Amber Spradley
News Anchor/Multimedia Journalist
Biloxi, MS
Amber Spradley is a reporter and weekend anchor for WLOX News Now. She is originally from Atlanta and graduated magna cum laude from Georgia State University with degrees in journalism and film.
She previously worked as a bureau reporter for Tallahassee’s WCTV Eyewitness News and a general assignment reporter for Panama City Beach’s WMBB News13.
In her free time, she enjoys yoga, dining out with friends and family, and long walks on the beach with her dog, Blakely.
One construction project is nearing completion in Bay St. Louis, but it is the team behind the work making this headline.
CEO Kurt Allen will meet with his leadership team next week to begin planning what projects are next for the aquarium.
The opening of the University of Mississippi’s Roger F. Wicker Center for Ocean Enterprise drew a large crowd Friday at the Port of Gulfport.
More than $1.7 billion dollars will be up for grabs...but what happens if there isn’t a winner?
One 10th-grade student was arrested and taken into custody Wednesday after a pistol was confiscated from the teenage suspect’s backpack at Gulfport High School.
Investigators are on the hunt in Moss Point after, they say, two to three unknown people attempted to break into a home on Ruby Street around midnight.
Following one Biloxi woman’s unrelenting effort to have August 1 declared as “Gold Star Children’s Day.”
Officials are investigating after one Biloxi church is vandalized for the second time in just three days.
Moss Point City Alderman Wayne Lennep says a resident named Bradley Turner immediately jumped into the river and pulled the woman out of her car to the bank.
Over the last several weeks, investigators visited 14 Picayune shops with an undercover and underaged individual who tried to buy vapes or alcohol. Out of the 14 stores targeted, only three refused to sell.
Several disaster response teams have deployed to Moss Point since the tornado struck, but some say there are not enough.
The doors opened to a large crowd Friday morning for the grand opening of the Traintastic Interactive Model Railroad Museum in Gulfport.
A transgender high school student who took her fight against the graduation dress code to court wasn’t the only one who didn’t walk because of the policy.
Chipotle in D’Iberville is now open every day from 10:45 a.m. to 10 p.m.
On Sunday, WLOX sat down with 16-year-old Lauren Lawless, one of the six victims in a mass shooting at a prom after-party that happened two weeks ago in Bay St. Louis.
Officer Exo, a K-9 unit killed in the line of duty last July, is to be honored during Police Week at our nation’s capital on Thursday.
On Monday, Governor Tate Reeves announced Mississippi’s unemployment rate is now the lowest it has ever been: 3.5% in March.
While many people spent the day outdoors celebrating nature, it was one heartbreaking Earth Day for many community members in Long Beach.
The Cherokee Concerned Citizens are suing the EPA over allowing Chevron to convert used, recyclable plastic waste into renewed fuels and gases.
Its newly built and spacious flight enclosure allows for the final stage of recovery, which is where the raptors can exercise and regain their strength.
The Jackson County Board of Supervisors announced the name of its highest bidder looking to buy Singing River Health System in a special-called meeting Monday morning, and it’s not the name many were expecting.
With the help of a friend and a power company, Dr. Bud Ehlert has built 11 nests throughout the city. It’s all for the high-flyers, but they’re also providing quite a show for the community.
Delo’s Heavenly House of Coffee is where much of the magic happened for 18-year-old Aviya Nettles. It’s also where she sat down with WLOX Tuesday to talk about her latest milestone.
The district has already installed the devices in bathrooms at East Central High as a pilot.
The Fin whale that washed up in the Pass is an endangered species and the first of its kind ever seen in Mississippi.
IMMS, NOAA and other local, state and federal agencies worked to pull the whale to shore Saturday for testing. The discovery comes just three days after a dead dolphin washed up on the same beach.
The woman accused of killing Carl the Rooster in Ocean Springs was found guilty of animal cruelty on Wednesday, but her attorney maintains she is innocent.
A Jones County woman accused of killing a beloved rooster in Ocean Springs was found guilty of misdemeanor animal cruelty Wednesday.
The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies released five Kemp’s ridley sea turtles in Biloxi across from Edgewater Mall.
Two teen girls who went missing after attending their homecoming dance at East Central High School were found dead along Highway 613 between Agricola and Hurley early Sunday morning.
90-year-old Ellouise Lewis received an honorary GED certificate during a graduation ceremony at Gulfport Care Center on Wednesday.
It was late May when Linda Thompson met John and Wendy Wickham in a crowded restaurant. Over conversation, the Wickhams learned about Thompson’s ongoing kidney disease and her struggle to find a donor.
Since surviving that fateful day of April 20, 1999, Craig Scott has dedicated his life to creating a culture of love and kindness in schools across the nation.
From campaign souvenirs and protest memorabilia to archival photos, videos and more, the collection showcases the nation’s voting history from the American Revolution until today.
11-year-old Lillian Dorsett played Young Pearl in the movie, which is based on the best-selling novel.
Early Sunday morning, 16-year-old Corion Evans was at the right place at the right time with the right skills.
Coast Fireworks in Ocean Springs has been in business for nearly six decades. Holiday shopping picked up Friday, with steady sales all day.
A new law to curb catalytic converter theft and more goes into effect Friday.
Day Two of the annual Mississippi Association of Supervisors Convention at the Coast Coliseum began with a discussion on the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act.
More than 80 years after the attack on Pearl Harbor, survivor Frank Emond is recounting it all.
One of five “Carry the Load” groups walked through the Biloxi National Cemetery Wednesday on its way from New York to Dallas.
The National Spelling Bee is right around the corner, and you can find our state’s runner up in Hancock County ready to go as an alternate if needed.
A coastal tradition, the Blessing of the Fleet, is returning to Pass Christian after years.
The Southern Gaming Summit is underway this week at the Beau Rivage.
Family members, friends and community members across the Coast gathered at Riemann Family funeral home Monday to mourn the loss of Mohammad Moeini.
Jill Hendon from Ocean Springs has teamed up with the Scholastic Corporation to publish a book and activity set for kids called “Shark Lab.”
Governor Tate Reeves visited the Stone County Courthouse Tuesday to announce a new Enviva plant coming to the area.
Just over 400 riders were escorted by Mississippi Highway Patrol for the second-ever Bayou to the Beach for Autism Speaks ride.
The 53-foot trailer transports the story of the Vietnam War across the country, with educational exhibits displayed on its side and carrying a 6-foot-tall, 300-foot-long wall of casualties ready to erect.
Orange Lake Elementary closed in 2011 as part of the Moss Point School District’s realignment plan.
