The local Gulfport Kiwanis Club celebrated a birthday for one of its longest tenured members in the club, 95-year-old Charlie Delk. Delk turned 95 on May 2nd and the club celebrated “Kiwanis Charlie Delk Day” at the Great Southern Club on Wednesday afternoon. Delk is an Auburn alum and Navy veteran, moving to the coast in 1968 and joining the…
The Nature Conservancy in Mississippi is currently constructing a 35-acre oyster reef in Bay St. Louis. The Tony Trapani Oyster Reef will serve as a recreational fishing spot for the public, while also offering a landing ground for oysters to populate. Agencies across the Gulf are working to repopulate oysters by creating places for them to attach to and mature. Commercially, a substrate would be…
It’s been over a year since a 200-year-old oak tree was cut down here in Long Beach on Jeff Davis Avenue for an 8-million-dollar development, but there is not much happening on the land. The development of a boutique hotel is still happening but has taken longer than expected after the developers changed the design plans, upgrading to three stories…
Back Bay Mission desperately needs volunteers to keep up with the need in the community. In just under a year, the number of people Back Bay Mission offers services to has doubled. “We were seeing about 300 individuals and families for the food pantry, and now it’s up to 550,” said Dhiana Skrmetti, director of development. “I think we’re going to get really close to 600 soon….
News 25 is joined in studio by Gina Prater from Chandeleur Island Brewing to talk about this weekend’s Chandyfest. Categories: Local News, News Tags: Chandeleur Island, Chandeleur Island Brewing, Chandeleur Island Brewing Co., Chandyfest
The Lady Greyhounds hosted the Oak Grove Warriors for the final game of round one to see who would advance to the next round of playoffs. Kerrigan Scott steps up to the plate and scores the first two runs for the Greyhounds, tying the game 2-2. Ocean Springs would go on to score four runs in the bottom of the…
THIS MONTH MARKS THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF A BILOXI HERO. FALLEN POLICE OFFICER ROBERT MCKEITHEN KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN 2019. TODAY, THE COAST SALUTES HIS LIFE BY GIVING LIFE IN A BLOOD DRIVE. WXXV NEWS 25’S EVERETT GANIER, Jr. IS LIVE AT THE BILOXI VISTORS CENTER ALONG BEACH BOULEVARD ON HOW YOU CAN BE…
It was do or die last night for many of our coast teams as they played the deciding matches to see who would advance to the next round. These highlights involve two programs who face each other quite frequently in the playoffs, and this game definitely lived up to that hype. The Gulfport Admirals played host to Oak Grove high…
Dense fog should quickly burn off in the following hours after sunrise and temperatures will rapidly warm into the upper 80s to low 90s area wide. It will be a solid 5-10F above normal area wide. Daytime heating along with a bit more focused lift along a surface boundary near the Atchafalaya Basin will aid in bubbling up of some…
The Mississippi Gulf Coast is officially locked in to the shifting weather patterns that will eventually start trend towards a more late spring and early summer feel. A series of weak and fast moving shortwave troughs will ride up and over the mid to upper level ridge axis from Thursday through Monday. Most of the strongest forcing associated with these…
Ocean Springs high school baseball was looking to advance to the second round of the playoffs in their game on Monday against Petal. With the series tied 1-1, the winner would advance to take on Brandon in round 2. The Greyhounds would go on to defeat Petal 12-4. Categories: Local Sports, Sports, Sports Team Tags: baseball playoffs, Ocean Springs high…
The D’Iberville Lady Warriors are advancing to the next round after completing the comeback against Brandon, winning 5-4. Categories: Local Sports, Sports, Sports Team Tags: D’Iberville high school softball, Softball playoffs
A fairly strong mid to upper level ridge axis will remain in firm control of the area through Wednesday night. Ample subsidence in the mid-level will lead to warmer and drier conditions aloft, and this will help keep a mid-level capping inversion and weak mid- level lapse rates in place. The end result will be a proliferation of fair weather…
Cadets in the St. Martin-Vancleave Air Force Junior ROTC program are heading to compete nationally in Florida. The St. Martin Vancleave Warrior Fitness Team is all about hard work, grit, and above all, comradery and community. They take those sets of morals to nationals as one of the first-ever Mississippi JROTC programs to compete on the stage. “I was overjoyed….
A Mississippi Highway Patrol officer is receiving recognition for a heroic action on March 20th, with some help from a few Seabees. According to MHP Spokesperson Cal Robertson, Corporal Kevin Burnett was driving on I-10 in Hancock County near mile marker 3 when Burnett noticed heavy traffic and smoke. He found a single car crash that had not been reported…
The 5th annual Officer Robert McKeithen Memorial Blood Drive takes place Wednesday, May 1st at the Biloxi Visitor Center. Our morning live shot reporter Everett Ganier Jr. will be live at the blood drive Wednesday in the morning newscasts. The blood drive takes place from noon to 6 p.m. You can give the gift of life in memory of a…
The Jackson County Board of Supervisors and Singing River Health System have recently announced their opposition against a new healthcare facility coming to the City of Gautier. This facility will be partnering with Memorial and Merit Health. The city has applied for Tax Increment Financing – also known as TIF bonds – to jumpstart development in the area around this new…
Today Maridee Mallette from the Jackson County Animal Shelter brings in Perry for the Pet of the Week. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: jackson county animal shelter, pet of the week
Eleven volunteer firefighters have been certified! Over the past 16 weeks, the volunteers have dedicated time in a classroom and with hands-on skills. The 11 students and their instructors traveled to the Mississippi State Fire Academy on Sunday and all students passed! A huge congratulations to all of these volunteers. Categories: Local News, News Tags: City of Wiggins, firefighters, MISSISSIPPI…
Sunny skies on-tap this afternoon as the cloud cover continues to move to the east. Again tonight, it will be a radiation fog night as well so areas where there are no cloudy cover and calm winds will likely see this again tonight/Wednesday morning. A weakness in the pattern over Houston to the SE well offshore will begin to move…
Joining us in studio is Candace Ruland with the Gulfport Chamber of Commerce to tell us about the annual Taste, Rattle, and Roll coming up Thursday at Centennial Plaza. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Taste Rattle and Roll
Monday was a day of celebration at St. Patrick Catholic High School as one of their outstanding athletes signed to further his academic and athletic career. Fighting Irish standout and Mississippi all-star Matthew Krass has officially put pen to paper to pursue his basketball career at Tarleton State University. The 6 ‘4 combo guard is a force to be reckoned…
If you’re thinking about a new pet for your family, today might be an option to bring a new furry family member home. It’s National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day this Tuesday. WXXV 25’s Everett Ganier, Jr. is LIVE in Gautier at the Jackson County Animal Shelter celebrating how you can give a home to a new friend. Categories: Local…
Patrick Moates explores the technology that has shaped modern speech pathology since WWII with guest pathologist Daye Click. Brought to you by Rogers Technology Solutions Tags: byte, daye click, patrick moates, rogers technology solutions, speech pathology, TECH, techbyte