Many Americans say summer starts in April and lawmakers will decide if they support the new debt ceiling agreement. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
It’s that time of year again to celebrate the blueberry capital of Mississippi, the City of Poplarville! Here to tell us more about the upcoming Blueberry Jubilee is Shirley Wiltshire. The Blueberry Jubilee takes place Saturday, June 10th from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Downtown Poplarville. For more information visit blueberryjubilee.net. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: blueberry jubilee
The 5th annual Pride Day is taking place this weekend in Biloxi. Here to tell us more about what this year’s event has on tap is Walter Pitts. The 5th annual Pride Day is Saturday, June 3rd from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Point Cadet Plaza in Biloxi. Tags: Pride Day
Mississippi Highway Patrol was busy over the Memorial Holiday Weekend. There were nearly 9,000 citations and 170 arrests for impaired driving across Mississippi in the five-day enforcement period. A total of 13 DUIs were issued by Troop K in South Mississippi. Troopers across the state also gave out nearly a thousand citations as part of the Click It or Ticket…
The Biloxi Shuckers baseball stadium might be donning a new name in the future. Beau Rivage is giving the name rights to MGM Park back to the City of Biloxi. After attracting national attention because of the MGM Park name, Beau Rivage President Brandon Dardeau says he sees this move as a way to help the city pay for some…
Heading in to this afternoon expect hot conditions under partly cloudy skies. All eyes continue to track an upper level disturbance in the Gulf near our outer coastal waters, with a lot of dry air being brought southward on the west side of the disturbance. This feature will stick around the central, eastern and northern gulf over the next few…
We are still dealing with an upper level disturbance in the Gulf near our outer coastal waters, with a lot of dry air being brought southward on the west side of the disturbance. This feature will stick around the central, eastern and northern gulf over the next few days. The low pressure system will begin to move closer increasing our…
In college baseball, it’s near-impossible to make a deep tournament run without a timeless pitching performance in the biggest of moments. On Championship Sunday, Southern Miss pitchers Niko Mazza and Justin Storm giving one of those all-time performances. As fate would have it, Mazza and Storm both hailing from Madison, Mississippi, having grown up on the diamond together as childhood…
It was a wild finish in game 1 of the 1A State Championship series between Resurrection Catholic out of Pascagoula and West Union from the north. Our hometown Eagles rallying for seven runs across the final three innings to complete the 8-7 comeback victory. Game two is 1 p.m. on Thursday. Still plenty more baseball this week. Starting with the…
In its quest for the baseball program’s first state title since 2015, St. Stanislaus has yet to lose a playoff game, sweeping the first four series in the 3A bracket. At this point, why break tradition? Rock-a-Chaws taking on North champion Amory in the championship series, second game of the day at Trustmark Park in Pearl. Rocks break it in…
Expect comfortable conditions out the door tomorrow with mild temperatures. Humidity is back for the foreseeable future as a more active weather pattern takes hold. Isolated showers and thunderstorms could develop tomorrow afternoon with about 30% coverage expected. An area of disturbed weather in the Gulf of Mexico will provide for elevated rain chances Thursday. Showers and thunderstorms will be…
Community Developments is planning to bring forth an ordinance change at next week’s Biloxi City Council meeting. They will be asking for the city to follow the state’s guidelines for campaign signs. This includes an increase of signs from 4 by 4 to 4 by 8 feet as well as extend the time frame that political signs can be up….
The Biloxi City Council is still working out what ordinances it needs to implement to keep locals safe during special events. The Biloxi City Council called an agenda workshop special meeting to discuss special event ordinances following push back from various recurring events. Cruisin’ the Coast told News 25 at the last meeting they were worried for the future of…
Humidity is on its way back into the equation as the pattern changes. Very isolated rain chances are in place this evening until after sunset. Mild temperatures will be around overnight with partly cloudy skies expected. A disturbance in the northern Gulf of Mexico will be in our region for the middle-to-end of the week. It will help enhance rain…
A local resident is gearing up for an exciting weekend as she competes in the prestigious Miss Mississippi competition. Katelyn Perry, a resident of Gulfport, is heading to Vicksburg this weekend to participate in the highly anticipated Miss Mississippi competition. Alongside 31 other women, Perry will be engaging in a week’s worth of events leading up to the crowning of…
With hurricane season approaching, residents in Harrison County are being urged to prepare for potential evacuations. Should an evacuation order be issued, the Coast Transit Authority stands ready to assist Harrison County residents. They take evacuees to shelters throughout the county manned by the American Red Cross. CTA emphasizes the importance of creating an evacuation plan ahead of time and…
What was meant to be an exciting start to the fair season ended up being quite a scare for St. Clare Festivalgoers. Last weekend, over 5,000 people gathered at St. Clare Catholic Church for the fun-filled St. Clare Seafood Festival. Seafood Festival Chairman John Pucheu said, “It’s a community function. We really push family orientation here, and the funds that…
A new study found that job seekers with a Southern accent could make less money than people without one and stocks will digest the debt ceiling agreement reached over the weekend. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
Today we are excited to introduce you to our Pet of the Week: Patty! Maridee Mallette is here from the Jackson County Animal Shelter with Patty. Categories: Pet of the Week Tags: jackson county animal shelter, pet of the week
A Jeepin tradition kicks into gear tomorrow in South Mississippi. Jeepin the Coast begins with registration at 3 tomorrow afternoon at Jeep Central on Jeff Davis Avenue in Long Beach. At 5, the party really begins with music running until 8 at a kick-off party in Pass Christian. Wednesday kicks off a full schedule of events through Sunday so expect…
Leaders will gather to dedicate a Biloxi post office in honor of a fallen Biloxi police officer tomorrow. The post office at 140 Lameuse St. will be dedicated as the ‘Robert S. McKeithen Post Office Building’ at 2 tomorrow afternoon. President Biden signed House Bill 3175 into law back in December after both houses of Congress passed the bill authorizing…
There is a surface boundary running northwest to Southeast across the area. We are seeing temperatures this afternoon 3-5 degrees warmer than yesterday at this time. Considering today and yesterday are very similar, we still have that chance of a shower or two this afternoon through the early evening hours. The minimal activity that manifest will rapidly dissipate around sunset…
A very weak disturbance was seen this morning just off the coast, which provided just enough instability combined with the sea breeze to produce isolated showers/t-storms both Monday afternoon and overnight. There is a surface boundary running northwest to Southeast across the area. We are seeing temperatures this Morning 3-5 degrees warmer than yesterday at this time. Considering today and…
The Golden Eagles officially have a place to land for the NCAA Baseball Tournament. The Southern Miss baseball team held a Selection Show watch party for the 2023 NCAA Tournament at Mugshots in Hattiesburg. The team was accompanied by hundreds of fans patiently waiting to see where their Golden Eagles would travel to next. Named the number 2 seed, the…