Mardi Gras Krewe Order of Glaucus is hosting their annual Anchored in Giving Soiree this Saturday at the Ocean Springs Civic Center. Order of Glaucus was founded three years ago and its members are committed to providing service to their community every year. Each member must complete hundreds of hours of community service. One way the krewe accomplishes its mission…
As the next wave of the high school softball playoffs get underway, there’s a third-round match-up involving two local teams that are all too familiar with one another. Paging East Central and Vancleave, Region 8 Class 5 foes reunited. Lady Hornets hosting the Lady Bulldogs in game one of the best of three set, East Central won both regular season…
Your favorite Star Wars characters were spotted at the Pascagoula Library! Fans gathered inside the library for an abundance of activities paying homage to the beloved movie franchise. Attendees entered a costume contest and also enjoyed the Jedi Academy, Star Wars Bing And Trivia, as well as delicious beverages from the Cantina named ‘Dueling Sabers.’ News 25 spoke to a…
Humidity and cloud coverage will be on the increase beginning tonight. Expect a muggy start with light fog possible from a low cloud deck for your Friday morning. Rain chances will begin to elevate during the morning hours tomorrow with the potential for a couple of rounds of rain. The first round would come from a thunderstorm complex moving into…
A local park in St. Martin is getting ready to see new renovations this month. The St. Andrews Park Drainage Project will begin on Monday, April 15th to alleviate standing water in the park after rainfall and weather events. It will take approximately 60 working days for the project to be completed. While under construction, St. Andrews Park will still…
It’s been several days since the after-prom shooting in Bay St. Louis that left two dead and four injured. Haeleigh Stamper and De’Arreis Smith were the two teens who lost their lives in the shooting. Seventeen-year-old Hancock High junior Diamond Joseph was an attendee at the post-prom party this weekend that left two dead. When the gunfire went off, Diamond…
The Fighting Tigers Marital Arts Academy is hosting a free summer camp for kids seven and up at Marsha Barbour Resource Center in Pass Christian. Participants will have the opportunity to learn the 20 basics. Along with physical techniques, they will also learn mentally, including de-escalation techniques. Senior Instructor Sean Smith has been involved in martial arts for the majority…
Back Bay Mission’s biggest supporters from different states came to Biloxi to learn more about the organization and celebrate 100 years of service. Each guest was given a scenario at the door as an opportunity to see what it is like “in their shoes” as a homeless person. The scenario gave background information on a real person and the problems…
Our area is about to see the weather pattern change. The combination of high pressure shifting to its east and a warm front moving through the area will lead to southerly flow increasing the humidity. Moisture will be plentiful leading to more in the way of rain chances. For tonight, expect mild temperatures and increasing clouds. Light fog could be…
It’s a three-day intergalactic adventure across the gala-sea that’s bringing Jedi Knights to the Coast! The Mississippi Aquarium is hosting its Aquatic Works Trilogy, May the 4th be with You, Revenge of the 5th, and Return of the 6th. Visitors can explore the worlds of Darth Gator and the duck side of the force. Guests will complete an activity sheet…
A moving company in Gulfport has reached a milestone! In honor of its ten-year anniversary, Two Men and a Truck Gulf Coast held a ribbon cutting ceremony with the Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce. Throughout the years, the business has won multiple awards including being awarded multiple ‘best moving company’ titles as well as safety awards. After serving in…
It’s Small Business Appreciation Week, a week meant to encourage people to support local shops. It’s hard for us to pick just one small business, so we chose one that showcases small businesses across the nation. Hillyer House has been owned by three generations and has been open for 53 years. After Hurricane Katrina destroyed the original Hillyer House in…
The Kentucky Derby, the greatest two minutes in sports, is happening this Saturday! When you think of the Kentucky Derby, two main things often come to mind: horses and hats! Bob Mahoney is the owner of Mary Mahoney’s and he’s also a big fan of horse races. He says he fell in love with the sport growing up in Biloxi…
International Firefighter’s Day is marked every year on May 4th to honor and pay tribute to the great work done by firefighters. On January 4th, 1999, a proposal was emailed around the world by Lt. JJ Edmondson from Victoria, Australia to have a day devoted to firefighters. The fourth of May was selected because it is St. Florian’s Day who…
May is National Foster Care Month which is a time to celebrate caregivers and the system that makes foster care possible. Every two minutes a child is placed into the foster care system. Currently, there are more than 400,000 children in the system at any given time. In Mississippi, there are approximately 4,000 children in foster care. Elijah’s Closet, a…
City leaders and community members came together at Biloxi City Hall to observe the National Day of Prayer. Created in 1952 by Congress, National Day of Prayer is an annual observance held on the first Thursday of May, inviting people of all faiths to pray for the nation. In the City of Biloxi, the day has been celebrated at City…
Earlier this week, Bay-Waveland School Superintendent Dr. Sandra Reed informed parents that a male Bay Middle School student was caught recording a student using the girl’s restroom. According to the victim’s mother’s Facebook account, the student allegedly received a message from another student to let her know about the recording. The mother says she believes the recorder was hiding in…
Google rolls out an alternative to the password and the Federal Reserve raises interest rates by a quarter percent but the question remains is that the last hike? Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
Nataliya Molsbee and her talented students will be performing at two events on the Coast tomorrow and Saturday. It’s all to raise awareness for the ongoing war in Ukraine and those who have been impacted by all the fighting. Nataliya and one of her students, Corrine Kuhner, is in studio with more. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: Sound of Spring Concert,…
The 44th Spring Art Exhibit and Sale is now underway in Downtown Pascagoula. Judy Holbert with the Singing River Art Association is in studio with more. The exhibit runs until May 13th and is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the River Art Gallery located at 630 Delmas Avenue in Pascagoula. For more information call…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant on Wednesday released what he said were all of his text and email messages related to a welfare fraud investigation — including money spent on building a university volleyball arena that was pushed by NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre. The 436 pages of messages had several that already appeared in…
Hurricane season is less than a month away. Smart Home America out of Mobile was in Pass Christian to talk with residents about ways to fortify their homes. It was a chance to learn about fortified construction, a higher level of standard that can reduce the risk of water entering your home by 95 percent. It also nearly doubles the…
An upper level high pressure will build in across the middle of the country from the Gulf Coast all the way to the Northern Plains. It will start to feel like summer with highs in the upper 80s to near 90 degrees. Not a particularly large spread in forecast temps, however, models are trending on the warmer side of guidance…
Haeleigh Stamper, De’Arreis SmithMore information has become available about how the community can help the families of the teens who were killed and injured in a shooting at a post-prom party in Bay St. Louis over the weekend. Funeral arrangements for 16-year-old Haeleigh Stamper were announced. Visitation is 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday at Bayou Talla Fellowship in the…