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Parish leaders urged residents to leave the area immediately and avoid returning until officials give the all-clear.
08/23/2025

Parish leaders urged residents to leave the area immediately and avoid returning until officials give the all-clear.

An explosion in Roseland has forced Tangipahoa Parish officials to order mandatory evacuations and shut down highways.

The suspects face a maximum prison sentence of 7 years if convicted.
08/23/2025

The suspects face a maximum prison sentence of 7 years if convicted.

Two people in Missouri are accused of organizing a child fighting ring and cheering as one was in a near-fatal hold.

Officials said the passengers ranged in age from 1 to 74.
08/23/2025

Officials said the passengers ranged in age from 1 to 74.

Police say a tour bus returning to New York City from Niagara Falls crashed Friday, killing and injuring multiple people.

Over the past three weeks, hundreds of Mississippians have had their food stamps stolen from them.
08/23/2025

Over the past three weeks, hundreds of Mississippians have had their food stamps stolen from them.

The State Department of Human Services is now offering these tips to prevent you from having your benefits stolen.

If you bought this item, you can return it to the place of purchase for a full refund.
08/23/2025

If you bought this item, you can return it to the place of purchase for a full refund.

Blue Bell is issuing an allergy alert after its Moo-llennium Crunch ice cream, which contains nuts, was accidentally packaged in tubs labeled as Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream.

Although Abrego Garcia can’t be deported to El Salvador without violating the judge’s order, Homeland Security officials...
08/23/2025

Although Abrego Garcia can’t be deported to El Salvador without violating the judge’s order, Homeland Security officials have said they plan to deport him to an unnamed third country.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from jail in Tennessee on Friday.

Turcotte won more than 3,000 races over a nearly two-decade career.
08/22/2025

Turcotte won more than 3,000 races over a nearly two-decade career.

Ron Turcotte, the Hall of Fame jockey who rode Secretariat to the 1973 Triple Crown, has died at 84.

Statewide, 54.5% of students scored proficient or advanced in math, 47.4% in English, 60.9% in science and 69.7% in U.S....
08/22/2025

Statewide, 54.5% of students scored proficient or advanced in math, 47.4% in English, 60.9% in science and 69.7% in U.S. history.

The Mississippi Department of Education released results from the 2024-25 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program, or MAAP, showing Ocean Springs and Long Beach school districts ranked in the state’s Top Ten across all four tested subjects: math, English language arts, science and U.S. history.

Trump indicated that the city could receive similar treatment to what he’s done in Washington, D.C., where he’s deployed...
08/22/2025

Trump indicated that the city could receive similar treatment to what he’s done in Washington, D.C., where he’s deployed 2,000 troops on the streets.

President Donald Trump on Friday said Chicago will likely be the next target of his efforts to crack down on crime, homelessness and illegal immigration.

Ampact, now in its third year locally, began serving Mississippi schools in 2021.
08/22/2025

Ampact, now in its third year locally, began serving Mississippi schools in 2021.

As Hub City students settle into a new school year, tutors from Ampact, a national nonprofit, are once again working alongside the city’s public school teachers to help students succeed.

You are urged to safeguard your information, check your EBT account regularly, check card reading machines, and frequent...
08/22/2025

You are urged to safeguard your information, check your EBT account regularly, check card reading machines, and frequently change your PIN.

MDHS is providing tips to help protect your benefits from theft.

🏈 One year ago, the Coast’s lone 1A school in Resurrection was home to one of the youngest rosters in the state. With mo...
08/22/2025

🏈 One year ago, the Coast’s lone 1A school in Resurrection was home to one of the youngest rosters in the state. With more experience under their belt, the Eagles are looking to return to the postseason in 2025.

“I’m just looking forward to another year of football here at Resurrection,” explained head coach Eric Denmark. >>> https://www.wlox.com/2025/08/22/countdown-kickoff-2025-resurrection-eagles/

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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.