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 Police are searching for a 16-year-old wanted on felony counts of shooting into a dwelling and shooting into a vehicle. Police say 16-year-old Kameron Samije Erving is considered…
Gulfport Police have arrested a suspect in a shooting that happened Wednesday night. Police said officers responded about 4:51 p.m. to 44th Avenue and 13th Street about a reported shooting.…
Gulfport Fire Department battled a brush fire this morning that burned about 20 acres. Chief Billy Kelley said when firefighters arrived on scene in an area between 39th Avenue and 34th Street by Emerald Pines Apartments, about 2 acres were…
Biloxi Fire crews battled an apartment fire early Saturday morning. Firefighters arrived about 2:30 a.m. at Woodland Towns Apartments on Irish Hill Drive to find one of the structures fully involved and threatening other nearby units. No injuries were reported…
Picayune Police are investigating theft of recyclable cooking oil after a tip led to the confiscation of a truck involved in the alleged theft. A business owner told…
Biloxi has temporarily closed the Popp's Ferry Causeway. Biloxi Police are on scene and are investigating a body found in the area after a call for a welfare check. The Causeway was closed about 12 p.m. while the investigation took…
A viewer contacted WXXV News 25 to inform us of a train accident in Gulfport earlier this morning, leaving one person injured. Police say the person was critically injured.…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the case of Sheldon “Timothy” Herrington Jr. in the 2022 killing of Jimmy “Jay” Lee, a gay man who was prominent in the LGBTQ+ community at the University of Mississippi. Jurors…
A Gulfport man will spend 10 years in prison for trying to lure a child for sexual purposes. 36-year-old Justin Cripps was sentenced to 30 years, with 20 suspended, by Judge Chris Schmidt. He will serve the sentence without chance…
The Chemours Company announced Tuesday that the PCC Group plans to build and operate a chlor-alkali facility on the grounds of Chemours’ titanium dioxide plant in DeLisle. The agreement between PCC GulfChem and Chemours will use state-of-the-art technology to produce…
The City of Long Beach is holding a press conference Friday morning to announce FEMA’s response to the Long Beach Harbor arbitration case. The announcement will be made at 10 a.m. in the Long Beach City Hall meeting room. Long…
Dr. Kady Pietz and Mac the mascot were at WXXV to tell viewers about the annual Festival of…
A Mobile, Alabama man will spend 17 years in prison after pleading guilty to burglary and weapons possession and shooting a Moss Point K-9 officer. 46-year-old Richard McGuire was sentenced Tuesday by Judge Calvin Taylor. He pleaded guilty to burglary,…
Grand Magnolia Ballroom has announced an evening with Edwin McCain on January 23, 2025. Tickets are on sale now at grandmagmusic.com McCain is known for his 1998-99 hits "I'll Be" and "I Could Not Ask for More." The South Carolina…
Brian and Rhonda Nettles joined WXXV 25 in studio to tell viewers about their annual home show and sale going on Saturday and Sunday at their studio on…
A Pascagoula man is in jail, charged in a shooting on Sunday at the Julep Room on Washington Avenue. Ocean Springs officers were called to the bar in response to a fight. When they arrived, they found one person had…
Gulfport Police are searching for a suspect in a double homicide. 51-year-old Christopher Antoine Davis has been identified as the suspect. He is about 6-foot-1 and 175 pounds with salt-and-pepper…
The Coast Guard is searching for a 75-year-old man about 5 miles offshore of Biloxi after a fishing vessel was found with nobody on board. Crews from Coast Guard Station Gulfport, USCGC Stingray and USCG Air Station New Orleans remain…
A Vancleave man will spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of killing a man over missing property. 39-year-old Thomas Pearson II was convicted of first-degree murder on Thursday evening in the April 21, 2021 shooting…
Gulfport Police have charged a man with leaving the scene of an accident causing injury after an incident on Tuesday. Police say 78-year-old Elio Gonzalo Fombellida is charged him with one count of leaving the scene of an accident with…
Gulfport Police are searching for a suspect wanted in connection with a drive-by shooting case that happened last week. Police responded to the 5010 block of West Railroad Avenue about a drive-by shooting on November 15, 2024, at about 3:26…
The United States Postal Service announced today that certain local mail processing operations will remain at the Gulfport facility. This decision to leave those operations in Gulfport was made possible…
Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers is offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest in the 2014 murder case of a Long Beach woman. Kimberly Jo "Kim" Watts, a divorced mother of one who worked as a nurse,…
