Upcoming closings for Fort Bayou drawbridge
The Mississippi Department of Transportation announced upcoming overnight closures for the Fort Bayou Drawbridge in Ocean Springs. The bridge will be closed Tuesday, August 24th from 10 p.m. until 5…
Biden to require vaccines for nursing home staff
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration will require that nursing home staff are vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition for those facilities to continue receiving federal Medicare and Medicaid funding. Biden will announce the move…
Biloxi Police asking public's help to identify person of interest in burglary case
The Biloxi Police Department is asking for the assistance of the public in identifying a possible person of interest in a residential burglary. The burglary occurred in the 300 block of East Drive and was reported July 31, 2021. The…
George County seeking burglary suspect considered armed and dangerous
The George County Sheriff’s Office has identified a suspect wanted for commercial burglary and considers him to be armed and dangerous. About 1:30 a.m. Monday deputies responded to the Dog River Pit Stop on Hwy 612 in the Howell Community…
US health officials call for booster shots against COVID-19
By MATTHEW PERRONE and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. health officials have announced plans to dispense COVID-19 booster shots to all Americans to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant and evidence that the vaccines’…
COVID cases still above 4,000 in the state
The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting today an additional 4,085 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 36 deaths. One of those deaths reported was in Harrison County. Two were reported from Jackson County. Twenty-six deaths occurred between July…
Wilkes Bridge in Gulfport, Fort Bayou in Ocean Springs, to close for work
The Mississippi Department of Transportation announced the coming closures of two bridges on the Coast for maintenance work. In Gulfport, the Wilkes Bridge over Bayou Bernard on Cowan-Lorraine Road will be closed tonight from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. to…
CASH 3 draw winning numbers for August 17th, 2021
The CASH 3 draw winning numbers for August 17th are: 4-9-5. All numbers are unofficial until certified by the Mississippi Lottery Corporation.
Two men recognized for bringing toddler to safety in D’Iberville
This evening, two D’Iberville Public Works employees were recognized for their help returning two-year-old Jack Vick to safety last month. On July 16th, Jack escaped Honey’s…
COVID vaccines offered at dorm move-in day on MGCCC Perkinston Campus
Today was move-in day at the MGCCC Perkinston Campus and unlike any other, free COVID vaccines were available to students and staff. With over 800…
Opening dates for West Harrison Middle School announced
The long-awaited opening of the West Harrison Middle School campus is on the horizon for students. Students of the school have been learning virtually since the beginning of the…
Pass Christian High School transition to virtual learning Wednesday
Pass Christian High School will be switching to virtual learning starting tomorrow. They will return to in-person learning on September 1st. Teachers will be posting assignments online via Canvas and students are expected to participate in virtual learning via Zoom.…
Third dose of COVID vaccine for immunocompromised
For the COVID-19 vaccine to protect, it must active the immune system, but in many immunocompromised patients, the ability is weakened so a third dose can boost the immune…
COVID-19 vaccines offered at MGCCC move in day
It’s move in day at MGCCC’s Perkinston campus and this one is unlike any other the school has seen. News 25’s Sabria Reid is at Perk with more.
Local woman receives Women in Construction scholarship
A lucky lady who is a part of the Women in Construction program at the Moore Community House in Biloxi was presented with a scholarship tool package to kick-start…
Health official: 20,000 Mississippi students in quarantine
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A top Mississippi health official says about 20,000 students are currently quarantined for COVID-19 exposure in the state. That's 4.5% of the public school population. The data comes from…
New lighting improvements at Stennis International Airport
The Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission recently awarded a $1.7 million contract for runway lighting aid and electrical improvements at Stennis International Airport. The project includes the replacement of…
Camille Memorial located east of the Biloxi Small Craft Harbor
There is a Hurricane Camille Memorial located in Biloxi. It is on the lot of the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer’s beach front grounds. Katrina destroyed…
Remembering Hurricane Camille
Today marks 52 years since Hurricane Camille made landfall on the Mississippi Coast. The year was 1969 when Hurricane Camille slashed through the Mississippi Coast. Biloxi Library Historian Jane Shambra said, “It was…
Walmart closes two more Coast stores for deep cleaning
Walmart announced Tuesday that stores in Lucedale and Pascagoula would be closed as of 2 p.m. for deep cleaning and restocking. The move is part of the a company plan to allow third-party specialists to deep clean in the stores…
U.S. 90 bridge at Pearl River closed for emergency bridge repairs
The Louisiana Department of Transportation on Tuesday closed the U.S. 90 bridge near Pearl River to make emergency repairs on the East Pearl River Bridge. The LADOTD issued the advisory just before noon, advising motorists to find an alternate route…
Ocean Aero moving operations and headquarters to Gulfport
Ocean Aero, manufacturer and service provider of ocean-going autonomous underwater and surface vehicles, is relocating its manufacturing operations and headquarters from San Diego to Gulfport, the Mississippi Development Authority said in a press release today. The project is a $4.65…
More than 3,000 COVID cases reported in Mississippi for Aug. 16
The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting an additional 3,323 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 67 deaths on Tuesday. Twenty-nine deaths occurred between August 11 and August 16, and 38 deaths occurred between August 2 and August 13,…
NASA engineer realizes personal space dreams at Stennis Space Center
Standing in her grandparents’ backyard in the small town of Cocoa Beach, Florida, 13-year-old Nyla Trumbach watched NASA’s space shuttle launch from Kennedy Space Center on nearby Merritt Island. “Not only could I hear it, but I could ‘feel’ it,”…