Businesses reopen after snow storm

Businesses are starting to reopen after the winter weather conditions. WXXV News 25’s Everett Ganier Jr. has more. With the snow starting to melt away in South Mississippi, we were able to talk to a manager at Froogles about getting those doors back open again. Froogles Manager Barbara Gessing said, “So far, we’ve had a great response to opening back…

Living Local with Susie Davis – Body Circuit

Creating a Health Plan

Susie sits down with Brian Leddy of Body Circuit in Ocean Springs to talk about the state-of-the-art technology they use to help create health and fitness plans for customers. Categories: Living Local Tags: body circuit, brian leddy, excercise, health, Living Local, Susie Davis

American Red Cross in need of blood donations

With the winter weather out of the way, businesses and organizations are reopening along the Coast that includes groups needing supplies as they were impacted. Denise Smith with the American Red Cross joins us to discuss upcoming drives. Categories: Local News, News Tags: american red cross

01/23 Ryan’s “Melting” Thursday Morning Forecast

Still frosty for the next few mornings, but our warming trend will have things melting nicely today.

Thanks to ample sun and a few hours above freezing yesterday, things started melting across the area, but at least a few snowy areas remain. We’ll see much more melting this afternoon as the temperature climbs out of the 30s and into the 40s, meaning only the most stubborn, shady areas will keep any lingering snow/ice. I encountered very little…

Road Conditions Leaves Residents Snowed In

Going into Wednesday night road conditions are still hazardous for many especially around neighborhoods. With those roads threatening to freeze overnight WXXV News 25’s Lucas Warren spoke with residents who are snowed in their homes. Categories: Local News, News

1/22 – Sam Parker’s “Black Ice” Wednesday Night Forecast

South Mississippi to see pipe freezing temperatures and melted snow likely to refreeze. continuing to see cold starts to the area with a Wednesday morning low of 7 degrees which is a new record. Warmed up into the upper 30s to start the snow melting process although not much evaporation leaving most road wet and likely to refreeze with many…

Potential dangers of wet roads due to re-freezing

Some roads in Jackson County are still covered in ice and snow. Some has melted, but with temperatures dropping once again tonight, roads and streets are at risk of re-freezing. WXXV News 25’s Ethan Krauss bring us an update from Pascagoula. Categories: Featured, Local News, News Tags: Pascagoula, road conditions, roads

Pass Christian firefighters brave winter storm to keep community safe

First responders are the few professionals who maintain regular operations during weather emergencies. Firefighters are on duty 24/7, 365 days a year. WXXV 25’s Jordyn Lassiter visited Pass Christian Fire Department to see how their crew is handling the winter storm. Categories: Local News Tags: fire department, firefighters, first responders, Pass Christian, snow, winter strom

Work begins to treat local roads

We know many of you are frozen in today as a result of some still hazardous road conditions so we’ve been working today to get you answers. As temperatures rise this afternoon, a coordination of city, county, and state road crews are out and about. MDOT is responsible for salting bridges on state highways and interstates. In other cities, we…

1/21 – Sam Parker’s “Pipe Freeze” Tuesday Night Forecast

Major snowfall across South Mississippi today really exceeding everyone’s expectations. overnight temperatures will be dropping down into the teens tonight so take into account of the 4 P’s which is protect plants, pets, pipes, and checking on people to stay warm. Road conditions will remain dangerous overnight tonight into Wednesday. If you must drive, check road conditions and have a…

Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport closed due to weather

The Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport is closed until further notice as the weather has impacted south Mississippi. A statement was released on the airport’s Facebook page saying, “GPT’s operations team remains onsite and continues to monitor weather conditions. The runway and terminal will reopen as soon as conditions permit. At present, many flights scheduled tomorrow, January 22 have been impacted. Passengers…

Driving conditions on Highway 90

Treacherous driving conditions all around South Mississippi all day. This video is what it looked like on Highway 90 in Gulfport this afternoon. Not much traffic on the road, that’s a good thing. Stay off the roads unless you absolutely have to go somewhere. Reduce your speed and be very cautious when braking or accelerating. Categories: Local News, News Tags:…

01/21 Ryan’s “Snow Day” Tuesday Afternoon Forecast

It's a rare snow day in South MS, with little ice development, but several inches of dry, picture perfect snow.

It began snowing at about 5:30 AM, ushering in a rare snow day in South MS, and it continues heavily as I’m writing this. Upwards of 4.5″ inches has already fallen in our deepest areas, with the more shallow pulling up the low end of the estimate at 2″. We still have around 5 or more hours left of snowfall…

Mississippi Power prepared for winter weather

Our South Mississippi power companies are still on standby monitoring conditions today and are ready to respond if needed. We’re joined by Mississippi Power’s Kaila Moran Griffith to talk about their efforts. Categories: Local News, News Tags: mississippi power, winter weather