2/2 - Rob Knight's "Cold Groundhog Day" Morning Forecast
A very cold start to day day with light winds continuing from the NNW...
Hancock County Sheriff's Deputy shot and killed
South Mississippi is in mourning tonight after hearing the tragic loss of a Hancock County deputy who was shot and killed while responding to a call on Caesar Necaise Road this afternoon. Lt. Michael Boutte responded to…
Student panel on gun violence in Moss Point
Moss Point youth met with Mayor Mario King and city officials this evening to discuss the recent streak of gun violence in the city. Students and teachers from Moss Point High School participated in a virtual panel…
Singing River Genealogy and Local History Library awarded 2020 Cultural Heritage Digitization Award
The Singing River Genealogy and Local History Library was recently the recipient of the 2020 Cultural Heritage Digitization Award. Their ‘Brenda Brentz Heinsch Papers’ collection was chosen to be published electronically as part of the Mississippi Digital…
South Mississippi Regional Center hosting drive-thru job fair
The South Mississippi Regional Center is giving Coast residents another opportunity to safely apply for jobs amidst the pandemic. SMRC is hosting a drive-thru job fair at the Win Job Center in Gulfport tomorrow from 9 a.m.…
South Mississippi businesses stocking up for Super Bowl Sunday
The clock is ticking down with just six days left to go before Super Bowl Sunday. Super Bowl 55, it’s sure to be one to go down in the books and not just the sports books! COVID-19…
Bayou View Elementary teacher gets honored nationally
A Bayou View Elementary third grade teacher is a finalist for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics for the state of Mississippi. Mandy Gunter, a third-grade teacher at Bayou View Elementary, is one of four Mississippi…
Preparing for second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine
Second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are ready to be put in arms at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum tomorrow. There has been a constant flow of patients coming to the Coliseum for the first dose of the…
Update on new developments in the City of Biloxi
The downtown Biloxi scene continues to get bigger and better thanks to some new recent development news. Just last week, the Machado Patano Engineering Service plans to lease out a courtyard space to Martini’s, a downtown bar…
Impact of Fort Bayou drawbridge closure on local businesses in Ocean Springs
The Fort Bayou drawbridge in Ocean Springs is set to close mid-March from anywhere between 45 to 60 days. Many headaches are anticipated as it is one of the city’s most used thoroughfares to and from the…
$32M FEMA grant to help assist MS in vaccine distribution
FEMA is providing Mississippi with the boost our state needs when it comes to the COVID vaccine. FEMA is allocating a $32 million grant to the state of Mississippi for MEMA to use to assist in vaccine distribution efforts. The…
Teen panel on gun violence in Moss Point
Moss Point city leaders and law enforcement have been engaging with the community in the past few weeks following recent violent crimes in the city. That continues tonight with a student teen panel on gun violence. News…
New trees planted at Ocean Springs Dog Park
The Ocean Springs Dog Park added some extra flair to the park. The dog park added an additional twelve trees to add shade to the park for the enjoyment of the dogs and park visitors. This project…
New documentary released on the life of a Mississippi native
Mississippi native Creighton Hobbs has a new documentary film out on Amazon Prime. ‘How Many Chances’ was originally a book written by Hobbs. He then turned the book into a documentary film. The film takes you along…
Moss Point residents joined together for the Stop the Violence March
Residents in Moss Point are tired of the gun violence and feel it is time for their voices to be heard. Community members joined together to take a stand, marching to bring awareness to an issue that continues to plague…
Unexplained die-off latest blow to Louisiana oyster fishers
NEW ORLEANS - Oyster harvesters and a state agency are trying to find the reason for the death of millions of pounds of oysters in some Louisiana harvesting areas in January. The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reports that harvesters believe…
Girl Scout cookie sales going virtual
After COVID-19 threw Girl Scouts across the country a curve ball last cookie season, the national organization has fine tuned its sales methods in preparation for another cookie season in the midst of a global pandemic. Girl…
Ocean Springs man dies in single-car accident
An Ocean Springs man died Sunday evening in a single-car accident on Biddix Evans Road. Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell said in a press release that Mario Alanis Jr., 21, was traveling eastbound on Biddix Evans Road about 5 p.m.…
2/1 - Rob Knight's "Sunny, Cool & Breezy" Afternoon Forecast
Clouds will continue to move across the area until late afternoon...
2/1 - Rob Knight's "Cold & Windy" Monday Morning Forecast
A cold and windy start to the day as winds are gusting into the mid-20 mph range...
Second blood drive in honor of Ansley Gilich
The Gulf Coast community once again showed its support of eight-year-old Ansley Gilich today with a blood drive in her honor at the Slavonian Lodge. Ansley, the granddaughter of Biloxi Mayor FoFo Gilich, was diagnosed with B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic leukemia…
Coastal Mississippi Mardi Gras Museum getting in the spirit
With the cancelation of parades, you might need some help getting into the Mardi Gras spirit. The Coastal Mississippi Mardi Gras Museum located on Howard Avenue in Biloxi can help. The museum will take visitors through past Mardi Gras celebrations…
Krewe of Gemini hosting Mardi Gras ball
The Krewe of Gemini will be hosting their annual ball this Saturday in the Biloxi Civic Center. While hosting a gathering of any sorts will raise eyebrows during a pandemic, the Carnival krewe based out of Gulfport says that they’re…
Ocean Springs High wins AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award
Six Mississippi high schools were recently recognized for helping close the gender gap in computer science, one of which is right here on the Gulf Coast. Ocean Springs High School earned the College Board AP Computer Science…