Suspect charged in vandalism of St. Thomas Grotto statues
Church members who worked to restore a garden and grotto at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Long Beach are heartbroken over vandalism that heavily damaged the…
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Vandals damage headstones, fixtures at Old Biloxi Cemetery
Biloxi police are asking for your help identifying those responsible for damaging headstones and decorative items at the Old Biloxi Cemetery. We don’t have pictures showing the damage,…
Police investigating possible vandalism at the Old Biloxi Cemetery
A few gravesites on the south side of the Old Biloxi Cemetery appear to have been vandalized. The City of Biloxi tells News 25 that police are…
Gulfport police investigating vandalism at St. James Cemetery
Vandals have struck St. James Cemetery, damaging or outright removing holy symbols. Father Ryan McCoy is letting the parish and community know that a fiberglass statue, valued around…
Mississippi Aviation Heritage Museum vandalized
On Sunday, Executive Director Francisco Gonzalez showed up to work at the Mississippi Aviation Heritage Museum to find one of the museum’s large glass windows shattered. Gonzalez says someone had thrown…
Moss Point Black Lives Matter mural vandalized again
The Black Lives Matter mural painted on the road in front of Moss Point City Hall was vandalized. The word ‘black’ was painted over and replaced with ‘blue’ in a reference to the police. Saturday, the city was notified of…
Diamondhead home vandalized with satanic markings
Residents in Diamondhead are growing concerned due to a recent wave of vandalism. Satanic symbols and markings have appeared on a Diamondhead home that was involved in a house fire just last week. Diamondhead residents were concerned following a string…
Diamondhead home vandalized with satanic markings
Residents in Diamondhead are concerned due to a recent wave of vandalism. Satanic symbols and markings have appeared on a Diamondhead home that was involved in a house fire just last week. News 25’s Andrew Scherer has more.
Classroom vandalized at Woolmarket Elementary
Police are searching for a suspect after a Woolmarket Elementary School classroom was left trashed over the weekend. The classroom, which is used for an after school program, was discovered Monday destroyed with desks and school supplies thrown across the…
Emmett Till historical marker vandalized
A historical marker designating where Emmett Till’s body was dropped into a river in Mississippi in 1955 has been vandalized again. Now, the organization that put it up is deciding what to do. For the second time in recent years,…
War memorial vandalized in Ocean Springs
Two bronze plaques were partially removed at the war memorial on the Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Center by vandals sometime last week. The bronze plaques are part of the benches that sit outside on the front lawn of the cultural…
Update on the vandalized POW camp foundations
An update to a story we brought you about the vandalized foundations of the old POW camp inside the Desoto National Forest in Harrison County. Officials tell us they’re working to clean up where visitors sprayed graffiti. The old ammunition…
Tuxachanie POW Camp is vandalized
For those who love the outdoors the Tuxachanie Hiking Trail inside the DeSoto National Forest is one of the hidden gems in Harrison County. Along the trail remains what’s left of an old POW camp from World War II and…
Church vandalized, donations stolen from Trinity Full Gospel Baptist Church
Gulfport police are looking for a man who allegedly broke into a place of worship. If you pass by Trinity Full Gospel Baptist Church, there’s no sign of any damage, but just yesterday this was not the case. According to…
Students vandalize West Wortham Elementary School
Officials at West Wortham Elementary and Middle School are still assessing the extent of vandalism committed by students over the weekend. The damage, which is expected to cost West Wortham somewhere around $30,000, was mostly done in the six portable…
Emmett Till Sign will be Replaced
A center dedicated to the memory of slain black teen Emmett Till has raised over $20,000 to replace a sign commemorating the 1955 killing that helped propel the Civil Rights movement. The sign has been the target of repeated vandals,…
Memorial Site Vandalized for Third Time
A Gulf Coast family lost their three children to an accident caused by a drunk driver nine years ago. For the third time, their memorial has been vandalized. Imagine losing your three children to drunk driving. Bill Downs is a…
Former Ole Miss Student Gets Prison Time
A former University of Mississippi student who admitted helping place a noose on a statue of a Civil Rights activist is going to prison.
Arrests Made in State Flag Burning
The Pascagoula Police Department have arrested two 16-year-old, black males in connection with the burning of the Mississippi state flag and spray painting “blacks rule” on the drive way of Bob Coman.
Moss Point Residents React to Racist Vandalism
Some not so welcoming words were found on a Moss Point welcome sign. Police are now searching for those behind the racist vandalism.