Hancock County Community Development Foundation honors Tony Trapani with Heritage Star
Hancock County Community Development Foundation awarded a Heritage Star, this time to the late Tony Trapani. Trapani is best known along the Coast as the…
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Disability Connection hosts ‘I love my Playground’ event to help clean park
Disability Connection held their annual ‘I love my Playground’ event. For 11 years, people have come together to help keep inclusive playgrounds clean. They…
Gulf Coast Center for Nonviolence Community Luncheon
The Gulf Coast Center for Nonviolence held a luncheon to honor outstanding community volunteers, leaders, donors, and supporters for their service to victims of interpersonal violence. Each year, 15…
MGCCC students explore job opportunities with Dole
Students were going bananas at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College for Dole Fresh Fruit Company’s career recruitment day. In honor of National Banana Day, Dole was giving out free…
Governor Reeves signs pro-life, pro-mom bills
Governor Tate Reeves signed multiple pro-life and pro-mom bills today. A signing ceremony was held in Jackson today. The seven bills he signed today included pro-life tax credits, adoption support,…
City of Biloxi’s plan for Black Spring Break
In the aftermath of Black Spring Break and the shootings over the weekend, many residents asked, both on social media and at Tuesday’s city council meeting, why the…
Friends of Firefighters holds Breakfast at the Kitchen Table event at Biloxi Fire Museum
Retired and active firefighters came together at the Biloxi Fire Museum this morning for fellowship over breakfast. The organization Friends of Firefighters…
Agreement for next phase of dredging project at Port of Gulfport
The Army Corps of Engineers in Mobile facilitated a visit to Gulfport today to sign an agreement that would officially begin the next phase of…
Crawfish Music Festival begins today at the Coast Coliseum
The Crawfish Music Festival begins today. The gates open at 5 tonight. Everything is ready for the crowds this weekend. The five-day festival features a full range…
Gulfport couple found dead in apparent murder-suicide
Two people are dead in what is an apparent murder-suicide on Kelly Avenue in Gulfport. Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer said 46-year-old Rachel Lott and 38-year-old Robert Henry, both of Gulfport, were…
Covey Awards return to the Coast
The Coast Observer returned once again to host the hottest award ceremony along the Mississippi Coast, the Covey Awards. This award ceremony began in 2004 to honor those in the…
Gulfport High School holds flag retirement ceremony
Gulfport High School had their Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps flag ceremony today. The ceremony was to teach the students the proper way to dispose a flag. The students…
Red Carpet before the Covey Awards at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Every year the Coast community gets together to award the best of the best at the annual Covey Awards. News 25’s Ansley Brent…
Pascagoula Prom Queen gives up crown to help another girl’s dream come true
Pascagoula High School Prom Queen Ky’Aziah Alexis-Thompson chose to give her classmate Martina Nelson her crown since Nelson had always dreamed of being…
Mississippi Coast Coliseum preparing for Crawfish Music Festival
Crawfish lovers and country music enthusiasts, here’s your reminder that the Mississippi Coast Coliseum Crawfish Music Festival begins tomorrow. The crew at the coliseum finished setting up this…
Hancock Middle School celebrates Earth Week
To celebrate Earth Week, students at Hancock Middle School got their hands a little dirty sprucing up their school garden. Volunteers and students at Hancock Middle School stepped outside the…
Biloxi City Council discusses future of Black Spring Break
The Biloxi City Council met today to discuss the future of Black Spring Break and the events that unfolded over the weekend. Throughout the weekend, city police received…
Biloxi police need help identifying alleged suspect in shooting that left five injured
On April 16th 2023 at approximately 5:33 PM, Biloxi Police Officers responded to several areas in the 2400 Block of Beach Boulevard for reports of gunshots. Four civilians and a Biloxi Police Officer were struck by projectiles. The pictured individual…
City of Long Beach receives grants to fix harbor damaged in storm
Three years after the Long Beach Harbor was destroyed by Hurricane Zeta, the city has received money to move forward with restoring it. The…
Health care related bills become law in Mississippi
More funding could be coming to Mississippi hospitals and health care workers soon as three new health care related bills are set to become law. Governor Tate Reeves…
Ocean Springs police believe Sunday night shooting was accidental
Ocean Springs police say Sunday night’s shooting in a downtown parking lot was likely accidental. According to our media partner, the Sun Herald, police haven’t found any…
Coast Chamber honors business, community leaders at One Coast Awards
The Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce honored those making a difference withing their community at the One Coast Awards Ceremony this morning at Beau Rivage Resort and Casino.…
Gulfport man charged with capital murder in death of 5-year-old
A Gulfport man is charged with capital murder in the death of a 5-year-old child. Police said 29-year-old Denzel Blakely, was arrested Monday night. He is in the Harrison County jail with no bond. The child's mother, 31-year-old Lachelle Washington,…
Biloxi police investigating shooting that left five injured
Police are investigating an officer involved shooting that left five injured Sunday night in Biloxi as well as looking for a shooter. A weekend of fun came to…