4/15 - Rob Knight's "Major Flooding Issues" Afternoon Forecast
The area will get a break from the torrential rainfall for the next 18 hours...
Some South Mississippi schools closed, buses delayed due to Thursday morning flooding. Here's the latest.
Pascagoula-Gautier School District: Schools closed Thursday, April 15, 2021 due to heavy flooding. Resurrection Catholic Elementary and High Schools: Closed Thursday, April 15 due to heavy flooding in Pascagoula, Moss Point, and Gautier. Moss Point School District: Virtual classes will…
Pascagoula-Gautier School District closed Thursday, April 15 due to heavy flooding
Flash floods in South Mississippi have prompted some schools to close. The Pascagoula-Gautier School District announced this morning their schools would be closed Thursday, April 15, 2021 due to heavy flooding. Officials say the decision was made "out of extreme…
Crawfish Music Festival kicks off at the Coast Coliseum
Crawdads and good music will collide for the rest of the week as an annual festival returns to the grounds of the Mississippi Coast Coliseum. Rain dominated the first day of the Crawfish Music Festival, but after…
CTA offering free casino hopper rides each Saturday in April
To help support the reopening of the local tourist economy, the Coast Transit Authority is inviting everyone to ride the casino hopper for free every Saturday in April. With service every 25 minutes and buses disinfected daily,…
Equal Steps Veterans Home opens in Long Beach
The City of Long Beach is now home to a new veterans facility Equal Steps Veterans Home. Equal Steps Veterans Home held their ribbon cutting today to celebrate the new living facility. The new veterans home will…
Million Dollar Job Fair took place at Edgewater Mall this afternoon
At Edgewater Mall, the Million Dollar Job Fair happened today between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Over 30 companies on the Coast were looking to hire and fill positions for jobs. A variety of different types of…
Scarlet Pearl Casino Resort hosts job fair
Scarlet Pearl Casino Resort spent the day looking for energetic and outgoing individuals to join their team. Scarlet Pearl offered an in-person job fair giving those interested in working for the casino resort a chance to get…
Uptick in air travel as restrictions ease up and vaccines continue
COVID-19 hit the airline industry pretty hard, but as more people are getting vaccinated and restrictions are lifted on land, there’s been an uptick in air travel across the nation. According to the most recent numbers released…
Crawfish Music Festival kicks off at the Coast Coliseum
Crawdads and good music will collide for the rest of the week as an annual festival returns to the grounds of the Mississippi Coast Coliseum. News 25’s Grant Chighizola is in Biloxi with more as the first…
‘Meet the Spirits’ at Beauvoir on April 17th
Gloomy days call for spooky stories and this Saturday you can create your own at Beauvoir’s ‘Meet the Spirits.’ SPARS, which stands for Southern Paranormal and Anomaly Research Society, invites you to tag along as a paranormal…
Gulfport History Museum in need of volunteers
Do you have a love for history with an interest in preserving and sharing it? If you do and have some free time, consider volunteering your time at the Gulfport History Museum. As of now the museum…
1 dead, 6 rescued, 12 still missing from capsized ship
PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) — The Coast Guard searched for 12 people missing off the coast of Louisiana on Wednesday after finding one crew member dead and pulling six survivors from rough seas when their commercial platform vessel capsized in…
28th annual Crawfish Music Festival set to kick off this evening
The 28th annual Crawfish Festival will soon be in full swing later today. The grounds on the Coast Coliseum in Biloxi once again will play host to piping hot crawfish sales along with other savory goodies, alongside…
4/14 - Rob's "Wet Pattern Continues" Afternoon Forecast
T-Storms and heavy rain will begin to taper-off by mid-afternoon...
Bernie Madoff, financier who orchestrated largest Ponzi scheme in history, has died in federal prison
NEW YORK (AP) — Bernie Madoff, the financier who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, has died in a federal prison, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Madoff died at…
Semi rollover, car wreck causing major delays on I-10 in Jackson County near Pascagoula River Bridge
8:27 A.M. TRAFFIC UPDATE: Two accidents are causing major traffic delays on Interstate 10 in Jackson County near the Pascagoula River Bridge. One wreck is in the eastbound lanes of I-10 just before Moss Point/Pascagoula Exit 68 — just east…
City of Biloxi gives green light to golf carts proposal
With a six to zero vote, the Biloxi City Council voted to give the green light to allow low-speed vehicles on city streets. While this doesn’t mean golf carts will be cruising around Biloxi tomorrow, it does…
17-year-old charged as an adult in armed robbery in Jackson County
A 17-year-old is now behind bars in Jackson County charged as an adult with armed robbery. Sheriff Mike Ezell says Treyvontae Javaughn Livingston was armed with a handgun on the night of March 31st when he held…
Harrison County Sheriff’s Office hosted seminar to bring awareness to scams
The Harrison County Sheriff’s Office hosted a neighborhood meeting at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Gulfport, bringing awareness to common scams happening in South Mississippi. Scams come in all shapes and sizes and seniors are a vulnerable population…
Renovated park coming to Soria City neighborhood in Gulfport
The City of Gulfport is preparing for the summer. On Bullis Avenue and 20th Street a renovated splash pad and enclosed basketball court are coming to the Soria City neighborhood. The park is expected to be finished…
Singing River Health System halts Johnson and Johnson vaccination distribution
After the Mississippi State Department of Health instructed medical health professionals to suspend the distribution of Johnson and Johnson vaccines earlier today, Singing River Health System has been working to assure that those who have already made…
Honoring unsung hero Hal Miller in Harrison County
Hal Miller, the Harrison County Building and Grounds Director, lost his battle with pancreatic cancer this past Saturday. He was 66-years-old. Miller was born and raised in Gulfport. He started working for Harrison County in 2010. He…
WXXV CW to televise "Mississippi Town Hall: the Road to Normal"
Tonight at 7pm WXXV CW will televise a live Town Hall discussion, “Mississippi Town Hall: The Road to Normal.” The town hall broadcast will feature Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves. News 25 will have a recap on the Town Hall tonight…