Candidate Conversations: Raymond DeFlaviis announces Long Beach mayoral run
Long Beach mayoral candidate Raymond DeFlaviis stopped by the WXXV studios to speak to Grant Chighizola about his run for Mayor of Long Beach in the 2025…
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Mayor Kenny Holloway announces bid for re-election in Ocean Springs
Ocean Springs Mayor Kenny Holloway announced his intention to seek re-election Monday night. The first-term mayor said Ocean Springs is "truly a shining example of what a thriving community can look like — and it’s being recognized far and wide.…
Hugh Keating announces campaign for Gulfport Mayor
Hugh Keating, a well-known attorney along the Gulf Coast, has officially announced his candidacy for Gulfport mayor. Speaking in front of Gulfport City Hall, Keating addressed a crowd of supporters and…
Candidate Conversations: Getting to know Gulfport Mayoral Candidate Ronnie Henderson
We continue our conversations with candidates that are declaring their candidacies for local offices across South Mississippi. Joining us in studio is Ronnie Henderson, the latest person to announce his candidacy for the…
Municipal elections coming up in 2025
Municipal elections will be held for most cities in South Mississippi in 2025. And candidates already are declaring their intention to run -- even though the first day of qualifying isn't until January 2nd. Here are the dates you'll need…
Gulfport Mayor Billy Hewes not seeking fourth term as mayor
Gulfport city officials have confirmed to News 25 that Mayor Billy Hewes will not be seeking re-election for a fourth mayoral term. Mayor Hewes was first…
Breakfast with Mayor Holloway set February 7
Breakfast with Mayor Kenny Holloway is planned for next week. On Wednesday, February 7 from 8 to 9 in the morning, citizens can meet with Mayor Holloway…
Former Gulfport mayor George Schloegel dies
Former Gulfport mayor and Hancock Bank President George Schloegel has died. Schloegel died at his home in Gulfport. He was 83. He was born in Gulfport and attended LSU. He…
Jerry Springer, politician-turned-TV ringmaster, dies at 79
By DAN SEWELL CINCINNATI (AP) — Jerry Springer, the onetime mayor and news anchor whose namesake TV show featured a three-ring circus of dysfunctional families willing to bare all on weekday afternoons including brawls, obscenities and blurred images of…
Waveland mayor to have kidney transplant in January
Outgoing Waveland mayor Mike Smith received an early Christmas present today. His doctors have scheduled him for a kidney transplant on January 9, 2023. Smith, who served two terms as Waveland mayor, announced he would not seek a third term…
Waveland elects new mayor in municipal elections
The city of Waveland will have a new mayor and two new aldermen following yesterday's municipal elections. Unofficial results show Jay Trapani is Waveland's next mayor after receiving nearly 80 percent of the…
Real estate agent Trapani to run for Waveland mayor
Coast Realtor Jay Trapani says he's listening to the citizens of Waveland in announcing he's running for mayor. Trapani, a real estate agent with Coast Delta Realty, and his wife Colleen, have been in the city for 21 years. Trapani…
Pass Christian mayor, aldermen vote to opt out of medical marijuana business
The Pass Christian Board of Aldermen on Tuesday voted to opt out of the cultivation, processing and sale or distribution of medical marijuana. The mayor and board believe it is too early to opt in to permitting medical marijuana businesses…
Pascagoula mayor and council swearing-in ceremony
The City of Pascagoula held their swearing in ceremony for the newly elected mayor and council members this evening at City Hall. Republican Jay Willis ran unopposed for this year’s…
Gulfport Mayoral and City Council Swearing in Ceremony
Almost a month after the conclusion of the 2021 municipal elections, another Coast city is welcoming its newly elected city government this evening. Billy Hewes took the oath…
Swearing-in of Ocean Springs Mayor and Aldermen
A month after general municipal elections finalized new city governments across South Mississippi, newly elected officials are taking the Oath of Office. News 25’s Grace Boyles is in Ocean…
Billy Knight defeats Jeramey Anderson in the Democratic Moss Point Mayoral Runoff Election
Billy Knight has won the mayoral runoff in the City of Moss with 58% of the votes. He faces Independent Howard Bailey and Republican Richard McBride in the General Election on June 8th.
Candidates square off in Ocean Springs mayoral runoff
Only two candidates remain in the race to replace outgoing Mayor Shea Dobson in Ocean Springs. News 25’s Grant Chighizola has more.
Primary election results by city
Here are the election results in municipal election primaries held Tuesday, according to our media partner, The Sun Herald. Winners are listed in bold type. Where there is a runoff, both candidates are in bold. If the election is to…
Gulfport CAO Kelly to retire June 30
Dr. John R. Kelly, City of Gulfport Chief Administrative Officer, will retire after 15 years with the city, effective June 30. Kelly has served Gulfport, and more broadly the Coast, as a community leader committed to improving the quality of…
Moss Point mayor, wife, enter guilty pleas in federal court
Moss Point Mayor Mario King, 33, and his wife, Natasha R. King, 32, of Moss Point, Mississippi, pleaded guilty Wednesday before U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to conspiracy to commit wire fraud relating to the Mayor’s Gala held in 2019,…
Ocean Springs Mayor Shea Dobson not seeking re-election
Ocean Springs Mayor Shea Dobson tells News 25 he will not be seeking re-election in this year’s city municipal election. He was first elected in June 2017 and is finishing up his four-year term. In his announcement,…
Dr. Jay Willis announces Pascagoula mayoral campaign
On Thursday, current Pascagoula Mayor Dr. Steve Demetropoulos announced on Facebook he will not be running for re-election this spring. Following this announcement, Dr. Jay Willis declared via a press release Saturday that he will be throwing…