Police have charged a woman allegedly involved in the death of Carl 2.0, the beloved rooster mascot of Ocean Springs. Kendra Schaffer, 35, a corrections officer at the Jones County Sheriff's Department, was charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty and has…
Jeremy Alexsuner Reynolds, the suspect who is accused of killing four people in Biloxi and Gulfport on Wednesday, had multiple arrests in Harrison County, charged with everything from traffic violations to drug charges to assault. His first arrest goes back…
Ocean Springs residents are mourning the loss of their beloved mascot, Carl, who reportedly has died. Business owners who looked forward to seeing Carl every day noticed he was missing at the beginning of the week and started posting to…
Gulfport Police Chief Adam Cooper said in a press briefing this afternoon that the suspect who barricaded himself into Canal Grocery was found dead inside the building Wednesday afternoon. Cooper told the…
WXXV spoke with the victim of an attempted carjacking by a man believed to be the suspect in the shooting in Biloxi. The victim tells us the suspect is described…
Five people are dead in what started as a triple homicide at the Broadway Inn Express in Biloxi and led law enforcement across the Coast,…
Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced today that all waters south of the Intracoastal Waterway and west of the Gulfport Ship Channel in Mississippi territorial waters are closed to shrimping starting 12:01 a.m. Sunday. Mississippi territorial waters…
A Moss Point man is charged with two counts of sexual battery in a case involving a 13-year-old and a 14-year-old. Moss Point Police Chief Brandon Ashley said Damarion M. Reeves, 19, was charged with two counts of sexual battery…
Moss Point Police are investigating two separate shootings that happened within an hour of each other Monday night. Police Chief Brandon Ashley said in a press release that officers were called to investigate a report of gunshots in the area…
Grammy Award nominee Steve Forbert is coming home to help launch a new live music series in his home state of Mississippi. The Meridian native will play the Grand Magnolia Ballroom in Pascagoula on Tuesday, May 3rd as part of…
Pascagoula Police are asking the public's help to locate a 21-year-old. The missing person is Raheem Kimble, also known as Kimbella Kimble. Both photos are the same person. Kimble is a suspect in a robbery and kidnapping case. Kimble is…
Waveland Police have confirmed that the second suspect in the fatal shooting from Thursday morning has turned himself in. Chief Mike Prendergast said Antwine Q. James, 27, was taken to the Hancock…
A woman raced up and down Highway 49 in Gulfport, causing two traffic collisions before hitting a curb and disabling her vehicle. The incident happened during the lunch hour in Orange Grove, ending right in front of the neighborhood Walmart.…
Two people suffered minor injuries after their vehicle hit the rear of a truck performing maintenance work on Interstate 10 early Friday. The incident happened near the Long Beach exit in the eastbound lanes. Traffic was shut down for about…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A mother and son who ran a for-profit education company have pleaded guilty to improperly obtaining millions of dollars from the Mississippi Department of Education by submitting false documents about schools they operated. Federal…
Waveland Police had made an arrest in the double-shooting that left a man dead on Thursday morning. Hancock County jail docket shows Antonio Orlando Reed, 28, of Bay…
Waveland Police are investigating a shooting early Thursday morning that left one man dead and another injured. Officers were sent to the 300 block of Hargett Street in reference to a shooting. On scene, officers found two people had been…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former Mississippi Department of Human Services director has been indicted on 20 additional felony charges tied to allegations that he participated in misusing money that was supposed to help some of…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi prison violated inmates’ constitutional rights by failing to protect them from violence, meet their mental health needs or take adequate steps for suicide prevention, and by relying too much on prolonged solitary…
A George County man will spend the rest of his life in prison for the beating and strangling death of his wife. Judge Dale Harkey on Wednesday sentenced Justin George Johnson, 46, after he was found guilty of first-degree murder…
Today a body was found in Gulfport. According to Gulfport police, it matches the description of 75-year-old Dorothy Jean Burks, she’s been missing since March 23rd. The body was…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — EDITOR’S NOTE: On April 20, 2010, a well blew wild under a BP oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven workers were missing that day, and would later be declared dead. The blast touched off…
A Harrison County grand jury releases a partial report today, finding no criminal conduct by law enforcement in the chase and subsequent…
Pascagoula Police are searching for a teenager accused of shooting a man early last Thursday morning. On April 14, dispatchers received a call of shots fired in the 3200 block of Eden Street about 12:20 a.m. When officers arrived, they…