Retired Air Force pilot and community leader Dick Wilson has died. Wilson, 91, who flew 368 missions in Vietnam and the Asian Theater, also served as a test pilot and worked in Area 51 during his military career. In a…
Pro hockey will return to the Coast. You can welcome the Sea Wolves back home to Biloxi in October. Today, the Harrison County Board of Supervisors approved a lease between the Mississippi Sea Wolves and…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Most states already offer scholarships or tuition waivers for young people who have spent time in the foster care system. Mississippi could join that list this year. The state House last week…
Biloxi Police on Saturday charged a man with first degree murder after finding a woman dead in her apartment. Pitipong Daengbunga, 37, of Biloxi was taken to the Harrison County jail and is being held on a $1 million bond…
Gautier Police are investigating separate shootings that occurred on Saturday. Gautier police are looking into a shooting at 2020 Ladnier Road and another on CW Webb Road. Investigators do not believe the shootings are connected. According to authorities, a victim…
Pascagoula Police on Sunday made an arrest in the Friday night shooting that left one dead and two more injured. Aston Mykell Jones, 20, aka “AJ” of Moss Point, has been charged with murder and two counts of aggravated assault.…
Gulfport Police on Friday arrested a 24-year-old man and charged him in connection with a January, 31, 2022, hit and run that claimed the life of a pedestrian. Mickel Anthony Stewart is charged with leaving the scene of an accident…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A statue of white supremacist former Mississippi Gov. Theodore Bilbo has quietly been moved out of sight in the state Capitol — a move praised by Black lawmakers who say he never…
Cold weather shelters are opening in Hancock and Harrison counties this weekend in anticipation of cold-weather conditions. Hancock County is opening its cold weather shelter in the Kiln tonight and it will be open through Monday. Kiln - Hancock County…
What started as a fight between father and son has resulted in the father's death and the son charged in the incident. George County Sheriff Keith Havard said in a press release that deputies responded to a call Wednesday of…
Gautier police made an arrest yesterday connected to a shooting that left both suspect and victim in critical care. Last month, officers responded to a shots fired report and found…
Gulfport Police have made two more arrests in relation to the New Year's Eve shooting in Gaston Point that left four dead. Last week, police arrested Isavian O’Terry Rayshun Preston, 23 on charges of 1st Degree Murder and 2nd Degree…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi House committee has ignored — and killed — a bill to expand the state hate crimes law. House Bill 1467 would have created enhanced penalties for crimes motivated by a victim’s disability, sexual orientation or…
A Leakesville man will spend 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual battery on a child. Joseph Herman Beckwith Jr., 23, was accused of sexually assaulting a then-2-year-old child in Greene County. Judge Kathy King Jackson sentenced Beckwith…
Two burglary suspects are in the George County jail, thanks to a home security system and a quick response by the Sheriff's Department. On January, 21, deputies responded to a call from an out-of-town homeowner who said his home security…
Today Mississippi State Department of Health reports an additional pediatric COVID-19 death in a child between 1 and 5 years of age. This brings Mississippi's total of pediatric COVID-19 deaths to 11 since the pandemic began. Unvaccinated children are vulnerable…
Jackson State, Alcorn State, Mississippi Valley State universities and Tougaloo College all posted on social media they had received bomb threats today. Other Historically Black Colleges and Universities started reporting that they had received bomb threats on Monday. Today is…
A Coast institution is on the market. Pirate’s Cove, a restaurant known for its po-boys and corn nuggets, officially was listed on an MLS website by O’Dwyer Realty on Monday. Dawn and Mike Lamarca own the business, which was opened…
After nearly 3 decades as executive director of Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Dr. Sam Polles is retiring this month. MDWFP is one of a very few agencies that touches the lives of citizens across this state every…
The Payne name is synonymous with law enforcement in South Mississippi. And after four decades in uniform, Wayne Payne is calling it a career. The D'Iberville Police Chief announced his decision to retire, effective March 11, on Monday afternoon. Payne…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — One of Mississippi’s Republican U.S. senators said that if President Joe Biden nominates a Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court, that nominee would be the beneficiary of a “quota.” Sen. Roger Wicker spoke…
Early Sunday morning, a mobile home in Gautier burned to ashes with someone inside. Neighbor Mary Syckett tells News 25 she called 911 after waking up to a loud…
An RV has rolled on its side and is blocking the eastbound lanes…
The Mississippi Lottery says a South Mississippi sales outlet sold a million dollar ticket this weekend. The Robinwood One Stop on Highway 49 in Saucier sold a ticket that hit all five white ball numbers, but not the Mega ball.…