Bowling is a game of consistency, repetition, and pure skills. It takes even more skill to win state titles in back-to-back weeks while also being named the top bowler in the state in the process. Introducing our WXXV Student Athlete of the Week: D’Iberville’s Adam Nguyen. “It was mainly because my brother,” Nguyen said. “He’s the bowler in the family….
In Pearl River County, Superintendent John Shows announced his retirement on Saturday, effective at the end of this school year. Shows assumed the top educator role in Pearl River County back in 2023 and has 26 years of educational experience. The district earned an ‘A’ rating for the first time in district history under Shows’ leadership. The school board will…
At a weekend meeting of the George County School Board, Superintendent Wade Whitney asked to be relieved from his contract effective immediately. Whitney asked to be released due to personal reasons. It’s unclear right now exactly what those personal reasons are. The board appointed Career and Technical Education Coordinator Jeff Mathis as interim superintendent. Categories: Featured, Local News, News Tags:…
The last couple of weeks have trended on the much-warmer-and-more-humid side of things, but this week is starting cooler, drier, and clear! That means plenty of sun for today, just not a lot of warmth as we fell into the low 30s across the coast, below freezing for the first time since that winter weather moved through a few weeks…
The St. Patrick high school lady Irish soccer team won the Class I MHSAA state championship on Friday. The lady Irish defeat Tupelo Christian for the third consecutive year in the state championship game to be crowned as champions. Junior Bella Jordan was named MVP after her hat trick performance. Categories: Local Sports, Sports, Sports Team Tags: high school soccer,…
Derrick Hall was born at Memorial Health System in Gulfport, arriving four months premature and weighing just over two pounds. Born without a heartbeat, he spent the first part of his life in the NICU, fighting to survive. Defying the odds, he grew into a football star, earning a scholarship to Auburn and later being drafted into the NFL by…
One of the first boat dealerships in Biloxi donates a historic boat that will be used for an artificial reef in the waters of the Mississippi Sound. On February 7th, Cookie and Valerie Brou donated the boat originally built for Edward Brou in the 1960s in honor of Bel Brou Sporting Goods. Bel Brou was open until its destruction in…
The six-week long Gulf Coast Winter Classics Horse Competition is off and running and jumping at the Harrison County Fairgrounds right now. Horse owners and riders are here with pride and prize money on the line. Bob Bell stopped by WXXV today to tell us about how popular the event is in its 28th year and how it has a…
One business in Pascagoula is celebrating today. Bozo’s Grocery is celebrating their 68th birthday. Bozo’s originally opened on this day in 1957, opened by current owner Keith Delcambre’s grandparents and parents. To help celebrate, business staff and customers came out with cake and flowers. Categories: Local News, News Tags: Bozo’s Grocery
Two teachers in the Gulfport School District are getting grant money to help enhance their programs. Meg Barnes is a career pathways teacher at Bayou View Middle School and Don Keyser is the engineering instructor for Gulfport High. Each are getting $5,000 courtesy of Ingalls Shipbuilding. These grants will support hands-on projects, classroom technology enhancements, and STEM-focused curriculums. Students at…
A Latte Friends in D’Iberville has been sharing the love all week by welcoming students from South Mississippi schools and getting them some hands-on workforce training. WXXV News 25’s Elizabeth Keen caught up with the Superstars today. Categories: Featured, Local News, News Tags: A Latte Friends
The Harrison County Advocacy Center is looking for new volunteers for their Friends of the Court program. Jeannie Herrin and Charlotte Todaro are in studio to discuss volunteer training times. The Friends of Court are a team of trained volunteers who help caregivers pursue legal guardianship of their wards. Caregivers can be a grandparent, aunt, uncle, sibling, or non-blood related…
Lisa Bradley from Ingalls is here to talk about the March of the Mayors food donation drive. March of the Mayors is a statewide canned food drive championed by the mayors of cities across Mississippi to collect food items to support their local pantries. For more information and to find a list of food that local mayors are collecting, click…
The Harrison County Soil and Water Conservation District held its annual Arbor Day Tree Distribution. Cars were lined up at the Lyman Community Center ready to take advantage of the event that started at 7 a.m. to pick up magnolias, camellia bushes, and blueberry bushes. We spoke to the first person in line, Ann Yarbrough, to find out what brought…
It was a historic day at the Gautier Municipal Courtroom on Thursday. NeShondria Ellerby was sworn in as the city’s new municipal judge, becoming the first African American in Gautier’s history to hold the title. It became official earlier Thursday afternoon with Mayor Casey Vaughan appointing her the position, which was previously held by Amy St. Pe. Alongside Ellerby, Kaleigh…
Our attention turns to Mardi Gras. Balls and parades are right around the corner. We start with a little Carnival history. Dave Elliott stopped by the Coastal Mardi Gras Museum to talk with museum director Abreeza Thomas. Categories: Local News, News Tags: balls, Carnival, Coastal Mardi Gras Museum, mardi gras, parades
Jane King is at the New York Stock Exchange with today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
Allen Beverages takes us to D’Iberville’s newest hot spot for fresh-made pizza and good company, Pisano’s Pizzeria, in this month’s “Local Eats.” Also check out their location in Biloxi! Categories: Local Eats Tags: Allen Beverages, d’iberville, jesus ramirez, local eats, pisano’s pizzeria, restaurant
“We are becoming a more urban nation. People are moving into cities and cities are expanding, but we need to do so sustainably.” This is Caroline Ingram with the Green Infrastructure Center and with hosting the Trees MS Open House event they’re hoping to give South Mississippians a bit of a green thumb. “We’ve been working with the city of…
On Thursday, Kellen Moore held his first press conference sing being named the head coach of the New Orleans Saints. Moore is the 19th head coach in the franchises history. He spent last season with the Philadelphia Eagles as an offensive coordinator and, of course, won a Super Bowl in the Big Easy just last week. In his opening presser,…
George County high school athletics has been more than just impressive over the last calendar year – they have been dominant. The boys soccer team is looking to add to the list of successful Rebel sports as they head to Jackson, MS to face Center Hill in the 6A state championship match on Monday. The Rebels head to Jackson with…
The Bay high lady Tigers are headed to the state championship game in Jackson, MS to face West Lauderdale and the lady Knights on February 14th. The two teams met earlier in the season where West Lauderdale came out on top 3-1. WXXV sports spoke to lady Tigers head coach Colby Adam ahead of his teams state championship matchup. He…
South Mississippi high school soccer programs have a rich history of competing for, winning and dominating high school state championships. This weekend there are six local high school programs who are looking to repeat history and bring down some more hardware from Jackson, MS to the coast. The St. Stanislaus Rock-A-Chaw boys soccer team is currently ranked the 8th best…
Cooler weather makes it back for the time being as severe weather returns Saturday night. The cool air will drop temperatures down into the low to mid 40s for most of the area. Winds will remain moderate of around 10-15 mph. we could see wind chill values overnight and in the morning in upper 30s. for Friday we will continue…