MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi jury has convicted a man in the 2017 shooting deaths of eight people. Willie Cory Godbolt was convicted Tuesday. Among those killed were Godbolt's mother-in-law and a deputy sheriff who responded to a call…
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. — A Mississippi man charged with killing eight people is not testifying at his own trial. Willie Cory Godbolt told the judge Monday that he chose not to appear on the witness stand. Later in the day, Godbolt…
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV) — Five juveniles are being charged with capital murder after a shooting that took the life of a young woman Monday afternoon. Just before 2 p.m. Monday, Biloxi Police responded to the 2000 Block of Rustwood Drive,…
At approximately 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 13, 2020, the George County Sheriff’s Office received a call about a possible homicide at a residence in the 100 block of Childress Road in the Central Community of George County. Deputies responded…
By Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say the death of a former Mississippi State football player whose body was found in an Alabama home Tuesday is being investigated as a homicide. Birmingham police told news outlets that 25-year-old…
By JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas inmate with a history of violence against women faces execution for fatally shooting his wife, who had feared she would never get out of her marriage…
The Harrison County Sheriff’s Department continues to face more questions than answers in the serial murders of the infamous Samuel Little. One of the unidentified women on Little’s list was a Gulfport resident. In 2018, serial killer Samuel Little confessed…
Two people are dead and two more are injured following a shooting Wednesday night in Bay St. Louis. In a press conference today, Bay St. Louis Chief Gary Ponthieux updated the public on the shooting which left 19-year-old Cheyenne Schultz…
A man is behind bars in connection with a shooting in the parking lot of an apartment complex Wednesday.
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV) — Charges have been dropped in the case against a Saucier man accused in the shooting death of his son and another man in February. Thirty-five-year old Billy Jack Roberts was released from the Harrison County…
After he confessed to 93 murders, the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department needs your help to identify two more victims of America’s most prolific serial killer, Samuel Little. Sheriff Troy Peterson tells News 25 Little confessed in 2018 to the murder…
On Sunday, December 8, 2019, the George County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a person being shot at a residence in the 100 block of Brock Road, in George County. Upon arrival at the residence, Sheriff’s deputies found…
Detectives with the Gautier Police Department have made an arrest in the murder that occurred yesterday morning at the Singing River Apartments. While following up on leads Officers Clayton Alexander and Jason Pitts discovered the location of Christopher Kimsey (23…
A mental evaluation has been ordered for Brandon Theesfeld, the man charged with murder in the death of Ole Miss student Ally Kostial. At a hearing in Oxford this morning, Theesfeld’s attorneys dropped their request for bond for him and…
Thirty-nine year-old Nicky Johns has pleaded guilty to murder after shooting and killing a man outside the Travel Lodge Hotel in September 2017. When Ocean Springs police arrived on scene, they found the victim, Christopher Rochelle of Columbia, Tennessee, in…
Tekoney Blackledge, wanted in connection to the murder of Saron James, 62, has been arrested in Gulfport. News 25’s Victoria Bailey has more.
Two men are in custody after the shooting death of a man in Wiggins last night. Twenty-four year-old Frederick Alexander of Poplarville is charged with murder in the death of Martin Atkinson Jr. and 20-year-old Tyrese Youngblood is charged with…
An investigation is underway in Biloxi after a woman was killed overnight on Judge Sekul Avenue. Thirty-seven year-old Gary Wallace is in custody, facing murder charges in connection with the death of a 45 year-old woman. Harrison County Deputy Coroner…
The family of Trevues Martin feels a sense of justice today after the two day murder trial of DeAndre Ball ended with a guilty verdict. Ball has been convicted of first-degree murder and has been sentenced to life in prison.…
Tonight, a Biloxi man was found guilty in relation to a 2016 fatal shooting. DeAndre Ball is the Biloxi man suspected of shooting and killing Trevues Martin on the eve of his 21st birthday. According to Martin’s mother, Ball was…
There are new details in the murder trial of DeAndre Ball, the Biloxi man suspected of shooting and killing Trevues Martin on the eve of his 21st birthday. Testimony from Martin’s grandmother revealed he was selling marijuana from his car…
Over 11 years ago, Gulfport residents Angela and Chris Shortt’s lives were flipped upside down when their 16-year-old daughter was murdered at their home in Virginia. Although the case is closed and the killer behind bars, the Shortt’s will be…
Darian Atkinson now has an attorney this morning after three court appearances since Wednesday. He is charged with capital murder for the death of Officer Robert McKeithen and could face the death penalty if convicted. Two others charged with accessory…
A Moss Point man is in the Jackson County Adult Detention Center charged with murder in the shooting death of another man Tuesday night. Sheriff Mike Ezell says Dirk Lambert Jr. allegedly shot 50-year-old Noel Christopher Benson of Grand Bay,…