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01/10/2026

BREAKING: Pedestrian killed in Pearl River County crash

01/10/2026

DIGITAL DESK: A Tornado Watch has been posted for Central Mississippi overnight, and a low-end risk is in place further south. Meteorologist Eric Jeansonne explains what you need to know.

01/10/2026

Jackson County tax office breaks down reasons for higher bills this year

Vicente Perez is a tattoo Artist at ‘Mommy Said Yes’, in Ocean Springs. He was 22 the last time he was in Venezuela. He’...
01/10/2026

Vicente Perez is a tattoo Artist at ‘Mommy Said Yes’, in Ocean Springs. He was 22 the last time he was in Venezuela. He’s now 34 years old.

Coast resident Francisco Gonzales arrived in the U.S. at 20 years old. His sister still lives in Caracas. He spoke to her just after the U.S. operation early Saturday morning>>>https://www.wlox.com/2026/01/10/coast-venezuelan-natives-react-jan-3-us-attack/

01/10/2026

Ole Miss players, staff speak out following season-ending loss in 2026 Fiesta Bowl

The Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center invited career coaches and educators from across the Gulf Coast to get an ...
01/10/2026

The Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center invited career coaches and educators from across the Gulf Coast to get an inside look at careers within the Mississippi Air National Guard.

The Special Training and Recruitment Showcase, known as STARS Day, gives career coaches and educators firsthand exposure to the many career paths available in the National Guard>>>https://www.wlox.com/2026/01/10/mississippi-air-national-guard-hosts-stars-day-educators/

On Friday, Poplarville Mayor Louise Smith announced the passage of an ordinance that bans the use of certain scooters. T...
01/10/2026

On Friday, Poplarville Mayor Louise Smith announced the passage of an ordinance that bans the use of certain scooters. The ordinance, unanimously passed by the Poplarville Board of Aldermen on Tuesday, bans motorized footboard mounted scooters.

Mayor Smith said these scooters, which can travel up to 20 miles per hour, can be a safety risk in busy areas and at night>>>https://www.wlox.com/2026/01/09/poplarville-passes-motorized-scooter-ban/

Phelan and other top Navy officials toured the shipyard, met with Bollinger’s workforce and learned about ongoing projec...
01/09/2026

Phelan and other top Navy officials toured the shipyard, met with Bollinger’s workforce and learned about ongoing projects.

Officials said the visit highlights the Trump Administration’s push to restore America’s maritime dominance.

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WLOX-TV - The Stations for South Mississippi since 1962

When WLOX began broadcasting in the fall of 1962, our studios were located in the Buena Vista Hotel on the beach in Biloxi. The hotel is no longer there, but the site where it once stood is now home to MGM Park, the baseball stadium across from Beau Rivage Resort & Casino.

We broadcast local news and entertainment programs there until August, 1969. The previous month, Neil Armstrong had walked on the moon and the country was becoming more and more polarized on the Vietnam issue. The day the Woodstock Music Festival in New York was coming to an end, people here in South Mississippi were bracing for Hurricane Camille. That storm pretty much blew away everything and flooded everything else, including our Buena Vista studios. But WLOX stayed on the air as long as we could to warn people of the coming danger.

After Camille we moved to the Werlein Building on Jackson Street in downtown Biloxi. The building is still there to this day. In April, 1971 WLOX moved to its present location on DeBuys Road in Biloxi. That's where we withstood Hurricane Katrina in 2005. WLOX continued to broadcast throughout the storm, never going off the air, even after one of our broadcast towers fell into our building, and we lost the roof over our newsroom. Many employees lived at the station in the days after the storm to ensure our round the clock coverage to a battered Mississippi coast.

From its inception until 1995, WLOX was owned locally by the Love family. The leadership of the Love Family made WLOX the broadcasting machine it is today. In March of that year the family sold WLOX to the Liberty Corporation out of Greenville, South Carolina.