The Mississippi Department of Education is launching a new campaign called "Know Your Child's Reading Score." This comes in an effort for parents and guardians of kindergarten through third grade students to be informed of their child's reading ability and…
Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport will participate in force protection exercise Citadel Shield-Solid Curtain beginning Monday. “Citadel Shield-Solid Curtain is an excellent opportunity for NCBC Gulfport to evaluate and assess existing and new force protection capabilities,” said Capt. Ana Franco,…
Gulfport Police responded to a traffic fatality on Highway 90 on Monday afternoon. The pedestrian was sitting on a bench on the beach boardwalk when they were struck by a vehicle that landed upside down on the sand. Harrison County…
Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating a officer-involved shooting in Jackson involving Capital Police. MBI said about 4 p.m. Sunday, in the area of Porter Street and University Boulevard, Capitol Police tried to conduct a traffic stop when the driver…
A Moss Point woman has been charged after a woman died in a traffic incident in Biloxi on Sunday. 21-year-old Evelynn Imani Patton was charged with aggravated DUI causing death after she turned herself in to police. She was taken…
Picayune Police Department had a busy 48 hours, running down three suspects who led officers on pursuits out of their jurisdiction and into Louisiana. At 5:37 a.m. on Monday, officers were asked to help Pearl River County Sheriff's Office with…
Flights at Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport have been delayed by the weather this morning. Several flights were canceled last night as heavy fog moved into the area. This morning, at least two flights scheduled to leave from Gulfport-Biloxi were canceled and…
A bill has been proposed in the Mississippi House of Representatives that would require school administrators and teachers to tell parents if their…
Gulfport has put together a committee to research and come up with a new flag for the city. City officials announced that the Gulfport Flag Commission has been formed to design a modern flag "that captures Gulfport's vibrant heritage and…
BY KEVIN MCGILL NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nineteen federal appellate judges are scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday on whether Mississippi can continue to permanently strip voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies, including nonviolent crimes for which they have served a complete…
A Pascagoula woman has been indicted on a count of embezzlement stemming from a 2022 arrest. 24-year-old Courtney Spears was arrested on the indictment on Saturday. She was taken to Jackson County jail. No bond has been set pending an…
A man who kidnapped a woman in Las Vegas and then used sexual violence, intimidation and threats of harm to force her into commercial sex was found guilty of sex trafficking in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. A jury convicted…
Gulfport Police have charged a 66-year-old woman in the death of a man found in a wooden box at a residence on Friday. Police say Jerry Lynn Isreal, who also uses the last name Roby, was charged with first degree…
A Gulfport man is in Hancock County jail for allegedly molesting a teenager. Hancock County Sheriff Ricky Adam said 30-year-old Bobby Brimage is charged with burglary of a dwelling and molesting a child. He was taken to the jail and…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers on Thursday gave broad, bipartisan approval to state incentives for a factory that will manufacture batteries for electric vehicles — a project that promises 2,000 jobs with an average salary of about $66,000. After…
A Biloxi woman is in jail, charged with stealing money from a business where she worked. Biloxi Police on Monday arrested 33-year-old Amber Smith, charging her with two felony counts of embezzlement. She was taken to Harrison County jail. Bond…
Bay St. Louis Police arrested four suspects today after an attempted traffic stop led to a pursuit. Chief Toby Schwartz said it began about 12:15 p.m. when the vehicle ran red light on Highway 90 and when police tried to…
Ocean Springs Police are investigating a pedestrian vehicle accident on Highway 90 on Tuesday night that left a woman dead. Jackson County Coroner Bruce Lynd Jr. identified the victim as 49-year-old Julie Trosclair of Ocean Springs. Trosclair was walking westbound…
Gulfport Police are searching for three suspects in an December shooting incident that left a woman dead and a man injured. On December 17, 2023, Gulfport Police responded to a homicide in the 3300 block of 39th Avenue. At the…
Gulfport Police are investigating a shooting on Saturday evening that left three people wounded. Officers were called to the 1000 block of 45th Avenue on Saturday about 6:27 p.m. about a shooting.…
Biloxi Police have charged a man with leaving the scene of an accident after striking a pedestrian who died at the scene. Police say 70-year-old Lonzo Norris…
The funeral service for fallen Deputy Jeremy Malone was held Friday at Agricola Baptist Church in Lucedale. Deputy Malone was killed on January 4th during a traffic…
A former Gautier police officer was sentenced for using a city gas card to pay for fuel for his personal vehicle. Eric Maye was sentenced in Jackson County Circuit Court to 5 years of house arrest and 5 years probation…
An Arizona man was killed in a morning accident in Biloxi on Tuesday. Around 8:30 a.m., an Amtrak train struck a pedestrian walking the tracks near CT Switzer Sr. and…