Harrison County Emergency Management lifted the mandatory evacuation order at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 15. Shelter shutdowns will begin Wednesday, Sept. 16. “We are asking everyone to stay home tonight if they can,” Harrison County Emergency Management Director Rupert…
First responders from the Gulf Coast recently returned from helping victims in Lake Charles. After Hurricane Laura tore through regions of Louisiana, first responders from Harrison County and the entire Gulf Coast felt it was their responsibility to help the…
Personnel from Harrison County Fire Rescue and various Harrison County law enforcement agencies and are in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana with the primary purpose of feeding first responders and assisting those affected by Hurricane Laura. The twenty-five man team from Harrison…
As we await the possibility of two tropical systems in the Gulf of Mexico next week, the Harrison County Board of Supervisors, EMA, and Harrison County Road Department are pushing for early preparation. The following self-serve sandbag locations are open…
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV) — On Sunday afternoon, officers with the Biloxi Police Department responded to an apartment on Covenant Square Drive for a report of a shooting. Upon arrival, officers were directed to an apartment and found a deceased male…
For the first time since March, in-person classes will resume in Harrison County Schools on Thursday. However, schools will not look or operate the same as they did in the spring. Students will be welcomed back to D’Iberville High School…
Harrison County Fire Rescue, CRTC and AMR responded to a car that left the road and rolled over on Hwy 49 near East Adams Rd. in Harrison County this morning. Rescue 5 flew one person to the hospital. Mississippi Highway…
In an update to a story we brought you last week, Harrison County is responding to claims from loved ones about mementos being removed from gravestones at Finley Cemetery. County officials say plots in the public portion of the cemetery…
At approximately 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, two people escaped a structure fire in west Harrison County. Eight trucks and 20 firefighters from Harrison County Fire Rescue with additional help from the Combat Readiness Training Center and Diamondhead Fire Departments responded…
On Monday, July 20, 2020, the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of Hwy 90 and Beach Park Place in reference to a deceased male located on the beach. According to Sheriff Troy Peterson, the Long Beach Police…
On Monday, July 20, 2020, the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of Hwy 90 and Beach Park Place in reference to a deceased male located on the beach. According to Sheriff Troy Peterson, the Long Beach Police…
After Governor Tate Reeves issued a mask mandate for 13 counties, many residents wonder who is responsible for enforcing it. For Harrison and Jackson counties, the burden falls on business owners. Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson says the only thing…
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV) — A fatal accident in Harrison County this morning claimed the life of a Biloxi man. Thirty-eight year-old Zachary Andrews died at the scene of the crash. According to Mississippi Highway Patrol, the collision, involving a…
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV) — The body of a man who drowned in the Wolf River on Thursday afternoon has been found as of Friday morning. According to Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson, the body has been identified as 24-year-old…
A body was found on the Popp’s Ferry Causeway this morning. According to authorities, Biloxi police and the Biloxi Fire Department were dispatched to the scene at about 6:30 a.m. when they found the body. The identity is being withheld…
A reminder to Mississippians, the new mask mandate is now in effect. Based on the governor’s executive order 1507, the following counties must adhere to the use of a mask or face covering in public, practice enhanced safety protocols, and…
One man was sent to the hospital today following a motorcycle accident in Harrison County. The incident occurred shortly after noon today after the motorcycle the man was riding swerved to avoid a vehicle that pulled out in front of…
Mask mandates have now been issued in 13 counties across the state including Harrison and Jackson counties. Governor Tate Reeves announced the mask mandates will go into effect on Monday, July 13th. He also mentioned that gatherings will now be…
Jobs for qualified applicants are available now in Harrison County with the Mississippi State University Extension Service Early Head Start program. With locations in Gulfport, Biloxi and D’Iberville, the Head Start program needs preschool teachers, assistant teachers, bus drivers, custodians,…
More than 600 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the state, as well as 30 new deaths -- including one in Harrison County. Harrison County now has one of the highest rates of reported cases in the state, with…
Mississippi Highway Patrol released the Fourth of July holiday weekend report for the Biloxi district. During the Fourth of July ‘Drive Right Mississippi’ initiative from Friday, July 3rd to midnight Sunday, July 5th, the MHP Biloxi District worked 24 traffic…
Harrison County Fire Rescue responded to a fire that destroyed a mobile home this morning off Scarborough Road. A team of 10 men and six trucks took about 45 minutes to bring the fire under control. The residents were not…
Florence Gardens has been selected as “The Nicest Place in Mississippi” by Reader’s Digest and is a “Nicest Places in America 2020” finalist. Nominated by resident Hope Goldin, Florence Gardens is being recognized for the way neighbors and friends have…
(Jackson, Miss.) – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted water contact advisories Thursday for Station 8 (Gulfport West Beach) and Station 11 (Gulfport East Beach). Water samples at these stations show the areas have attained…