OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WXXV)- The Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce is hosting a breakfast with first responders on Wednesday. Aztecas on Bienville Boulevard will be hosting the event from 8 to 9 a.m. The city’s fire and police chiefs will be on site to answer any questions you might have. Those in attendance can also share their thoughts and learn...

DAPHNE, Ala. (AP) — Former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum has been arrested on drug possession charges in Alabama after police say they pulled him over for erratic driving and found marijuana and meth in his vehicle. It’s the latest legal trouble for the ex-Tallahassee mayor, who narrowly lost to Republican Ron DeSantis for governor in 2018 and was once considered a...

By  HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and MATTHEW BROWN PROVO, Utah (AP) — The man charged with killing Charlie Kirk strolled Utah Valley University in shorts and a T-shirt, bought a meal at Chick-fil-A and made contact with people from Kirk’s organization, before returning in different clothes to shoot the conservative activist from a rooftop, an investigator testified Tuesday. Former State Bureau of Investigation Agent David Hull described Tyler Robinson’s alleged movements...

HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- Harrison County Parks and Recreation is moving forward with new improvements across the county. After recently completing its largest project to date, the Daniel Kent Jones Sportsplex in Gulfport, the department is now focusing on upgrades at Lizana Park. Plans include extending the park’s walking track from a quarter mile to a half mile, giving visitors...

A few isolated showers and thunderstorms will remain possible through early this evening before skies turn mostly clear overnight. Temperatures will only fall into the upper 70s, making for another warm and muggy night along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Wednesday will be another hot day with plenty of sunshine. Afternoon highs will climb into the lower 90s, but humidity will...

MARSHALL COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- Governor Tate Reeves announced a global engineering and supply chain company plans to establish a north Mississippi production facility. Once the Marshall County facility for the firm Jabil opens, it is expected to add more than 2,000 jobs to the state’s workforce and will support data center infrastructure in the state. State partners, including the Mississippi...

By  KATE BRUMBACK ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice cannot have the names and personal contact information for every person who worked during the 2020 election in Georgia’s Fulton County, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. The Justice Department in April obtained a grand jury subpoena seeking the names and personal contact information of county employees and volunteer poll workers. President Donald Trump has...

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...