Relativity Space announces expansion of test facilities at Stennis
A company at Stennis Space Center announced plans today for a major expansion of its rocket and engine test facilities. Relativity Space plans to build new facilities…
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US Sen. Wicker of Mississippi again tests positive for COVID
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi has again tested positive for COVID-19, his office said Monday. His communications director, Phillip Waller, said Wicker took a required test and received a positive result. “He will be…
City of D’Iberville testing severe weather siren Friday
The City of D’Iberville is giving everyone a heads up about its siren test tomorrow. The city will be testing its six emergency weather sirens at 11 tomorrow…
COVID cases still above 4,000 in the state
The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting today an additional 4,085 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 36 deaths. One of those deaths reported was in Harrison County. Two were reported from Jackson County. Twenty-six deaths occurred between July…
WXXV testing Emergency Alert System Wednesday afternoon
As a reminder to our viewers, WXXV, at the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will be testing its National Emergency Alert System on Wednesday afternoon around 1:30 p.m. This test will run on all TV, radio stations, and…
Gulfport to perform smoke tests in Wildwood subdivision
The City of Gulfport will be smoke testing the sewer lines in the area of Wildwood subdivision beginning Monday. The smoke testing has been scheduled from September 28 until October 2 from 8 am until 2 pm each day as…
FDA authorizes emergency use of saliva test for COVID-19
Federal health officials have authorized the emergency use of a coronavirus saliva test. Yale School of Public Health developed the test which does not use the chemical reagents that are used in the standard nasal swab diagnostic test. The test,…
Heads Up: City of D'Iberville to test emergency sirens Monday afternoon
D’IBERVILLE, Miss. (WXXV) — Do not be alarmed — even if you hear an alarm today. The City of D’Iberville will be performing a test of the outdoor emergency weather sirens at 12:00 noon on Monday, February 3. The city…
Stennis rocket engine test
After six years of construction, Stennis is the closest it’s ever been to testing the new space launch system rockets, also known as SLS. News 25 has been following NASA since they began testing single RS-25 engines in 2015. Now,…
D’Iberville tests weather alarm system
Earlier today, the City of D’Iberville sounded their alarms, but there’s no need to be on high alert. This was simply a test to ensure that equipment is working properly as we head into the season when storms typically increase…