Megan Fayard

BILOXI, Miss (WXXV) — Two elementary schools in the Biloxi School District now have school-based medical clinics, providing free medical care to elementary students at Gorenflo and Nichols elementary schools. The Coastal Family Health Center cut the ribbon Thursday on its new clinic at Nichols Elementary. The clinics will have on-site nurse practitioners who can assess students, conduct tests and...

BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV)- Wednesday would have been Nolan Wells’ 19th birthday. In honor of him, one Biloxi church held a prayer rally. Greater St. John AME Church was packed as the community stood alongside the Wells-Wonsley family and Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump to honor Nolan’s life and call for justice in his death. The night was filled with prayer,...

BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV)- Community members gathered at the Croatian-American Cultural Center in Biloxi for a special event honoring Croatian-American veterans. Posters were displayed across the room detailing the lives and duty of past Croatian-American veterans and the wars they fought in. A ribbon cutting also took place, highlighting the new lodge seal which now sits just outside the building. In...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WXXV)-Tucked away in Pascagoula near the historic Singing River, the La Pointe Krebs House has stood for nearly three centuries, making it the oldest surviving building in Mississippi. In this month’s Hometown History, WXXV’s Megan Fayard takes us inside. La Pointe Krebs House and Museum Docent Erin Wainwright said, “I just think it’s a great deal of luck...

GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) — The Gulfport Police Department is searching for the suspect responsible for a shooting that left one man injured on Monday afternoon. Police say the shooting took place at around 5:10 p.m. in the area of Loposser Avenue and Victory Street. One man was found on the seen suffering from a non-life threatening gun shot wound and...

JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV) — One person is dead after a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 10 in Jackson County on Sunday morning. The Mississippi Highway Patrol says that at around 3:15 a.m., 25-year-old Adonis Simms of D’Iberville was driving on I-10 east in his Kia Forte when he drove off the road and collided with a pole. Simms died from...

PERKINSTON, Miss. (WXXV) — The Trump administration has announced its plans to suspend tariffs on ground beef and allow up to 300,000 tons of beef to be imported tariff free. With this meat expected to be sold for 25% less than the current market prices, local producers like Stonnington Farms in Perkinston, Miss. could see negative impacts on their sales....

D’IBERVILLE, Miss. (WXXV) — Another stretch of triple-digit heat index values has south Mississippi residents cranking up the air conditioning, but running

GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) — As the world mourns the loss of American icon Dolly Parton, Neighbor’s Tap & Table in downtown Gulfport is stepping in to honor her with an event they’re calling “Dolly Day.” “Neighbors is a place for the community to come and be together. It’s an inclusive space for everyone, and I just think Dolly would have...

JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV) — Crews are working to put out a large woods fire in Jackson County Wednesday afternoon. The Mississippi Forestry Commission s