Ocean Springs

Ocean Springs teams up with businesses for heart month

Over 2,000 Americans die of cardiovascular disease every day and the American Heart Association is dedicated to changing that. In honor of National Heart Month, the Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce was out this morning hitting the pavement, getting local…

High School Boys Basketball: Ocean Springs vs. Pascagoula

With the high school basketball regular season winding down, the district races are starting to heat up. Tonight, Ocean Springs had the chance to wrap up region 7 class 6A while Pascagoula had the chance to leapfrog the Greyhounds and…

Ocean Springs teacher passes away

The Ocean Springs community is mourning the tragic loss of well-known Ocean Springs teacher Courtney Hubbard. She passed away yesterday after a fight with breast cancer. She was close to the hearts of the children she taught and the teachers…

Prayers for Courtney

In July 2009, Courtney Hubbard, who lives in Ocean Springs, received the diagnosis that nearly one in eight women will receive in their lifetime. Courtney, a 31-year-old wife and mother of twin six-year-olds and a four-year-old, was diagnosed with a…

Auto burglary in Ocean Springs

An Ocean Springs man is behind bars after authorities received a report of a suspicious male in the Trentwood subdivision. According to Ocean Springs Police Department, Kristian Killmer was in the presence of two juveniles, a 15-year-old boy and 12-year-old…

Armed robbery in Ocean Springs

Jackson County Sheriff’s investigators are looking for two men who they believe committed an armed robbery Wednesday night at an occupied home in the Gulf Park Estates community in Ocean Springs. Sheriff Mike Ezell says five people were inside the…

Auto Burglary Spree Leads To Arrest

An arrest has been made in the Ocean Springs police departments’ investigation of several recent auto burglaries throughout the city. 27 year old Bryan Cornell Marshall of Pascagoula has been charged with seven counts of auto burglary, The suspect’s girlfriend,…

Ocean Springs rings in the holidays

Tonight Ocean Springs brought in the holiday spirit with their annual Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony despite making some last minute venue changes due to the weather. Families showed up in numbers to celebrate two hours of holiday cheer in downtown…

Police seek identity of man in this video

The Ocean Springs Police Department needs help identifying a person seen on surveillance video dumping a purse full of stolen goods into the trash. In the surveillance video from Bao-Wow’s on Government Street you can see the driver of the…

Removal of historical Lovers Lane trees

Yesterday, the Ocean Springs Board of Alderman voted to cut down a very popular tree on Lovers Lane. “We put a lot of consideration into this. We tried to save the tree.” It wasn’t an easy decision for the board…

Responses to flag debate in Ocean Springs

Tuesday night, Organizations protested against the Mississippi state flag in Ocean Springs prior to the board of aldermen meeting. During that meeting, Mayor Shea Dobson challenged the media to ‘report both sides of the story.’ Mayor Shea Dobson questioned the…

Groups protesting state flag in Ocean Springs

The NAACP, along with the Mississippi Rising Coalition and other groups, are marching to Ocean Springs City Hall to protest against the flying of the state flag. News 25’s Taylor Rubach joins us with more.

Protests against the state flag in Ocean Springs

Last month, the Ocean Springs board of aldermen voted to pass a resolution requiring the state flag to be displayed on all municipal properties. The Jackson County NAACP is taking action. Tomorrow, the NAACP is organizing a march to be…

Armed robbery suspect on the loose in Ocean Springs

The Ocean Springs Police Department is searching for a man wanted for an attempted robbery of a Dollar General Store on Bienville Boulevard. Police say the masked man entered the store with a handgun, wearing a black beanie, white gloves,…

Ocean Springs aldermen vote to fly state flag

Ocean Springs Board of Aldermen vote to amend a city ordinance regarding the state flag. The state flag will now be required to fly at City Hall and other prime locations throughout Ocean Springs. The vote passed 6 to 1…

Ocean Springs mayor lowers state flag at City Hall

The controversy surrounding the state flag hanging at the Ocean Springs City Hall has brought Mayor Shea Dobson to lower the flag. The flag over Ocean Springs City Hall is officially down. Mayor Dobson says they lowered the flag around…

Veterans breakfast at Ocean Springs High School

This morning, the Junior ROTC at Ocean Springs High School hosted its tenth annual Veterans Breakfast. Veterans and their families were invited to come and enjoy a free breakfast and mingle with members of the Greyhound Battalion. News 25’s Caroline…

High School Boys Basketball: Gulfport at Ocean Springs

High school basketball is officially upon us and the big dogs aren’t wasting any time in the non-district portion of the schedule. Tonight, Gulfport made the trip over to Ocean Springs for an early season 6A clash. This was the…