St. Patrick’s Softball is sending another one of its players to compete at the next level. Family, friends, coaches, and staff came together to celebrate and honor Allee Bennett as she signed her letter of intent. The senior pitcher and middle in-fielder will be taking her talents to East Mississippi Community College. Bennett says she’s thankful for her parents, her…
Legendary actor Morgan Freeman stopped by Ground Zero Blues Club in Biloxi this week. Freeman is co-owner of the Biloxi location and the Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale. Other owners are attorney Bill Luckett and Memphis entertainment executive Howard Stovall. Freeman made a surprise appearance and spoke to the crowd and told them how “pleased and happy” those at…
Christmas season is officially here and today our guests Emily Cain and Carol Moraway from Crosspoint Church are here to talk about their annual Christmas block party. The block party takes place December 9th from 3 to 6 p.m. at Crosspoint Church located on 15046 North Swan Road, Gulfport. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Holly Jolly Community Block Party
Some dry time will be around this afternoon and you may even find a few breaks in the cloud cover. Rain chances begin to come back into play this evening as multiple disturbances are riding along a slowing cold front. Coverage of rain fills in overnight as thunderstorms with heavy rain move through the area. This activity will persist through…
Our WXXV Student Athlete of the Week takes the saying eat, sleep, basketball, repeat to a whole new level, and she only recently picked up the rock in the sixth grade. Six years later she’s now a respected and vocal leader on her varsity team. Introducing Pass Christian’s very own, Ariana Crimm. When it comes to sports, it doesn’t matter…
In his most recent game against the Biloxi Indians, Pascagoula’s Dorian McMillian scores his 1,000th point of his high school career! Our former WXXV Student Athlete of the Week put up 11 points in their match against the Indians, and there’s many more points to come as his senior season is only just beginning. Congratulations, Dorian McMillian! Categories: Local Sports,…
Joining us this morning are Maria Loukatos and Nicoletta Conner from Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Biloxi to tell us about their annual Christmas Pastry Sale. The order deadline is Tuesday, December 5th. The pastry sale takes place December 8th and 9th at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. You can order online, by phone, or in person. Walk-up…
The first of 3 disturbances moving through this morning and should be out of the area by 10am today. This does not mean that the rain will shut down; just the heaviest and strongest storms will decrease into mainly rain showers and a few storms. The cold front will remain stalled giving these disturbances an interface to move along and…
Throughout Thursday, we’ve been monitoring the changing potential for showers and thunderstorms across Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The day started with three levels of severe risk issued by the Storm Prediction Center. Fairly quickly into the midday hours, the Storm Prediction Center dropped their overall encompassing risk areas to a marginal and slight risk. During the afternoon hours, some convection…
Biloxi put their undefeated record on the line on Thursday as they welcomed Theodore to town. The Lady Indians were looking for win number 9 before picking up their first loss of the year. Aubrey Hill got things started for Biloxi while Zaniya Johnson was living on the offensive glass. In the end it was Theodore who would play spoiler…
Shucker’s star centerfielder Jackson Chourio is expected to close a del with the Milwaukee Brewers. That deal is said to be an 8 year, $80 million contract which would make Chourio the highest paid player to never have stepped on a major league field. The 19-year-old is the MLB’s #2 overall prospect despite only playing six games above the AA…
An organization advocating for military veterans is marching its way across the country and was seen in South Mississippi. The Walk for Vets Foundation is currently en route to Forks, Washington, after starting their journey on foot from the Florida Keys in what is known as the “Corner to Corner” Walk. Today, their expedition started in Pascagoula, walking along Highway…
A North Woolmarket student has been named the 2023 Mississippi State winner of the National Bonnie Plant’s Third-Grade Cabbage Program. Since October, Cooper Cates has been nurturing a cabbage plant. By February, that cabbage plant had grown to be 7.5 pounds. Cooper and his third-grade class at North Woolmarket Elementary participated in the National Bonnie Plant’s Cabbage Program. The goal…
Rain arrives this evening and sticks around for some of tonight. It will be a steady light rain that will not be widespread in coverage. Some dry time will be around tonight prior to thunderstorm chances closer to daybreak. Isolated thunderstorms will be possible after about 2 AM. More widespread coverage of showers and thunderstorms will take place through the…
The City of Gautier announced a postponement for an event that was suppose to take place this weekend. “Lights and Lagniappe on the Bayou” was set to happen December 2 at 1. Due to inclement weather coming, the event has been postponed until December 9. If you haven’t heard about it, this is a free event for the whole family…
The North Woolmarket Middle School student council held its third annual toy drive. The student council collected 200 toys to donate to Toys for Tots. Students, parents, and local community members helped with the toy drive that will provide toys for local children this Christmas. At North Woolmarket, the faculty encourages student council members to do activities that will serve…
Tomorrow starts the countdown to Christmas, so toy drives are happening across the Gulf Coast. The University of Southern Mississippi hosted its second annual “Stuff the Truck”. The Gulf Park Health Center invited locals and faculty to help stuff the back of a campus police truck with as many toys as possible. These toys will go directly to children in…
Javik Blake with the Biloxi Shuckers is in studio to tell us about some college baseball games coming to MGM Park. The Hancock Whitney Classic is taking place March 12th and 13th. Mississippi State will face off against South Alabama on March 12th at 6 p.m. On March 13th, Mississippi State will face off against UNO at 5 p.m. Categories:…
A Jackson County man is in jail, charged with multiple sex crimes against children. Jackson County Sheriff John Ledbetter said 32-year-old Justin Allday was arrested Wednesday on an indictment charging him with three counts of sexual battery and one count of touching a child for lustful purpose while in a position of trust or authority. He was taken to the…
The transition in our pattern is underway. Gradually, winds will turn southeasterly by this evening as a frontal system makes its way into our region. Moe humidity will work in and cloud cover will remain dominant for the next several days. Rain starts to fill in this evening with a 40% chance of light/steady rainfall. There will be dry time…
Holiday parties are lighter on food this year as weight loss drugs become popular and Cigna and Humana are reportedly in talks for blockbuster insurance merger. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
Joining us this morning are Valeria Castillo and Paula Woodside with Woodside Wildlife Rescue to tell us about an event coming up at Lazy Magnolia Brewery. Pints for Paws takes place from 5:30 to 8:30 and benefits Woodside Wildlife Rescue. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: pints for paws
It’s a warmer start this morning but still cold across the region. Surface flow will begin to transition today as the high continues to migrate east and low level pressure gradient tightens across the area bringing with it warm and moist air advection. Aloft, the pattern will shift from a progressive zonal flow to a more active southwesterly flow by this afternoon….
Models are still shifting and disagreeing, about the next 24 hours. Weather models have slightly deviated from a little rain through the midday Friday, with some holding most of the rain until the later part of the day. However, some models still show multiple rounds of rain tomorrow evening into Friday morning. A severe weather outlook is in place for…