Coast organizations team up to plant beach grass to protect Least Tern chicks
With nesting season right around the corner, Audubon partnered with Harrison County Sand Beach Authority and Gulfport High School to restore habitat along…
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New license plate option available to Mississippi drivers
Mississippi is now joining three other states in getting a blackout plate option, half the plate cost going towards the State Law Enforcement and Firefighter Death Benefits Trust…
Seabees’ dining hall renovations complete
It was a big day at the Navy Seabee Base in Gulfport because after two years of renovation, the sailors have their dining hall back. The aromatic promise of lunch filled…
Mississippi Aquarium, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College partner on successful Mardi Gras bead recycling program
GULFPORT, MS -- Mississippi Aquarium, in a partnership with Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, is sending more than 10,000 pounds of Mardi Gras beads and plastic trinkets to be recycled at the Arc of Greater New Orleans (ArcGNO). The bead drive started…
Plastic Free Gulf Coast helping find alternatives to single-use plastic
Local group Plastic Free Gulf Coast was started over three years ago by community leaders in Bay St. Louis with the simple promise to ‘skip the…
Celebrating Earth Day at the Mary C
The City of Discovery will once again be celebrating Earth Day on the grounds of the Mary C. this Saturday. City workers were sprucing up the lawn this morning,…
Governor Reeves Signs Legislation Creating Tax Credit for Pregnancy Resource Centers
JACKSON, Miss. – Governor Tate Reeves today signed House Bill 1685, the Pregnancy Resource Act, which creates a $3.5 million tax credit for individuals and businesses to use in support of donations for non-profit pregnancy resource centers and crisis pregnancy centers…
Coast families adopting children from Ukraine
A local family, who is adopting a 13-year-old boy from Ukraine, is raising money to help with the adoption process. News 25 recently spoke with Angie Arguello and two other…
Dr. Carey Wright announces retirement after historic tenure of record student achievement in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. – After a 50-year career in public education, State Superintendent of Education Carey Wright, Ed.D., will retire on June 30, 2022. The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) appointed Dr. Wright to be the state’s top pre-K-12 education…
Waveland Police investigating early-morning shooting
Waveland Police are investigating a shooting early Thursday morning that left one man dead and another injured. Officers were sent to the 300 block of Hargett Street in reference to a shooting. On scene, officers found two people had been…