It may be August, but that doesn’t mean Santa Claus isn’t already hard at work. Santa D said, “We all love each other. We all trying to do the same thing, trying to help kids, love kids, and love on them. That’s what we do. We come down to try to figure out a way to make it easier for…
Saturday, August 17th marked the 55th anniversary of Hurricane Camille. August 17th, 1969 would alter the lives of many on the Gulf Coast as category 5 Hurricane Camille rocked the Mississippi Coast taking 172 lives in its path. Maritime Seafood Industry Museum Executive Director Robin David said, “Honoring our deceased is number one, those that perished in Hurricane Camille 55…
Gulf Coast Premier Performance Training and Nutrition is a fitness and training facility in Ocean Springs. It specializes in athletic performance training, with a strong focus on speed, agility, and strength development tailored to individual sports. The facility offers various programs, including personalized training sessions, youth performance classes, and sports-specific training for baseball, football, and soccer. WXXV News 25’s Everett…
The Magnolia State is unveiling its fourth Baby Box this afternoon. Memorial Health Services in Gulfport is unveiling the box at 2 p.m. Monday afternoon. This box will be the 259th in the United States. Attendees will learn how a Baby Box works and how it can benefit the community. Categories: Local News, News Tags: Baby Box, Memorial Hospital
The Pass Christian Library is attracting more than just avid readers to its location. They also planted a garden to encourage butterflies to stop, rest, and revive during their annual migration. Erin Dupree with the Pass Christian Garden Club said, “This is such a fantastic way to get kids outside, to see the butterflies, to see the caterpillars, to see…
The Ocean Springs faithful showed up and showed out for their community pep rally on Thursday night as fans packed out Hugh Pepper field cheering on several different teams and the Blue-Grey Pride Band. Out of all the squads, there was one specifically eager to shine bright for the start of the 2024 season. Introducing you to the one and…
Today is already slightly drier, but the humidity will fall even more in the days ahead as a weak front pushes drier air into South MS. For today, it won’t be all that noticeable thanks to the expected high temperatures, temperatures climbing into the upper 90s today ahead of that weak front. Daytime cloud cover and that drier air will…
Allen Beverages spotlights local “seafood-your-way” joint, Mr. & Mrs. Crab in Gulfport, in this month’s edition of “Local Eats!” Categories: Local Eats
“You just have to do what you have to do.” Simple and to the point. That is the message for this years Moss Point Tiger football team. Do your job, put in the hard work and let the chips fall where they may. The Tigers finished last season 2-7 but capped their season off with a big win before heading…
The showers and thunderstorms look to dodge our area and the frontal boundary will help our temperatures go down to what they should be this time of year low 90’s. the muggy conditions will still be in the air through the week as well. Not seeing a chance of a storm for the beginning of the week. plus the tropics…
“It does not matter if we do it perfect on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday,” head coach Jeremy Turcotte said. “We have got to go and get paid on Friday nights.” The Bay Tigers finished last season 4-7 but could have very easily seen their regular season record reversed as three losses came in one score games. While each and…
Saturday will be similar to today as the higher moisture content hangs around the area for one more day. PW will remain above the 75th percentile at around 2.1, so this, along with the departing ridge to the west will support coverage similar to today. Much of the coverage will be dictated by lake and sea-breeze boundaries once again during…
St. Martin High School’s unified theatre is back for a second year, and gearing up for the Mississippi Theatre Association’s Theatre for Youth competition. “Theatre is for everyone” is the motto here at St. Martin High School – where they’re creating a diverse cast for the stage. “Theatre kids are the most special kids you will ever meet in your…
Meteorologist Sam Parker is braving the heat and humidity to bring you the live weather where you live! Categories: Weather Headlines
In Gulfport Saturday morning, the annual Camille Remembrance Ceremony gets underway at 8 a.m. at Evergreen Cemetery. Each year, leaders gathered at the cemetery to pay their respects to those lost in the storm, including Faith, Hope, and Charity, the three remaining unidentified storm victims. Categories: Local News, News Tags: Camille Remembrance Ceremony, Hurricane Camille
Saturday marks the 55th anniversary of Hurricane Camille’s landfall in South Mississippi and there are two events tomorrow to mark the anniversary. At 10 a.m. in Biloxi, local leaders will rededicate the Hurricane Camille Memorial at its new location just outside the Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum. As we’ve reported, a major effort to relocate the Memorial was just undertaken…
The Harrison County Sheriff’s Office is touting new upgrades to its helicopter. It is now outfitted with multi-sensor surveillance cameras and mapping systems from Trakka Systems. The upgrades allow pilots to get a better bird’s eye view of subjects or objects. Chief Pilot Brandon Hendry shares more on the new upgrades. “Now, we have high-definition infrared sensors, laser range binders,…
The Gulfport Police Department is now offering free gun locks for gun owners. The locks are available upon request at the front desk at the Gulfport Police headquarters. It all comes after multiple accidental shootings in the past year. The department is also gearing up for its basic firearm safety class later this month. Gulfport Police PIO Lt. Jason Ducre…
Kids and families are coming together this evening to have some fun and celebrate the start of a new school year. WXXV’s News 25’s Marco Bitonel is live from First Methodist United Church in Downtown Wiggins with more. Categories: Local News, News Tags: back to school, community rally
Holly Bond with Stone County Community Endowment Fund and Tiffany Bell with Gulf Coast Community Foundation are in studio to talk about their partnership to help Stone County communities. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: gulf coast community foundation, Stone County Community Endowment Fund
Calling all local artists! You could have your work displayed in Downtown Ocean Springs. The Ocean Springs Municipal Library and Walter Anderson Museum of Art are teaming up to host a mural competition as a way to beautify the exterior wall of the library’s newly renovated patio. The mural will go along the curved back wall of the library that…
The traveling exhibit honoring a Mississippi Civil Rights hero opened Thursday at Ocean Springs Municipal Library. The Medgar Evers exhibit was loaned to the library by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and will stay in Ocean Springs for the next month. The exhibit features posters all throughout the library with photos and information about Evers’ life. Library leaders…
We all love a good biscuit here in the South, but one Ocean Springs breakfast is serving up an authentic northern breakfast staple. WXXV News 25’s Lucas Warren is on Government Street with the story. Categories: Local News, News Tags: business, food, Lil Market Deli and Bagelry, Ocean Springs
The City of Moss Point is moving forward. That was the message in the State of the City address Thursday night. WXXV News 25’s Rick Boone was there and has the story. Categories: Featured, Local News, News Tags: moss point, State Of The City