Debris gathering and removal still continues nearly a week after Hurricane Zeta. Streets throughout South Mississippi are lined with downed tree limbs, branches, and leaves and other vegetative debris. In Gulfport, a designated vegetative dropoff site has…
With all the Election Day coverage, some local business leaders are still keeping Hurricane Zeta recovery efforts on the radar and at the top of the list here in South Mississippi. It’s been about a week since…
Here’s a look at the voting line at the Lyman Community Center this morning. The line was wrapped around the parking lot several times and kept growing into the afternoon. Many voters we spoke to said they’ve…
District four residents are exercising their right to vote in Ocean Springs today. Throughout the day, several voters filed in and out of the Ryan Youth Center located on Pine Drive. Though not required, most of these…
Voters saw numerous safety measures in place when they entered the polls today. At the Gaston Point Community Center, poll workers were wiping down machines after every use. They also encouraged voters to keep the pens as…
Harrison County voters are still lining up this evening to get their votes cast before polls close at 7 p.m. News 25’s Grant Chighizola is in Biloxi with a preview of races on the ballot in the…
The Harrison County Republican Club is hosting their watch party tonight. It’s happening at 204 East Courthouse Road in Gulfport. The public is invited to attend and watch together as the local and national election results come in this evening.…
The Harrison County Democratic Executive Committee is hosting a watch party. They’re inviting all members of the community, regardless of political affiliation to watch results come in. The watch party will be held at their office at…
The Harrison County School District will reopen on Wednesday, November 4, 2020. All campuses will resume normal operations, except Saucier Elementary. Because several buildings sustained damage from Hurricane Zeta, Saucier Elementary students will move to distance learning until further notice.
Storm debris collection should begin Thursday or Friday in Harrison County and the first pass through the entire unincorporated area of the county should be completed within approximately 30 days. As the first pass is nearing completion, Harrison County will…
The 26 miles of Harrison County Sand Beach have temporarily been closed as the Harrison County Sand Beach Department continues cleaning up debris from Hurricane Zeta, as well as assessing the damage. There is currently very-limited public access to the…
Bay St. Louis Police are investigating a woman's death as a homicide, Chief Gary Ponthieux said in a press release Monday. About 7:45 a.m., a report came in of a dead woman found on the 500 block of Washington Street.…
After the coldest temperatures of the season earlier this morning, the warming trend now begins...
After a very cold start to the day, temperature are slowly warming under sunny skies...
HARRISON COUNTY, MISS. (WCBI) – Two people are confirmed dead on the Coast during Hurricane Zeta. Damage assessments continue this week as the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency works with county EMA directors. Both deaths happened in Harrison County. In all 77 people were injured during the storm. More than 9,000 homes received damage. Businesses and […]
MISS. and ALA. (WCBI) – Polls open in Mississippi and in Alabama at 7:00 a.m. If you have never voted, or if it’s been a while, here are a few things you should know. Be sure to bring a photo id. In both states, you can use a driver’s license, a non-driver ID, a US […]
With the start of a new week in Biloxi, city officials are still picking up the debris. "It is certainly a mess, and we're trying to assess what the real damage we've had, figure out the channels we can go,"…
Huntington Ingalls Industries has received an undefinitized contract award from the U.S. Navy to shift the delivery strategy for the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) from a two-phase delivery to a single phase at its Newport News, Va.,…
(WXXV) — Several school districts in South Mississippi have announced a return to in-person learning after Hurricane Zeta. Here is what we know: Jackson County School District will resume regular class schedule on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Gulfport School District will…
The Mississippi Coast Coliseum said in press releases on Monday that a pair of scheduled events have been postponed because of Hurricane Zeta and ensuing power outages. Ice skating that was scheduled to open Oct. 31 has been rescheduled to…
In response to the toll that Hurricane Zeta had on communities along the Coast last week, Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux and the Game On Foundation are opening a relief kitchen in Bay St. Louis on Wednesday. To help support recovery efforts,…
Temperatures are going to linger in the mid-60s this afternoon due to a cold north wind...
The Harrison County Board of Supervisors on Monday approved instating the contract to begin debris removal from damages caused by Hurricane Zeta. The cleanup should begin later this week. The debris removal and damage assessment applies only to the unincorporated…
Molina Healthcare of Mississippi (“Molina”) on Monday announced that the company will expand its Health Insurance Marketplace footprint (also known as Exchange) from 19 counties to all 82 counties in the state, effective Jan. 1, 2021. In addition to the…