GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)-A man is behind bars in Gulfport in connection to a shooting that left one person dead. Fifty-six-year-old Carliss Demetric Rupert has been arrested and charged with one count of second-degree murder. On July 7, officers with the Gulfport Police Department responded to Ohio Avenue in reference to a shooting. Officers were notified that a gunshot victim had...

BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV)- The Biloxi Police Department is now accepting applications for its sixth annual Citizens Police Academy, giving residents a chance to learn more about law enforcement from the inside. The program runs from August 20 until October 15 at the Biloxi Police Training Center. Classes are held twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The academy is open...

By  GEOFF MULVIHILL Planned Parenthood and two smaller regional abortion providers are resuming billing Medicaid for services other than abortion after being cut off for most of a year. The defunding, which was mandated in President Donald Trump’s big tax and policy law last year, has been blamed in the closure of multiple clinics as well as a reduction in the number of...

By  JON GAMBRELL, FATIMA HUSSEIN and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military launched new strikes against Iran early Wednesday, hours after three merchant ships were struck in the Strait of Hormuz, in the latest exchange of fire to threaten the interim deal to end the fighting between the two countries. The renewed attacks were sure to add to the...

The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies is sharing a turtle release scheduled for Wednesday. The release takes place at 10:30 on the beach across the street from Edgewater Mall. IMMS says five more of their sea turtles are returning to the Gulf. Three of them have acoustic tags while one has a satellite tag. The tags will help aid IMMS...

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office continues to actively investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of Nolan Wells, who was last seen alive on Horn Island on July 4, 2026. The sheriff’s office says they recognize that a significant amount of information, speculation, and commentary has been shared on social media and throughout the community. As with any active investigation, investigators...

By  JIM VERTUNO AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland, who died by suicide in November 2025 after a high-speed chase with police, had early stage chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain abnormality linked to repeated concussions, his family announced Tuesday. The Boston University CTE Center, which investigates the long-term consequences of repetitive brain trauma in athletes and others, analyzed...

GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- The City of Gulfport has issued an emergency lane closure for parts of Pass Road. The area affected is the westbound lanes of East Pass Road between Lindh Road and Varnado Lane. The cause of the closure is a cave-in. Crews are working and the lanes are expected to reopen on July 24th by 3 p.m. The...

Jackson County Coroner Bruce Lynd Jr. confirms that the body found near Horn Island Monday was been identified as Nolan Wells. According to the coroner, they used dental records to positively identify the body as Nolan’s. Nolan was reported missing on Saturday, July 4 around 3 p.m. on the island. Multiple agencies, including local law enforcement, the Cajun Navy, the...

SPRINGVILLE, Utah (AP) — The state of Utah has revoked the license of a boarding school where socialite Paris Hilton said she was abused as a teenager, saying the school has “failed to provide applicable health and safety services for clients.” The state’s action, which took effect Monday, cites multiple noncompliance issues against the Provo Canyon School’s campus in Springville. The school has 15 days to...