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Lynn Meadows Discovery Center reopens with new safety guidelines in place
Lynn Meadows Discovery Center in Gulfport reopened today. Lynn Meadows Discovery Center creates an enjoyable interactive environment for children to learn. This creates problems following COVID-19 guidelines although the center has solutions. Lynn Meadows Discovery Center Executive Director Cindy DeFrances…
Setting the stage for reopening local community theatres
Local community theatres are beginning to reopen following coronavirus shutdowns, bringing the arts back to many coastal areas. The stage is set for community theatres to reopen. Downstage Productions Theatre is especially eager to return in their new Gulfport location…
Gulfport Sportsplex reopens
The Gulfport Sportsplex is now open after being closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. While they will resume activities like tournaments and scheduled practices, a lot has changed. The bleachers are closed. The tournament organizers need to have a safety…
Gulfport School District reopening plans for 2020-2021 school year
There are a variety of reopening plans on the table for the Gulfport School District’s upcoming school year. A contingency plan based on four different models was released to parents. The traditional model opens schools as traditionally as possible adhering…
Harrison County beaches to close temporarily for cleanup
Today the Harrison County Board of Supervisors announced the closure of all 26 miles of sand beach in the county in order to clean up debris left behind from Cristobal. The closure allows the Harrison County Sand Beach Authority and…
Beach wildlife affected after Cristobal flooding
After surveying the damage left from Tropical Storm Cristobal, wildlife experts on the Coast are now reeling with the loss of many protected birds’ nests on our beaches. Prior to the storm, there were 18 Least Tern colonies across Harrison…
Change of Command Ceremony at Seabee Base
Today a Change of Command Ceremony was held at the Gulfport Seabee Base and this ceremony was unlike any other in the past due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Change of Command is a time-honored Seabee ceremony where leadership of…
CTA offers free hurricane evacuation service
While Cristobal has passed through our area, hurricane season has just begun. Coast Transit Authority has already mapped out a route to safety for those with no way to evacuate during this hurricane season. For years, Coast Transit Authority has…
Man killed after semi-truck flips into Pascagoula River off I-10 Bridge
One man is dead and another is in the hospital recovering after the 18-wheeler they were in flipped into the Pascagoula River this morning. This happened just before 4 a.m. today on the Interstate 10 Bridge going westbound in Jackson…
Camper trailer fire on Kiln-Delisle Road
The Harrison County Fire Rescue along with the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department responded to a camper trailer fire just before midnight on Kiln-Delisle Road. When units arrived on scene the trailer was fully engulfed and a person was missing. After…
Lowe's volunteers to distribute free cleanup supplies at Waveland, D’Iberville and Gulfport stores
Lowe’s will hold bucket brigade events at stores in Waveland, D’Iberville and Gulfport tomorrow morning from 10 to noon while supplies last. At each event, Lowe’s will hand out 500 Lowe’s buckets full of vendor-donated supplies such as: Rubber gloves Trash bags Scrub brushes Sponges Dish…
Harrison County Board of Supervisors temporarily close sand beach for Cristobal cleanup
The Harrison County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved closing the 26 miles of Harrison County Sand Beach due to the effects of Tropical Storm Cristobal, which hit the area on Sunday. The board is under a local proclamation for…
MEMA releases preliminary damage reports for Tropical Storm Cristobal
PEARL, Miss. – Tropical Storm Cristobal made landfall Sunday evening just east of Grand Isle, Louisiana with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph. Wind gusts exceeded 60 mph at times along the Mississippi Gulf Coast and average rainfall totals ranged from…
1 dead, 1 rescued after crash sends 18-wheeler off bridge into Pascagoula River
MOSS POINT, Miss. (WXXV) — A car accident in on Interstate 10 sent an 18-wheeler over the Pascagoula River Bridge and into the water below. There were two people inside of the 18-wheeler. First responders were able to rescue the…
Assessing Cristobal’s impact in Waveland
The City of Waveland is still assessing storm damage following Cristobal’s impacts on the area. The waters have mostly receded along Beach Boulevard in Waveland, making way for curious sightseers and allowing officials to get a sense of cleanup operations…
Post-storm damage at Long Beach Harbor
The City of Long Beach was one of the hardest hit areas in Harrison County during Cristobal. The Long Beach Harbor took some significant damage. It’s been a hectic weekend at the Long Beach Harbor, just ask Harbor Master William…
New sea oats on Highway 90 holding up against storm
Just last week, crews finished planting thousands of sea oats along Highway 90 on the beach. Today, crews went out to check on the plants to see if they survived the storm. The sea oats were brought in and planted…
Mississippi Power responds to outages on Sunday
Mississippi Power crews responded to widespread outages on the Coast Sunday afternoon and into the night as Cristobal brought heavy rain, flooding, and gusty wind to South Mississippi. At 6 p.m. on Sunday, the company was reporting about 2,100 customers…
Cristobal clean up in Pass Christian
Cristobal clean up continues today in Pass Christian. City crews and residents will be busy over the next week and a half in the wake of this rainmaker. What a difference a day makes. Mary-Catherine Scriber and her family watched…
Monitoring Cristobal’s impact in Waveland
As the effects of Cristobal continue to be felt here on the Coast, the City of Waveland is still surveying the damage. News 25’s Grant Chighizola is in Waveland with more.
Coping in times of crisis: Fear, anxiety, and uncertainty abound in 2020
Heightened awareness during hurricane season can lead to heightened concerns, not to mention the other unprecedented events that have unfolded since the start of this year. Gulfport Behavioral Health System has some advice from the experts on how to better…
Two protests against racial injustice took place on Saturday in Gulfport
While nationwide protests continue, so do protests in our own community. Protesters and police marched together from Jones Park to the Gulfport Police Department Saturday morning, unifying against hate, violence, racism, and discrimination. All of which Minister Greg Whitfield reminds…
Blessing of the Fleet Mass at St. Michael Catholic Church in Biloxi
Although several Blessing of the Fleet events fell victim to the weather and COVID-19 pandemic, the annual Blessing of the Fleet Mass and the crowning of the 2020 Shrimp King and Queen still took place Saturday night as planned. The…