock County Community masks drive thru giveaway will take place Saturday July 11th across multiple locations around Hancock County including…
Hancock County Coroner Jim Faulk says 68-year-old Jerry Wayne Fryerson died of blunt force trauma Sunday morning after a two vehicle crash. It happened on Highway 603 and Shiyou Road just before 1 a.m. when a jeep traveling north crossed…
The beaches in Hancock County will be closed for at least the next 30 days as crews work to clean up the mess left behind by Cristobal. A sea of marsh grass is now covering the beach where you would…
The Coast has seen several massive woods fires all in the last few weeks, including one in Hancock County and two in Harrison County. This week’s Hancock County woods fire and the Harrison County woods fire are both currently under…
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…