A Lucedale man is behind bars, charged with aggravated assault in connection with a Wednesday night shooting. Jonah Lekey Pinkney, 36, was charged and taken to the George County jail awaiting a bond hearing. Sheriff Keith Havard said Pinkney was…
Gov. Tate Reeves visited the WXXV studio while on the Coast on Wednesday. He sat down with News 25 Today anchor Meggan Gray to talk about the welfare scandal…
D'Iberville Police released photo of suspects believed to have been involved in the shooting death of Nicholaus Craig, who was staying at Scarlet Pearl Casino when he was shot…
The Stone County Sheriff's Department is searching for a suspect in an armed robbery. Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers posted on social media, asking for the public's help to locate Tristan Wigley. Anyone with information is asked to contact Stone County…
Nicholaus Craig was heading back to Mobile from California to…
A woman who claims she was misdiagnosed by a doctor at Singing River Health System has won the right to sue the hospital after it was dismissed by a lower court. The state Court of Appeals said Tuesday that Wanda…
A St. Martin man will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty to killing a Florida woman. Phillip Allen York, 56, was sentenced to life in prison for the 2019 murder of Sarah Jane Willard. Willard,…
Two Jackson County men, accused of taking county owned equipment, have been indicted on charges of embezzlement. Jonathan Smith and Charles Smith are accused of stealing equipment like chainsaws, weedeaters, a concrete saw and tractor implements. Several of those items…
Gulfport Police are investigating a deadly motorcycle accident that happened Sunday night. 23-year-old Carlos Del La Cruz of Gulfport was pronounced dead at the scene from blunt force trauma. Police said via Twitter about 8:20 p.m. that they were working…
Four people died over the weekend in deadly car crashes that happened over the weekend in South Mississippi. Early Friday morning, a GMC pickup driven by 68-year-old Freddie Chthey of Pascagoula was traveling south on Highway 57 in Jackson County…
The Moss Point School Board has placed its superintendent on administrative leave. The board sent out a statement Wednesday afternoon saying they had voted unanimously on Tuesday to place Dr. Shannon Vincent on…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The governor of Mississippi in 2017 was “on board” with a plan for a nonprofit group to pay Brett Favre more than $1 million in welfare grant money so the retired NFL…
A popular Mexican restaurant in downtown Gulfport has closed its doors for good. Owner Mercedes Carranza posted on the restaurant's Facebook page today that the restaurant is closing. A sign on the locked doors of the eatery on Highway 49…
The Pascagoula Public Library will host AARP Voter Registration Drive on Thursday from 2 to 6 p.m. in the meeting room. Guest presenter, Irma Martin with AARP, will be at the library to help people register to vote and educate…
No children were injured when a Harrison County school bus and a passenger car collided this morning on Highway 67. MHP spokesman Cal Robertson said the incident happened about 6:50 a.m. Robertson said there only about four students on the…
A Poplarville woman died Monday after her vehicle left the roadway and crashed into the tree line. MHP spokesman Cal Robertson said the incident happened about 12:20 p.m. on Highway 26 in Stone County. 50-year-old Delores Richardson of Poplarville was…
Harrison County deputies are searching for a suspect who fled when deputies tried to stop the black Dodge truck he was driving. The pursuit and search began Monday when deputies tried to stop the truck at the Chevron on County…
Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer involved shooting in Jackson. The state Department of Public Safety says the shooting which happened about 10 p.m. Monday near Northside Drive, involved a Capitol Police officer. MBI is assessing the incident…
A Gulfport man is behind bars, charged with three counts of possession of child pornography. Sheriff Troy Peterson said 23-year-old Austin Dakota Vick is being held at the Harrison County jail under a $45,000 bond set by Judge Albert Fountain.…
Jackson County Sheriff and Mississippi Bureau of Investigation are looking into the Friday morning death of a Moss Point man at the Jackson County jail. Sheriff Mike Ezell said 33-year-old Justin Holloman was arrested Wednesday on a public drunk charge…
The countdown is on -- again, for the Artemis launch. A pre-launch briefing today said the "moon rocket" is good to go and is set for a 1:17 Central Time…
A Jackson man has pleaded guilty to federal charges including using 3D printers to make automatic machine guns. 41-year-old Kent Edward Newhouse of Jackson pleaded guilty to two counts of a felon in possession of a firearm and one county…
A New Orleans man is in the Hancock County jail, charged with aggravated DUI. 51-year-old Rodney Darnell Mars was arrested August 30 by Bay St. Louis Police and taken to Hancock County jail. His bond was set at $500,000. He…
Bay-Waveland School District has removed Jeremy Weir as principal at the Middle School. Superintendent Sandra Reed sent a message to staff saying that Thursday was Weir's last day. WXXV spoke to Reed, who said he was not terminated. As of…