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,…
The Hancock County Sheriff's Office is warning residents not to fall for the latest scam making its way around the county. Scammers are contacting citizens, saying they have a federal warrant for their arrest. The scammers even go so far…
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting in McComb that happened on Thursday that left one dead and one in custody. Officers with the McComb Police Department were responding to an area regarding calls of a suspicious…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves said Wednesday that he will continue pushing lawmakers to phase out the state income tax, even with the possibility of federal spending cuts that could affect states after Donald…
It took a Jackson County jury about an hour to convict a Biloxi man of filming women in public restrooms and indecent exposure. 36-year-old Christopher Burdine will be sentenced on December 4. The case began in 2023 when Jackson County…
A Gulfport outreach program that began in 1983 works every day to make sure that those facing food insecurities do not go hungry. Let's head…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Updated 4:46 PM CST, November 7, 2024 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The mayor of Mississippi’s capital city, the top prosecutor in the state’s largest county and a Jackson City Council member have been indicted on conspiracy and bribery…
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting involving the Monticello Police Department that occurred on Wednesday, November 6, 2024. Officers with the Monticello Police Department encountered a subject near a gas station who presented a weapon at…
Former President Donald Trump wins Mississippi. The Associated Press called the race at 7 p.m. Mississippi is six electoral votes. The winner of the presidential election must reach 270 electoral votes. Trump received 52.9% percent of votes in Mississippi. Vice…
An Ocean Springs woman is charged with felony child abuse after allegedly participating in a 'suicide pact' with her 10-year-old daughter. 37-year-old Brittney Hensley was arrested in Huntsville, Alabama on October 15 and extradited back to Ocean Springs. She was…