On May 2, 2023, at approximately 3:55 p.m., two Officers from the Gulfport Police Department’s Anti-Crime Unit initiated a traffic stop in the area of 2nd Street and Hewes Avenue. After the officers approached the vehicle, the driver of the vehicle, identified as 22-year-old Corwin Joshua Wilcher of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, produced a handgun, resulting in Officers firing upon Wilcher. As…
The FAA is making moves to cut down on flight delays over the summer and American Airlines pilots have voted to authorize a strike. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
The Mississippi Lottery is introducing three new scratch off games this month! Mississippi Lottery Communications Director Meg Annison joins us to discuss this month’s games! Categories: Community Headlines Tags: lottery, lotto, Mississippi Lottery
Governor Tate Reeves will be on the Coast tonight, getting ready to launch his re-election campaign. The pre-launch campaign event is set to take place at Lynn Meadows Discovery Center at 5:30 tonight. Reeves is running for a second term and has two challengers in the Republican primary set for August 8th. The winner of that primary will face Democratic…
A new design has been chosen for Mississippi license plates! Beginning January 2024, there will be a new standard license plate. It was selected from more than 400 design entries. Last November, Governor Reeves asked Mississippians to help redesign the state license plate. Leah Frances Eaton of Starkville is responsible for this winning design. Categories: Local News, News Tags: license…
The fourth annual Robert McKeithen Blood Drive is in progress at the Biloxi Visitors Center. Anyone who can give blood can go over to the visitor’s center. The blood drive is upstairs. The drive is named in honor of Biloxi Officer Robert McKeithen, who was killed in the line of duty in 2019. The blood drive will be going on…
There really isn’t a whole lot of material for discussion in the package as we’re in a period of benign weather. Upper level northwest flow on the back of a fairly deep disturbance is bringing pleasant feeling warm and dry air with light generally northerly winds. Skies will progress to partly cloudy this afternoon/night due to some mid- level moisture…
Most high school basketball players only get three or four years on the same varsity team before everyone goes their separate ways, but Gulfport has a dynamic trio that just signed up for at least two more! This afternoon, point guard Kamari Mitchell alongside big men twins Jylan and Kylan Howze all put pen to paper with Jones College. They…
Today, George County alum Marquez Dortch announced his decision to transfer to Cal-Berkeley. The former four-star recruit originally signed with Mississippi State in December 2021 and hit the transfer portal in early April. Dortch still has all four years of eligibility, logging just one catch for one yard in one game in 2022. As a high school senior, the former…
On the diamond, Gulfport softball on the road at Northwest Rankin for the win or go home series game three of their second round 6A series. Northwest Rankin wins 8-3. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: High School Softball, softball, sports
If a giant meatball getting destroyed by a golf club is right up your alley – or fairway – then the Italian Open might just be the event for you. On Saturday, Pass Christian Isles Golf Club held its 49th annual home tournament, a two-man scramble featuring at least 180 amateur golfers from near and far. The Mama Mia and…
Prior to Sunday’s game, Biloxi Shuckers star outfielder Jackson Chourio received his Gold Glove Award courtesy of Rawlings. The epitome of a five-tool player, Chourio was recently tabbed as the top prospect in all of Minor League Baseball, according to Baseball America. Through 21 games, the 19-year-old is hitting .264 with three home runs and five stolen bases, two of…
Another signing day ceremony at Ocean Springs High School this morning consisting of four athletes and three sports. Starting with boys soccer, Mark Peaden letting the ink dry with Pearl River Community College and Connor Goodman with Southwest Mississippi. Cooper Caplan is heading to Mississippi Gulf Coast for tennis and Blane Gehl is making it official with Bluffton University in…
An administrator and a teacher, both from the Pascagoula Gautier School District, have been selected as the top in their fields in the state. Pascagoula High Principal Dr. Caterria Payton and Gautier Middle School Band Teacher Louise Smith were named Administrator and Teacher of the Year during the State Department of Education’s annual program. Smith said, “Still in shock. There…
Cool temperatures will be present out the door tomorrow. Expect sunny skies through much of the first half of the day until clouds move in towards the afternoon and evening timeframe. High pressure in a blocking pattern is what’s shaping the forecast for much of this week. Cloud coverage will peak at partly cloudy overnight Tuesday into Wednesday. Temperatures maxing…
Gorgeous conditions aided by clear skies and dry air will linger for much of the week. High pressure is in control for much of the eastern two-thirds of the United States with the exception of the Great Lakes and Northeast regions. Other than a few clouds later in the evening, expect cool conditions overnight and out the door tomorrow morning….
The City of Biloxi is looking to sell the Glenn Swetman House to someone who can give it the proper attention it deserves. The house is a long-time historic landmark that once belonged to Biloxi Banker Glenn Swetman. The home was built in 1927 and was deeded to the City of Biloxi by the Swetman family in the 90s. The…
Gulfport Fire Department responded to a fire on Sheldon Street this morning. According to Chief Billy Kelly, the Gulfport Fire Department responded to the scene at around 11 a.m. to find an abandoned travel trailer completely engulfed in flames. Once the flames were extinguished, the team found no evidence of anyone inside the trailer. The case is currently under investigation….
A Poplarville woman is dead following a Sunday boating accident. Hancock County Coroner Jeff Hair confirmed that 23-year-old Savannah Davis died from blunt force trauma suffered in that crash on the Jourdan River north of I-10. Two boats were involved. No word yet on how many people were on each vessel or if there were any other injuries. Davis is…
Carl the Rooster’s alleged killer Kendra Shaffer has yet to appeal her guilty verdict after vowing to do so, according to our media partner The Sun Herald. Due to this decision, Shaffer’s sentence is still in effect. Shaffer was found guilty of animal cruelty in the death of the rooster in October 2022. Shaffer received a ten-day suspended jail sentence…
A Pass Christian man is accused of opening fire at a house party in Bay St. Louis. Nineteen-year-old Cameron Everest Brand is charged with two counts of homicide and four counts of aggravated assault. Four teens were injured and two others died when a gunman opened fire at a post-prom party in Bay St. Louis early Sunday morning. The party…
Last month, screenshots of a racially insensitive post made to Gautier City Councilman Rusty Anderson’s Facebook page began circulating. Anderson claimed that his account was hacked and the city gave him two options: provide proof of the hacking or resign. According to Anderson’s attorney Tyler Cox, his Facebook account was hacked and they have proof. Cox said their investigation uncovered…
Hollywood braces for a potential writers’ strike and a Sunday deadline to submit bids for First Republic Bank passed. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report.
Empowering change through a ‘Better Way to Give’ Fund. It’s something the Gulf Coast Community Foundation is launching with the help of city leaders in Gulfport and Biloxi. Executive Director of the Gulf Coast Community Foundation Christen Duhe is in studio with details along with Gulfport’s Chief Administrative Officer Leonard Papania. Tags: gulf coast community foundation, ‘Better Way to Give’…