Captain Ron Reiter has been a captain for the Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum’s schooners for more than 25 years. The Ohio native learned to sail on Lake Erie when he was about 8 years old — following his older brother. We spent some time with the 92-year-old aboard the Glen L. Swetman in Biloxi to talk about his life…
We are hopping into our time machine and taking you back to the medieval period as we celebrate Scottish and Celtic culture. History has come to live briefly here in South Mississippi, as the annual Scottish Highlands and Island Celtic Music Festival is giving visitors a glimpse of what life was like during the Middle Ages. Athletes competed in a…
After a relatively dry weekend, rain from a new area of low pressure located off of the Texas coast will move in. By the middle of the day, light steady rainfall will fill in our area. Coverage of rainfall will continue to increase this afternoon into the evening. Expect a generally gloomy and dreary 24 or so hours from this…
The slow moving front I’ve been referring to all day, finally dropped into the northern Gulf earlier tonight and remains offshore into early Saturday morning. It looks like a few shortwaves are heading towards our area tomorrow, following the southwesterly flow aloft. This overrunning pattern, is why I left decently strong rain chances on your 7 Day Forecast over a…
Gulfport Admirals rolling out the welcome mat for the Pearl Pirates as they battle it out for the first round of Class 7A playoffs. On the second play of the night, Nico Williams hits Bishop McGruder for a 68 yard house call. The blue and orange come up just short to the Pirates with a final score of 17-13. Categories:…
Gautier moves on to the second round to face off against Florence after a 50-18 rout of Natchez. Watch the HIGHLIGHTS courtesy of WXXV News25 Sports Reporter Austin Lindsey in the video above! Categories: Friday Night Showcase, Local Sports, Sports Tags: gators, Gautier Gators, high school football, Natchez
After a nine game win streak the greyhounds season comes up short with a tough 35-23 loss to Meridian in the first round. Watch the HIGHLIGHTS courtesy of WXXV News25 Sports Reporter Austin Lindsey in the video above! Categories: Friday Night Showcase, Local Sports, Sports Tags: Friday Night Showcase, high school football, Meridian, Ocean Springs, Ocean Springs Greyhounds
A cold front has been slowly inching its way through the local area today and currently stretches along the I-59 corridor southwestward to near the mouth of the Atchafalaya River. The front will continue to sink southward through tomorrow morning, eventually stalling over the northern Gulf. Upper flow will become parallel to the boundary, and will stop its’ forward momentum….
If you’re looking to get your holiday shopping done early this year, there is an event to help you do just that this weekend. The 27th annual Holiday Boutique kicked off today featuring local artisans and businesses as well as out-of-state vendors. Everything from arts and crafts to clothes and food is all on display and for sale during the…
Our very own Ansley Brent is in Biloxi to give you some Christmas Magic, Magic 93.7 that is! Categories: Local News, News Tags: christmas music, Magic 93.7
Police departments in Harrison County are receiving a fluffy gift. The Omicron Alpha chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at MGCCC is donating 165 teddy bears to campus police, state troopers, and seven law enforcement agencies. These teddy bears are kept in officers’ cars for children who are involved in scary situations, such as car accidents. The teddy bear provides a…
Eight-year-old Creekbend Elementary & Middle School student Talia Nguyen received the greatest gift this Veterans Day when her father returned home. Sergeant Nguyen, a defender with the 172nd Security Forces Squadron of the Mississippi Air National Guard, is back on dad duty. Of course, he’s always been Talia’s dad, but he’s been overseas for an extended deployment and they have…
Since we are fast approaching the holidays that means many South Mississippi law enforcement agencies will come together like they always do every year to make Thanksgiving a little bright for some. You can call Biloxi, Gulfport, Long Beach, Pass Christian, and D’Iberville police departments or Harrison County Sheriff’s Office to request a Thanksgiving Day meal as part of the…
It was a proud day for St. Patrick baseball as one of their senior standouts committed to the next level. Family and friends, coaches, and staff came together to celebrate and honor senior center fielder and putcher Cohen Weinhofer as he signs his letter of intent. Cohen will be taking his talents to Copiah-Lincoln Community College. Ever since he was…
Rain will fill back in this afternoon and especially into this evening. Expect heavy rain at times as a cold front makes its way through our area prior to stalling. Breaks in the action should take place as early as tomorrow morning, with a potential round of activity during the afternoon. Sunday offers up a lot of dry time and…
Huge news coming out of Picayune Memorial High School as the 5-Star Florida commit Jamonta Waller has been chosen as the Mr. Football Recipient for Class 6A. Currently sitting at 56 total tackles, 19 tackles for loss, 9 sacks, and three forced fumbles, the outside linebackers and defensive end gets to add this accomplishment to his long resume which also…
Soccer may be the most popular sport in the world, but here in America only about 7.9 percent of high school men’s soccer players end up competing in the sport at the collegiate level, but our WXXV Student Athlete of the Week isn’t backing down from the challenge and instead he uses it as motivation. Growing up in Gulfport, Drew…
Lori sits down the Entrekin Insurance Agency Owner, Jody Entrekin to get the reasons for increased insurance costs and finds out a key reason is that policy holders frequently treat their insurance policy as a maintenance plan instead of an indemnity plan. Categories: Expert Talk
Singing River Health System commemorated veterans Thursday at the Gulfport Hospital by raising a special flag which symbolizes all branches of military services. The brief ceremony was observed by several veterans, including hospital staff who previously served. It was marked by solemn prayer followed by a posting of the colors by the West Harrison High JROTC color guard. Finally, they…
Americans are delaying their holiday shopping in order to get more bang for their buck, according to new research. Microsoft says foreign countries could engage in election interference. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
We’re joined today by Angelyn Treutel Zeringue who is here to tell us about the Mermaids Arts and Crafts Show going on this weekend in Bay St. Louis. The crafts show is presented by the Krewe of Nereids. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Mermaid Arts and Crafts Show
High pressure has shifted well to the east of the area, with a weakness running from the Great Lakes to near Phoenix. At the surface, a frontal boundary extended from near Atlanta to near Houston early this morning. Radar early this morning shows most rainfall northwest of a Jackson to Lake Charles line, but a smaller area of light rain…
The past few weeks have been characterized by continued sunshine and warm temperatures on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Alongside our warm second half of October and warm first half of November, there have been drawbacks. As we came into the fall season carrying over slight drought conditions from summer, our long dry and warm strings have placed southern Mississippi into…
In Gautier, students and staff celebrated local veterans and their families ahead of Veterans Day for the school’s annual Veterans Breakfast. Veterans and students alike packed into Gautier High’s gymnasium for the school’s 24th annual Veterans Day Breakfast. Students gave rounds of applause and tokens of appreciation for local veterans and their families with performances from the school’s dance team,…