MDMR issues Salvinia alert on Pascagoula River
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WXXV)- The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources is issuing an alert on salvinia on the Pascagoula River. Salvinia is an invasive plant that is now covering areas…
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Four injured in boating accident on Pascagoula River
JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- Four people were injured in a boating accident Sunday on the Pascagoula River. According to Jackson County Fire Protection, it happened where the river…
Saucier man nabs record gator on Pascagoula River
A Saucier man went almost down to the wire before hauling in a record catch during the state's alligator season. The season closes today in public waters and September 23 on private land. Jason Ullendorf was hunting on the Pascagoula…
Update: Body of 17-Year-Old Found in George County
We are learning more after search crews found the body of a George County teen who apparently drowned in the Pascagoula River. The body of 17-year-old Jakeob Mullen…
Mississippi Power cleans up the Pascagoula River
Mississippi Power is continuing its Renew Our Rivers clean up this month. Roughly 75 employee volunteers met at the Pascagoula River this morning for the company’s environmental stewardship…
Pascagoula teen going viral on social media after rescuing 4 from river
Moss Point officials honored a 16-year-old Tuesday who rescued four people after a vehicle drove off the Interstate 10 boat launch. The incident happened early Sunday. Three girls in a passenger car drove off the I-10 boat launch into the…
Volunteers remove three tons of debris from Pascagoula River
At a Renew our Rivers cleanup event on the Pascagoula River, more than 50 volunteers removed more than three tons of debris from the river. That information…
Pascagoula man gets life after pleading guilty to capital murder of Dustin Suttles
A Pascagoula man charged in the 2020 death of Dustin Suttles will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Joseph Paul McLeod, 33, entered a guilty plea to capital murder before Circuit Judge Dale Harkey on Tuesday. He was…
Body of Baby Jane Doe II found in 1988 in Jackson County exhumed
Thirty-three years after the autopsy was performed on a newborn baby girl found in the Pascagoula River, Jackson County Sheriff’s Investigators exhumed her body Wednesday. On June 28th, 1988, two men fishing in the Pascagoula River near the wildlife management…
Two more charged in death of man whose body was found in Pascagoula River
Four people are now charged in the death of a Gautier man whose body was found September 22nd floating in the Pascagoula River. An autopsy determined 29-year-old Dustin Suttles’ death was a homicide. Sheriff Mike Ezell says investigators made two…
Body found in Pascagoula River ruled homicide
Preliminary autopsy results on a man found floating in the Pascagoula River Tuesday, September 22nd, show his death was a homicide. The autopsy was performed Thursday morning, September 24th. Twenty-nine year-old Dustin Lee Suttles’ body was found Tuesday afternoon near…
[GRAPHIC] Body found in Pascagoula River identified
The man found in the Pascagoula River has been identified by Jackson County Coroner Bruce Lynd Jr. as 29-year-old Dustin Lee Suttles of Gautier. His body is being sent to the Biloxi Crime Lab for an autopsy, which is scheduled…
Mississippi Boaters for Trump parade
Over the weekend hundreds of boats set sail here on the coast in support of President Trump. On the fourth of July, event organizers say around 200 boats participated in the Mississippi boaters for trump parade. The parade started in Long…
Free Flowin’ on the Riverfront
Hundreds packed into Lighthouse Park on Saturday to celebrate the City of Pascagoula. The free event featured live music, food, and arts and crafts vendors. The annual event is in its sixth year, centered around the Pascagoula River. The festival…
Renew our Rivers
It was all hands on deck in Jackson County for Mississippi Power’s 11th annual Renew our Rivers. News 25’s Laurene Callander takes us through the Pascagoula River for a closer look at the cleanup. Over 100 volunteers revved their engines…
Man Identified In Drowning
Gautier police identified Steven Foster Krebs Sr. as the 75-year-old man who drowned in the Pascagoula River. The Pascagoula resident was out in the Big Lake area on a houseboat with his family members. Around 9 Wednesday night, Krebs Sr.…
Controversy over Damming Pascagoula River
An organization dedicated to protecting and restoring rivers in the country named the Pascagoula River one of America’s most endangered for 2016. This comes as environmental groups are calling on a federal agency to stop the potential dam construction project…
Jaxco Flooding Update
The Pascagoula River is still above the flood stage in Jackson County but waters are steadily going down. Residents have transitioned from preparing their homes to repairing them. Escatawpa resident, Ann Grensing, spent the past couple of days, airing out…
Escatawpa in High Waters
Today’s rain had Escatawpa residents bracing for more flooding in their already saturated neighborhoods. Many people gathered free sand from the Escatawpa Fire Department and were on edge that today’s precipitation would force the Pascagoula River into their homes. On…
Jackson County Bracing for more Flooding
With more rain comes more flooding and that’s what’s happening in an already saturated area. News 25’s Shelby Myers is in Jackson County to tell us how residents are riding out the flood waters as the Pascagoula River continues to…
Pascagoula River Flooding Continues
Jackson County residents continue to prepare for the worst as the Pascagoula River continues to rise. Yesterday morning, the river was at 17 feet. Now, the river is over 18 feet, spilling well over its banks and threatening homes nearby.…
Flooding in Jackson County
Jackson County residents prepare for the worst as the Pascagoula River continues to rise and threaten the lives of those living nearby. News 25’s Kendra Turley joins us live with a look at the scene in Escatawpa. [mappress mapid="2515"]
Coast Group Fighting Damming of Pascagoula River
There are plans to dam parts of the Pascagoula River but one Coast organization is determined to stop it from happening.
Damming the Pascagoula River
Jackson County supervisors plan to meet with the Pat Harrison Waterway District to get more information about damming the Pascagoula River.