OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WXXV)- In partnership with the Mississippi Power Foundation, the Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce Main Street Tourism Bureau is bringing back the Façade Grant Improvement Program.…
Wiggins Police are asking the public's help to identify two people who are persons of interest in a counterfeit currency case. Police say two males and the owner/driver of a silver Ford Flex were seen at one location where counterfeit…
Harrison County Sheriff Matt Haley is warning residents to be wary of some using his office's information to try to scam people in the area. According to multiple reports, an unknown person is contacting residents claiming to be from Harrison…
NEW YORK (AP) — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed new rules that would lower overdraft fees, with President Joe Biden calling the charges “exploitative.” Currently, the fee for overdrawing a bank account averages more than $26. If a bank temporarily lends…
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation has announced the award of nearly $65,000 in youth literacy grants to Mississippi nonprofit organizations, libraries and schools. The funds are part of nearly $2.6 million recently awarded across the country for recipients to use…
U.S. commercial gaming continued its long run of consecutive quarterly revenue growth in the second quarter, hitting a Q2 record of $16.07 billion, according to the American Gaming Association’s Commercial Gaming Revenue Tracker. The total outpaced Q2 2022 by 8.1…
The Mississippi Lottery Corporation has transferred more than $9 million to the state, bringing its contribution to the coffers at more than $113 million for the fiscal year of 2023. The first $80 million of that money goes to roads…
Eight of South Mississippi’s most accomplished, creative teachers earned 2023 Leo W. Seal Innovative Teacher Grants for their commitment to educational excellence and to pay for original teaching projects designed to enrich students’ education with hands-on learning opportunities. Here are…
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Insurance losses from the March tornado that carved a path of destruction through parts of Mississippi are approaching $100 million, and uninsured losses will likely exceed that number, the state insurance department announced Tuesday. The…
Gov. Tate Reeves on Thursday signed a bill that will allocate more than $50 million dollars in Restore Act money to projects on the Coast. Senate Bill 3047 appropriated the funds from the Mississippi Gulf Coast Restoration Funds, a settlement…
In a recent survey, 69 percent of individuals have financial anxiety and that same survey found that despite recent inflation prices, one in four people don’t budget. Whether or not financial anxiety…
Gov. Tate Reeves today announced his plan to drive economic development and growth in Mississippi by investing state funds in infrastructure projects throughout the state. Projects that will help with site development…
Got Lotto fever yet? If you're playing the Mississippi Lottery, you may want to grab a Powerball ticket or two before tomorrow night. That's because the Powerball jackpot has risen again and is expected to be an estimated $700 million…
By JAY REEVES and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A team searching the basement of a Mississippi courthouse for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found the unserved warrant charging a white woman in his 1955…
The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources will be accepting applications from seafood processors and processing vessels to recoup money spent in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The application process will run from July 1 to August 16 on the DMR…
The Humane Society of South Mississippi is set to receive a $300,000 grant from national nonprofit Petco Love today during a celebration at the Biloxi Petco The grant is being awarded in support of their work for animals in South…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi legislators worked on budget proposals Monday after missing deadlines because of a long dispute over a tax cut plan. They were also negotiating final versions of several bills, including one to…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi House and Senate are pushing forward with separate tax cut proposals, and leaders will hold final negotiations later…
The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources and the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce will manage a $1,606,446 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to support the seafood industry through the Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety Block…
The Powerball jackpot continues its three-month roll, reaching $523 million for the Saturday, Sept. 25 drawing. The amount is the 10th largest jackpot in the Powerball game and the highest the jackpot has grown since January when it was at…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Less than three months into the current budget year, Mississippi legislators are starting to plan for the next one. The Joint Legislative Budget Committee holds a public hearing Friday as part of the long…
On behalf of the Gulf Coast legislative delegation, Secretary of State Michael Watson on Tuesday presented the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources with a check for $11,226,497, representing the Tidelands Trust Funds amounts collected during Fiscal Year 2021 for use…
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. – In the year 2020, more than 4 million visitors to Gulf Islands National Seashore spent $180 million in nearby communities, according to a new National Park Service report. The 2020 revenue contributed to 2,390 jobs in…
JACKSON, MISS--Fueled by two new draw-style games, a series of high jackpots and an expanding array of scratch-off tickets, the Mississippi Lottery Corporation completed its final transfer to the state for FY21, bringing the total to $138,961,541.14. Counting the June…