harrison county

Fireworks on the beach

Cities along the Coast will be lighting the night sky come Thursday to celebrate the Fourth of July. Plenty of people take the holiday to light up a few themselves. Harrison County allows fireworks on their beaches, there are a…

MDEQ Adds One Beach Station to Closures

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued an additional closure Wednesday for one beach station (Station 8 – Gulfport West Beach) in Harrison County due to a blue-green Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) extending into…

Beach preps for Fourth of July

Harrison County is gearing up for the extended Fourth of July weekend, keeping the beach in top form for the fireworks and fun. Crews will be out as early as 5 a.m., working all four days, Thursday through Sunday, picking…

Jojo The Kangaroo's Safe Return

Jojo, the kangaroo is home safe tonight following a 2 day search. News 25's Kristen Anzuini sat down with Jojo's owner and has a heart-warming update and a fantastic end to this story.

Trailer destroyed by fire on Big Creek Road

A hallowed out shell is what’s left of a trailer off of Big Creek Road. A passerby discovered the trailer up in flames around 5:30 this morning. AMR, the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department, and fire crews from Harrison County, CRTC,…

Flooding in South Mississippi

Extreme rainfall this weekend has led to rising rivers on the Coast. One of the rivers still in flood stage is the Wolf River in West Harrison County. Monday night the Wolf River was at 14.46 feet which is pretty…

House goes up in flames on Moran Road in Harrison County

This morning around 2:30 Harrison County Fire Service responded to a call of a house in flames on Moran Road. Firefighters arrived on scene to find advanced flames and fought the blaze for over five hours. The two story house…

Harrison County flooding and rescues

Flooding continues to be a problem this morning as rivers continue to rise from all the heavy rainfall this weekend, prompting Governor Phil Bryant to declare a state of emergency in response to severe storms and flooding throughout our state,…

Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Celebrates 20 Years

20 years ago, one of the biggest coast entertainment venues opened in Biloxi. This weekend, The Beau Rivage Resort & Casino is marking the milestone, the only way it seems fitting, with a huge blowout party.

81- year- old man dies in fatal Hwy 67 crash

On 3-14-2019, at approximately 10:30pm, The Mississippi Highway Patrol investigated a fatal crash which occurred on Highway 67 off ramp to Highway 49 in Harrison County, claiming the life of one man.

Local teachers react to teacher pay raise proposal

Senate bill 27-70 proposed a salary increase of $500 dollars per year. For many teachers, that wasn't enough. On Monday the house met to amend that bill, proposing a new one that would increase pay to $2000 dollars a year…

Harrison County fire ratings

Some Pass Christian residents could see a fire insurance reduction. Harrison County Fire Services in district 3, station 14 at Henderson Point has now received a rating of six. Harrison County Fire Marshal Pat Sullivan tells News 25 the station…

Mobile home fire in Harrison County

The Harrison County Fire Service, along with other fire crews, responded to a mobile home fire last around 11 p.m. The fire destroyed a home off of Mobile Street and Canal Road in Harrison County that was being renovated. No…

Harrison County investigating possible arson

Harrison County Fire Services are investigating a potential arson that happened over the weekend. Shortly after 1 a.m. on Saturday morning, authorities received a call about a mobile home that was on fire on Turan Road. Upon arriving, the fire…

Harrison County deputy speaks out after rescue

A quick response let one man leave with his life from what could have been a fatal accident. “There’s really no training that can prepare you for something like that. I just happened to be at the right place at…

Man and dog rescued from pond in Gulfport

A man and his pup are lucky to be alive after being rescued in a pond last night after their truck veered off the road. The Harrison County first responders were called out to County Farm Road moments after reports…

GULFPORT FOREST HEIGHTS COMMUNITY EXPECTING UPGRADE

A community in Gulfport will be seeing some much needed road upgrades after a vote in Gulfport’s city council meeting this afternoon. The city unanimously approved the request for assistance from the Harrison County Board of Supervisors in this project.…

Judge Margaret Alfonso sworn-in

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…

Harrison County has highest fire death rate in the state

In 2018, Harrison County had more fire deaths than any other county in Mississippi. Last year, 79 people in Mississippi died due to fires. Six of those deaths occurred in Harrison County. Many of the houses that people died in…

Woman identified in Harrison County fatal accident

On Saturday, January 12, 2019, Sheriff Troy Peterson announced the death of 33-year old-Mary Ann Bret of Long Beach. On January 12, 2019, at approximately 05:42 PM, deputies responded to a traffic crash on Canal Road, approximately a half a…