Tips for staying warm and safe on a budget
Most people want to stay warm and keep their heating bill low throughout the winter months. Here are some tips on how to stay warm, safe, and on a budget. People here in South Mississippi are not…
Biloxi Shuckers Blood Drive underway at MGM Park
Blood drives have been in high demand throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and now the Biloxi Shuckers baseball organization is joining in and lending a helping hand. News 25’s Grant Chighizola is at MGM Park with more on…
Coast residents attend Ash Wednesday Mass
After Fat Tuesday, the Lenten season begins. For some parishioners on our Coast that means attending mass on Ash Wednesday. During a typical Ash Wednesday Mass, ashes are smeared across the foreheads of believers in the sign…
Delayed Mardi Gras celebration at Charles L. Walker Senior Center
Just like that leftover king cake at the house, there’s still some partying to do to celebrate Fat Tuesday. Folks at the Charles L. Walker Senior Center in Gulfport were ‘Tardy to the Mardi,’ but it wasn’t…
Fatal accident on Highway 49 claims the life of Gulfport man
State Troopers responded to a single-vehicle crash at 9:32 pm Tuesday, February 16, 2021, in Harrison County on US-49 in Saucier near Old 49 intersection that claimed the life of a Gulfport resident. Troopers on scene reported that a passenger…
Gulfport PD searching for burglary suspect
The Gulfport Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying a burglary suspect. Police say the individual is suspected of several vehicle burglaries near Fleetwood Drive. Those burglaries happened yesterday between 5:28 a.m. and 6:16 a.m.…
Rush Limbaugh, ‘voice of American conservatism,’ has died
By The Associated Press PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Rush Limbaugh, the talk radio host who ripped into liberals, foretold the rise of Donald Trump and laid waste to political correctness with a merry brand of malice that made him…
Coastal Mississippi Mardi Gras Museum announces ‘Yardi Party’ winners
One of the ways the Gulf Coast adapted its Mardi Gras celebrations this year was by encouraging residents to go all out with their purple, green, and gold decorations. The Coastal Mississippi Mardi Gras Museum announced its…
MSU announces new food research facility
Mississippi State University is expanding their research footprint with the announcement of a new facility in Jackson County. Jackson County and Mississippi State have joined forces to place a research center near the heart of one of…
Zeta grants available for rental assistance through Salvation Army
The Salvation Army has acquired a grant to provide relief to those affected by Hurricane Zeta. This grant money is available to those in need in the lower six counties of Mississippi and the funds are primarily…
Two weeks left to apply for Hurricane Zeta disaster relief
The deadline for Mississippians to apply for federal disaster assistance is March 1st, 2021. Victims in George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, and Stone counties can register with FEMA in several ways: By visiting disasterassistance.gov By using the…
Margaritaville resort to reopen March 10th
Hurricane Zeta repairs are nearly complete at Margaritaville Resort in Biloxi. The category two storm caused heavy damage to the business back in late October, but now Margaritaville is set to reopen March 10th. Tessy Lambert, a…
‘Ashes to Go’ event canceled this year due to COVID-19
With Fat Tuesday coming to an end, the official start of Lent begins tomorrow on a day known as Ash Wednesday. Every year for the past six years, four or five pastors from different churches gather in…
Driving safely on icy bridges
As record-breaking cold weather continues to grip most of the country, many interstates and highways have been shut down due to icy conditions. With another shot of freezing temperatures possible this week, MDOT is urging drivers to…
Judge sentences Ocean Springs businessman Scott Walker to 30 days in jail
A chancery court judge has sent Ocean Springs businessman Scott Walker to jail for 30 days during a hearing involving Walker’s parents today. According to our media partner, The Sun Herald, Judge Neil Harris grew weary of…
Cold weather shelters open for those in need
Cold weather shelters will be opening around the Coast tonight for those in need. In Pascagoula and Gulfport, the Salvation Army will be open as a cold weather shelter for those who need a warm, dry place to sleep during…
Locals still letting the good times roll without Mardi Gras parades
With the cancelation of parades in South Mississippi you might be wondering how to even go about celebrating Mardi Gras on the Coast. Well for one group of locals, they’re taking getting into the Mardi Gras spirit…
Coast Coliseum only COVID-19 vaccine site open on the Coast today
Authorities say all but one of the Mississippi State Department of Health vaccination sites will be closed today due to the winter storm that’s slamming the region. The agency says the one site that will remain open…
State IHL approves MSU research center for Ocean Springs
Mississippi State received formal approval to build the Northern Gulf Aquatic Food Research Center, a multi-million-dollar facility in Ocean Springs and the first of its kind on the Mississippi Coast. The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, Jackson County Board of…
2/16 - Rob's "VERY COLD Fat Tuesday" Afternoon Forecast
A cold afternoon ahead as temperature will struggle to make it into the upper 30s...
'Pink Snowbirds’ cycling around the United States
The COVID-19 shutdown was a curse and a blessing for 22-year-old Liam Carr and 24-year-old Timothee Leger. Both lost their jobs and Carr dropped out of school when all his college classes went online. Now the two…
Jackson County prepares for wintry weather
Road crews and law enforcement agencies in Jackson County spent the day preparing roads for chilly weathers. Over in Pascagoula, the 14th Street overpass was shut down at 7 p.m. as a precaution and crews salted the…
MDOT urges drivers to stay off roads
Sustained sub-freezing temperatures and waves of frozen precipitation in nearly every county have resulted in ice on roads and bridges. MDOT crews have been treating with salt, brine, and slag, but the effectiveness of those measures decreases…
Singing River not hosting vaccine drive-thru at Jackson County Fairgrounds this week
Due to wet and icy weather conditions, Singing River’s Jackson County Fairgrounds COVID vaccine distributions have been put on standby for this week. Today, Singing River was going to open up their call lines so patients eligible…