Gulfport, MS

By  CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers ramped up their job postings in September as stronger economic growth may be encouraging more hiring. Yet voters are headed to the polls Tuesday largely gloomy over an economy beset by higher prices. U.S. job openings jumped to 7.5 million from a revised 7.19 million in August, the Labor Department reported Tuesday....

The Lumberton Senior Center honors local veterans with homemade quilts. Two veterans received quilts during the center’s third Quilts of Valor presentation this year. The center started the presentations in January, honoring one veteran. Now organizers hope to recognize more veterans as applications come in. Volunteer Coordinator Connie Hebert says it is important to show appreciation for those who have...

MISSISSIPPI (WXXV) — With a razor-thin margin in Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race between incumbent Republican Cindy-Hyde Smith and Democrat challenger Scott Colom, every single vote counts. And with issues at polling places and thousands of affidavit ballots still being counted, all eyes are on Mississippi. It’s down to the wire in Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race and results are still pouring...

By  STAN CHOE and DAVID MCHUGH NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks soared Wednesday after President Donald Trump’s party lost its sole control of Washington in the midterm elections. Stocks generally do well in the months following any midterm U.S. election, regardless of who wins, and the S&P 500 jumped 1.6% for its best day in three months. The Dow...

By  RUSS BYNUM and CHRIS O’MEARA TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A gunman plowed a car into a courtyard on Citibank’s sprawling Tampa business campus on Wednesday and opened fire with a rifle, killing a woman before a security guard fatally shot him, authorities said. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office did not give a motive for the shooting or say whether...

We’ll start tonight with partly cloudy skies and temperatures dropping to around 62 degrees. Sunshine returns Thursday, with a high near 78 and a mostly clear, comfortable night ahead as temperatures fall into the upper 50s. Friday will bring another day of mostly sunny skies with highs near 78. The bigger change arrives this weekend as cooler air moves in...

Every other Wednesday morning we feature a pet up for adoption at the Humane Society of South Mississippi. Joining us in studio is Katie King to tell us about News 25’s Pet of the Week, Park. Categories: Local News, Pet of the Week Tags: pet of the week

MIAMI (AP) — One man was killed and two others were critically injured on Wednesday when their helicopter crashed into Biscayne Bay near Miami, officials said. The Robinson R44 II helicopter went down late Wednesday morning near Bill Baggs State Park, off Key Biscayne, while on a trip to take photos of boats, the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said. Sheriff Rosie...

Savannah Tirey with Mississippi Lottery joins us to tell us more about the newest games for the month of November. Categories: Local News Tags: Mississippi Lottery

PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WXXV)- Singing River Hospice of Light hosted their annual tree planting ceremony Wednesday. Families gathered at the Singing River Hospital in Pascagoula to memorialize loved ones they’ve lost. The trees now stand as living memorials along the hospital’s walking track. During the ceremony, attendees brought photos and placed the names of those being honored into the trees soil....