FLASH FLOOD WARNING: PEARL RIVER The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a flash flood warning for central Pearl River County in southe...

PICAYUNE, Miss. (WXXV)- The City of Picayune’s new police leadership team continues to take shape. New Police Chief James Bolton has named Rhonda Johnson as the department’s assistant police chief. Johnson has years of experience serving the city in a law enforcement capacity. Chief Bolton says Johnson has earned the respect of the department and community at large. Categories: Local...

PICAYUNE, Miss. (WXXV)- The Picayune Police Department is warning against a scam going around. Citizens are receiving calls about an active warrant. Police warning the scammers are giving valid officer names. Picayune police say they will never contact you to settle a warrant over the phone. The police also do not make threats of arrest if money is not paid....

A new Mississippi Writers Trail marker honoring internationally recognized literary scholar, editor, and professor Noel Polk has been unveiled at the University of Southern Mississippi. Polk, a Picayune native, is widely remembered as a preeminent William Faulkner scholar. Polk’s editing, essays, books and teaching provided understanding of Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Ellen Douglas, Robert Penn Warren […]

PEARL RIVER COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- The Pearl River County Sheriff’s Department is sharing reports of a scam going around. Scammers are calling with new names and stories. The sheriff’s department is receiving reports of a scam using the name Captain Shane Edgar. Officials say that even if these names do belong to a member of the department, law enforcement will...

GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- Monday morning, we celebrated our first Game Ball of the Week winners with a celebration at Gulfport High School. The Game Ball of the Week is presented by Ball Heating and Air. The Admirals started the season on the right note this past Friday with a 35 to 0 win over the Picayune Maroon Tide. As a...

PICAYUNE, Miss. (WXXV)- The Picayune Police Department is sharing one of their own completed a state certified investigators program. Lt. Sean Talley serves as the assistant commander of the criminal investigations division, attending the class for the last eight months. During the training, Lt. Talley learned about investigative tools in numerous areas, including homicide investigations, human trafficking, cyber investigations, and...

The Gulfport Admirals opened the season with a statement, shutting out the Picayune Maroon Tide 35-0 in a highly anticipated Week One matchup in Pearl River County. The game was selected by viewers as the WXXV Game Ball of the Week matchup, presented by Ball Heating and Air, bringing together two of the Coast’s top programs to kick off the...

WEST HARRISON, Miss. (WXXV) — The Poplarville Hornets traveled to the West Harrison Hurricanes for their week 1 matchup. The Hurricanes were already down at half 27-0 trying to get something going but could not do so as Poplarville would have no problem winning this game with the final score being 40-8. Poplarville will be back at home against Stone...

Glyn Dyar from GoldenEaglePride.com joins Bob and Dima. Patrick Magee, sports editor for The Times-Picayune, talks Saints.